Word: chic
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...white In Milan, Dolce & Gabbana used Op-Art patterns on skin-tight dresses. But the look worked better in Paris, where the checkerboard pattern on McQueen's suits showed off the well-cut tailoring on which he's made his name. Military How many ways can designers approach officer chic? Plenty. At Gucci in Milan, the military trench coat was sexy - with a high collar, corseted waist and satin finish. In Paris, Branquinho's belted wool coat with cape-like sleeves was more subtle, but equally strong - so call that one a draw. Final score: Paris 2, Milan...
Suddenly and inexplicably, the crowd lost its inhibitions and loosened its wallets. The bidding got competitive when Joshua J. Segal ’04 appeared on the catwalk dressed in a dark suit and chic yarmulke. The emcees enticed the crowd by dropping a reference to his prestigious—highly lucrative—summer internship at Goldman Sachs. After hearing that Segal would be making bank this summer, an aggressive girl in the back of the audience quickly snatched...
...sounding too trite, Sept. 11 happened. The cynical, derisive attitude that Miller had cultivated on his show seemed to have a place during the Clinton-Gingrich years. But after 3,000 people were slaughtered on American soil by genocidal terrorists, skepticism for the sake of skepticism was no longer chic. Indeed, it seemed drastically inappropriate...
...While Hong Kong's economic woes have given a boost to the city's thrift culture, Low B Club's vintage chic may well have a tough tussle ahead?discerning shoppers may not take kindly to being seen at a place whose name means "Low IQ" in Cantonese?even if it comes from an inside joke between a pair of pop princesses...
...Queen until he retired from day-to-day involvement in his fashion house?established in 1945 at 14 Savile Row?when he turned 80. Amies' style was always elegant?and conservative. He never designed a strapless evening dress because, he said, "Anything blatantly sexy can never be chic; overexposure of the body is not chic...