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...pointless to ask Treacy where women are supposed to wear these eccentric chapeaus. The point is to fall in love again with the notion of the hat. "I'm not a crazy designer," says Treacy. "I just like to excite the eye of people about hats." Needless to say, a Treacy creation does not come cheap. But maybe you could pass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Mad About Hats | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...surreal videotapes have become hauntingly familiar. Look at the face: the huge, inviting mascaraed eyes, the fluttering false lashes, the layers of professionally applied makeup, the highlighted, upswept hair. Look at the clothes: the hand-stitched gowns, the Princess Di chapeaus, the high heels. Then do a double take over the teensy stick-figure bodies and the immature voices belting out God Bless America and Tomorrow. Like some human optical illusion, JonBenet Ramsey and her besequinned fellow beauty-pageant contestants are not in fact fully developed adults. They are pint-size little women often done up like trick ponies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PLAYING AT PAGEANTS | 1/20/1997 | See Source »

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