Word: bohemian
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Maybe it's a nod to the now popular, eco-friendly green movement, or maybe fashion designers are taking their cues from the Grateful Dead. Whatever the inspiration for spring's funky patchwork look, this shabby-chic style is anything but American Quaker. For the haute-bohemian trend, mix-masters like Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana stitched together some very glamorous hippie-style patchwork chiffon gowns for their D&G line and also turned out ultra-luxe patchwork python shoes. At Miu Miu, handbags come in similar scraps of snakeskin. And for trendsetters intent on having a wardrobe that matches...
There are just over 6,000 people in the superclass. So says the author of this fascinating book, a field guide to the world's most élite citizens. See the rich and powerful in their natural habitats, from Davos and Bilderberg to the Bohemian Grove. "That such a group exists is indisputable," says Rothkopf, who includes such power brokers as heads of state, CEOs of the world's largest companies, billionaire entrepreneurs and even a handful of terrorist leaders. Is there a master list? Yep, but the author is a tease. "The day after it was published, it would...
...racy, the X-Club is strictly PG - if you don't count the killing. But it's the killing that brings scores of regulars - mostly professionals in their twenties and thirties, equally divided between men and women - to the basement of a tall building in the affluent and vaguely bohemian Weigongcun district of China's capital. The killing at X-Club, of course, is done with the eyes, in a winking game that in other countries is confined to pre-teens. Killer, also known as Mafia and Murder, has existed in the United States for decades, but a fast-changing...
...hand motions while laughing in a tinkling, musical manner. At first, I felt a bit awkward wearing my sunglasses and a huge scarf together, worried that I would resemble a sort of highly fashionable rogue C.I.A. agent. Yet after a while, I started to greatly enjoy the feeling of bohemian liberation I would experience while tossing my scarf over my face and flirting with several similarly bohemian admirers. I wore it to a bar and someone asked me why I was wearing sunglasses that matched my scarf (both were red) and why I was wearing sunglasses at night. I laughed...
...prison turned museum where Nelson Mandela spent most of his 27 years behind bars. The windswept island seems a lifetime removed from the vibrant multicultural city across the water. Stay at the Africa Studio www.sa-venues.com/wc/africastudio.htm) a loft-style complex close to Cape Town's liveliest restaurants and the bohemian neighborhood of Bo Kaap, or the Metropole Hotel (www.metropolehotel.co.za), which fuses Victorian architecture with one of South Africa's most modern interiors. Both hotels are close to Ginja, a modern take on a traditional French brasserie. After dinner, head upstairs to Shoga, a bar where the color of your skin...