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...around just because they made tidy profits on over-hyped prestige pictures and Quentin Tarantino’s ego.But what does this change mean for American cinema? For once, I don’t have a glib yet sophisticated response, one that sums up the problem while retaining a chic distance.The Weinsteins, and their company, Miramax (whose name and fairly impressive library have been retained by Disney), were a force to be reckoned with in Hollywood. Read Peter Biskind’s hilarious and insightful account of their meteoric rise, “Down and Dirty Pictures...
...quarter of 2005. In that period, the Razr accounted for 1 in 25 phones sold by any major carrier. The Razr is on track to surpass the best-selling phone of all time, Motorola's StarTAC. If that phone, the world's first clamshell, was Motorola at its geek-chic best, the Razr is just chic. Initially sold in silver, a black Razr made its debut as a gift to nominees at the Academy Awards this February. For Christmas, the company is selling the hot-pink Razr, promoted mainly as a red-carpet accessory to Hollywood starlets...
...Watch TV and Go ''Heh-Heh, Heh-Heh'' Beavis and Butt-head, the cartoon troglodytes who critique (and promote) MTV videos. Their show became a teen fave and a parent's bane. In a crowded field, B. & B. were the year's top icons of idiot chic...
...make your own garam masala, eschew cappuccinos for chai and think Bollywood dance classes are the height of chic. Now buy the shoes. Come November, Reebok will be releasing its first-ever couture sneaker collection; to design them, it has selected New Delhi's most outlandish couturier, 33-year-old Manish Arora. Retailing at up to $500 a pair in India (and considerably more in New York City), Reebok's Fish Fry range reflects the explosive use of color and kitsch for which Arora is fast becoming known. Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise...
...make your own garam masala, eschew cappucinos for chai and think Bollywood dance classes are the height of chic. Now buy the shoes. Come November, Reebok will be releasing its first-ever couture sneaker collection; to design them, it has selected New Delhi's most outlandish couturier, 33-year-old Manish Arora. Retailing at up to $500 a pair in India (and considerably more in New York), Reebok's Fish Fry range reflects the explosive use of color and kitsch for which Arora is fast becoming known. The most intricate of his 12 designs uses embossed suede, rhinestones and crystals...