Word: chic
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...Patrick. Seddigh wears bright pink veils, designer sunglasses and has won a race or two on Iran's racing circuit. State television has refused to broadcast her standing on the podium to receive her prize, but that has allowed Seddigh--in the manner of 127--to protect her radical chic. It's a win-win arrangement: she gets her fast cars and fast lifestyle, and the regime gets a poster girl for its new tolerance. "Women haven't gone after many of their rights here," she tells me. "If they pursue them, so much is possible." She pauses, perhaps realizing...
...GRAPE CHIC At the Napa Valley Reserve, amateurs blend their own wines, paying a membership deposit of $135,000 for the right to harvest, crush and bottle top grapes...
...always, accompanied by the accordion. Charles Aznavour, Serge Gainsbourg, Françoise Hardy and others - with their haunting and spirited ballads of regret and doomed love - were in vogue around the world. Now, Delerm and artists like Keren Ann, Benjamin Biolay, Carla Bruni and Thomas Fersen are making chansons chic again. The new-old sound incorporates elements of big band, swing, old-fashioned melodrama and whispery vocals. "Many musicians have a certain attitude, saying they do one kind of music but claim a certain pop aspect as well," says Delerm, sitting in a Paris café drinking orange press...
...Rain or Shine Forget about frumpy galoshes. Thanks to shoe designers Sigerson Morrison, even the messiest rainy days can be weathered in style with their chic rubber flats ($125) in a garden variety of colors...
...Business or Pleasure The new snug jacket from BCBG by Max Azria is chic enough to wear to the office-adding a dash of color to any workaday suit-or cool enough to step out in on casual occasions over jeans and a camisole...