Word: chic
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...ubiquitous red, camel, black and white plaid—better known as the Burberry Check—has become synonymous with the British clothing company of the same name, as well as with the chic Harvard trendsetter. Even Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein ’61 has been spotted modeling a Burberry scarf, which carries a far-from-economical price tag of about...
...Presqu'île is Lyons' modern-day business and commercial center, with crowded streets of chic boutiques, antique shops, cafés and restaurants, punctuated by stately public squares - the monumental fountain on the Place des Terreaux is by Auguste Bartholdi, sculptor of the Statue of Liberty. Traboule down from Croix-Rousse to one of the city's bouchons, simple bistros named after the straw plugs once used as bottle-stoppers. For a taste of the local gastronomic specialty of cervelles de canut (literally, silk-worker's brains) - fresh white cheese mixed with...
That is to say, the Institute for Contemporary Art’s (ICA) new exhibition, “Chic Clicks: Creativity and Commerce in Contemporary Fashion Photography,” has plenty of absolutely stunning pictures featuring models glaring at the camera, gazing misty-eyed into the distance, or being just plain weird—but not really wearing anything you might want to buy. Take Terry Richardson’s “Campaign for Sisley,” where we get to see close up a couple rutting in the hay: The image is interesting, albeit a little...
This conflict, how “fashion photography navigates between two supposedly oppositional forces—creativity and commerce,” as the entrance wall text explains, represents the core of “Chic Clicks.” “Rather than reinforce traditional dichotomies (high vs. low, art vs. commerce),” the exhibit aims to “allow visitors to decide whether such distinctions are still useful or important, considering the multiple ways contemporary art and fashion photography now intersect.” It does this in an unusual way, splitting...
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