Word: chic
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Long before hiking clothes became cool mall duds, TIME hailed the joys of the great outdoors. Even in 1961, CAMPING was becoming chic and high tech...
...travelers seeking a bit of chemical adventure, the word opium still conjures images of ornate dens strewn with divans, elaborately carved ivory and jade pipes and the sophisticated decadence of concession-era Shanghai. From articles in Vanity Fair and Arena to documentaries on Japanese television, opium smoking has become chic. It is the drug of choice for a few famous Paris fashion designers and restaurateurs. And collecting opium pipes and paraphernalia is popular among modish New Yorkers. The trendiness is fueled in part by scarcity: it takes 100 g of opium to refine 10 g of heroin...
...even better spot to spend a day, or even a few hours, is about 20 miles down the coast. Tiny, brightly colored Portofino has long been one of Italy's most chic resorts. Gossip about the recent mysterious death of a wealthy countess is the only hint of crime you're likely to find in this town of extraordinary Mediterranean views...
...alone, he kept upper-middle-class comedy alive long past its prime. In the precision of his diction, the seeming intimacy of his asides, and that dry cackle of a laugh, he was the movies' Johnny Carson. Surely no one devoted as much intelligent energy as Lemmon did to chic, Hollywood-style humor in its mature years. Out of his mouth came acerb insights fashioned by Billy Wilder (seven films), Blake Edwards (six) and Neil Simon (four). The list includes The Apartment, Operation Mad Ball, the Odd Couple--and the all-time funniest farce, Some Like It Hot, in which...
...hallucinogenic hippiedom instead of, say, heroin chic? Well, heroin, for one, is expensive, difficult to get in Japan and illegal. It also carries disparaging connotations of addiction, needles and misery. Mushrooms, on the other hand, seem much more benign, mainly because of their easy availability and image as a "natural" drug. "It feels just like drinking alcohol," says a 27-year-old 'shroomer, a TV cameraman who declines to give his name. The psychedelic mindset has also gotten a boost from the burgeoning popularity of drug-induced rave parties and trance music?a global phenomenon that has struck Japan with...