Word: chic
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...breath used to be furtively treated with a smuggled Certs. But oral-care products have become chic: the hottest is Cool Mint Listerine PocketPaks, stamp-size and gel-coated pieces of paper that dissolve on the tongue and deliver a burst of mouthwash. Released last year, the strips are a hit with teens and young singles who openly pop the tabs in trendy night spots. At the Oscars, Hugh Grant was captured on camera placing one into Sandra Bullock's mouth. Handbag designer Kate Spade and celebrity makeup artist Bobbi Brown have their own lines of breath mints, and toothbrushes...
...Shoes.com "It started in January as a very metropolitan craze. Now they've spread to every corner." Their resurgence was probably boosted by Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker's Sex in the City character, who clops around Manhattan in them. They also complement this season's '70s-inspired bohemian chic, marked by peasant blouses and worn-out denim. This year there's a sexy high-heeled variation named the Sassy joining the sleek Original and 1998's chunkier Super. In addition to the old primary colors, straps come in hot pink, turquoise and silver. And the sandals are still affordable...
...years has secreted himself away from the world, building up a cult of godlike reverence that prevents Tigers from even referring to him by name, cannot be overstated. He emerged from hiding last week dressed in a suit that could only be described as North Korean chic, flanked by a trio of mustachioed goons in sunglasses and a host of cameramen whose apparent task was to record the faces and questions of every reporter. Whatever the intended message, the impression was clear: as a politician, Prabhakaran would make an excellent military dictator. Asked if he still stood by a long...
...flaring in a circle of testosterone, and live emcees can spit rhymes at tweaked-out speeds while the DJ waxes his tables. The music is driven—no surprises here—by a cultivated, throbbing bass line, coupled with some snazzy syncopated drum cadences. Some tracks have chic vocals, others sample hip-hop rhymes, but most just make music by layering the beats in search of the ultimate “bass drops.” You’ll know one just happened when everyone spontaneously combusts. Not really, but that’s the idea: Everyone...
...with cèpes, fillet of red mullet and wild game pudding whipped up by a chef who used to work at one of London's most popular restaurants, the Ivy. Even the most discerning Parisian diners have been reserving tables at Le Chênevert, Galeries Lafayette's chic venue that opened in September to rave reviews...