Word: chic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Indeed, the goal of making stores inviting and confusion free has been reflected in store design. The notion of austere, open space--all the rage in chic urban boutiques during the '80s and early '90s--is now coming to an end, in the opinion of Paul Bennett, a retail architect who has designed shops for DKNY and Anne Klein. "Now the design has to be more welcoming, more intimate," he says. Bennett, who is working on shops for Calvin Klein's CK division, has helped popularize the concept of "zoning"--the creation of a series of small spaces within...
...NARCO CHIC Fashion is nothing if not aspirational. Slip on a black shift dress--look like Audrey Hepburn! Or don a shirt with images of AK-47s and feel like a Latin American drug trafficker! This is the fantasy being played out by clean-cut men in Mexico who are making popular a dope-inspired high style. After all, it's not a crime to wear a loud shirt in public...
Luciano also led the trend in gangster chic. He lived large, in a suite at the Waldorf Astoria. Expensive and elegant suits, silk shirts, handmade shoes, cashmere topcoats and fedoras enhanced his executive image. There was always a beautiful woman, a showgirl or a nightclub singer on his arm. Sinatra and actor George Raft were pals...
...social responsibility extends beyond simply volunteering for a tutoring program or applying for a job with a non-profit. It extends beyond finding a program that will allow us to become part of what has increasingly become a kind of chic associated with socially responsible pursuits. There are a lot of us who are tempted to feel that, as long as we are volunteering for an organization we believe in, we are doing our part and helping others. I'm just no longer sure this is true...
Much Furby hype originated with the geek-chic set. The magazine you're reading is partly responsible. After Toy Fair '98, TIME ran a Techwatch item mentioning them. USA Today also noticed, and after an electronics fair in May, CBS This Morning did a segment. That ginned up interest last summer, even though Furby's complicated innards meant it wouldn't be ready for stores until fall...