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...between window shopping and anthropological study-and it's all housed in the very building Saint Laurent worked in from 1974 until his retirement in 2002, at the age of 66. Here are the fabled trench coats and safari suits; there are the seminal panther suits, chemise jackets and backless dresses. If your partner refuses to accompany you to Paris' swanky boutiques, he or she just might be tempted by this cool slice of modern fashion history. And given that none of the items are for sale, it's going to be a good deal cheaper...
...Corker ’04, and the Undergraduate Council to create events where students can get their party on. Nor is Petrich a stranger to the pages of FM. She designs her own clothes, and she won FM’s Project Runway Challenge by constructing a sassy backless dress and matching jacket out of less than $8 worth of Garment District trash-turned-treasure. Post-graduation, Petrich hopes to work creatively, although she isn’t sure how. “I’m a little bit all over the place,” she says...
...four hours later, Petrich still has to work to do—putting the design on her model, Anne E. Berndtson ’08, required a little last-minute finagling. The dress is backless save two gold chains, and Petrich has to apply tape along the bodice of the dress in The Crimson’s restroom to make sure that it stays in place...
...champion of "the black cause." Meldrum makes it clear that it is blacks who have to bear the brunt of his tyranny. In the last four years his thugs have killed a dozen whites but more than 300 blacks. Meldrum describes one such victim in the book: "His backless hospital gown revealed two gaping craters where his buttocks should have been." Yet to this day, South African President Thabo Mbeki plays defense lawyer to Mugabe, declaring that "President Mugabe can assist us to confront the problems we have in South Africa." Meldrum quotes the lone voice of Desmond Tutu, former...
...lines, only in smaller sizes and pastel colors. Today virtually every athletic-footwear company, from Nike to Reebok to New Balance, is competing to offer women shoes designed expressly for them. Not only are the heels tailored for the narrower female foot, but the shoes may come backless or toeless; they may be styled to resemble Mary Janes or bowling shoes; they may be made of woven or mesh fabrics; and they come in a panoply of colors. They are sturdy enough to wear while smacking a tennis ball and chic enough for post-doubles cocktails. The majority...