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...Victoria D. Sung, who is also a Crimson Arts columnist, created a look inspired by the “simple” and “chic” aesthetic of Natalie Portman ’03. The result? A midnight blue jersey dress with braid detailing on the neckline...
...coming up with these designs? “Sketch, then make a prototype, and finally make sure the factories can reproduce it in bulk.” But for the FM Fast Fashion Challenge, time is of the essence. Her creative process is more direct: sketch, sew, and braid. At noon on Saturday, four hours before the end of the challenge and six and a half hours before her arrival at The Crimson’s runway, Sung brings her sketch of a minimal, feminine dress to life. Because she doesn’t have a sewing machine, Sung completes...
...book was called Gdel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid--Gdel being the Austrian mathematician Kurt Gdel; Escher, the fantastical Dutch artist M.C. Escher; and Bach, the Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach. The extraordinary mind that braided these three figures together in one book belonged to one Douglas Hofstadter, a physics Ph.D. who was only 34 years old at the time. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1980 for Gdel, Escher, Bach, and it went on to become a cult classic that influenced a generation of thinkers. Since then Hofstadter has published on numerous subjects...
...boardrooms and fashion houses, culturally-black forms of expression have failed to share an equal space with the dictates of mainstream conservative dress. Black hair style has been at the forefront of this tension. While the most accomplished politician may don a strikingly conservative suit, the decision to lock, braid, or straighten hair heightens awareness of blackness, eliciting a variety of reactions. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is praised for her chic designer wardrobe and swift leadership style, but public perception would certainly have been different had her hair not been straightened and instead worn in an afro...
...books (Surrender the Pink) Now the actress, 50, is on stage each night performing in her first one-woman show, Wishful Drinking, at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. What does she talk about? Her life, of course! From her iconic role as Princess Leia (remember the "bagel braid" hairdo?) in Star Wars to her marriage to singer Paul Simon, her father's affair - and subsequent marriage - to Elizabeth Taylor and her daughter Billie, whose dad, a Hollywood agent, turned out to be gay, almost nothing is off limits for Fisher. TIME's Jeanne McDowell chatted with the ever-forthcoming...