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...thought proletarian chic stopped with the lumberjack shirts and beat-up sneakers of early 1990s grunge, think again. Trucker hats are the latest item to come out of the blue-collar closet, and though true style mavens latched on to them some months ago, the hats have only just made it onto the mainstream radar. If you're not familiar with the look, think baseball caps but with a higher foam front and a plastic mesh back. Designer logos are a no-no: you'll want a trucker hat that advertises beer, motor oil or construction equipment for that extra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Style Watch | 2/2/2004 | See Source »

What happens when a booming consumer culture collides with an emerging counterculture? In China the result is linglei chic?advertising that associates products with the images of rebellion and individualism. The message is clear: buy me, and you too can be cool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Linglei Like Me | 1/26/2004 | See Source »

...shed its skin - or grow a new one - as readily as Sydney. After all, it's the place where an historic wharf can turn into luxury apartments for the likes of Russell Crowe. And where an old bond store in former working-class Millers Point can transform into a chic theater for the middle classes - the new Sydney Theatre, where Thomson's Harbour premiered this month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battlers Take a Bow | 1/26/2004 | See Source »

...with adventures in sex, friendship and shoe shopping, the critically acclaimed show, “Sex and the City,” will be broadcasting its final four episodes this February. Like many college-aged women, I am sad to see it go. I’ll miss their chic fashion, their nightly escapades in the New York social scene, and their unremitting sexual interactions with a seemingly endless supply of good-looking men. Creating a show that stars attractive, successful and sexually enthusiastic single women is a revolutionary step forward in television broadcasting. And it?...

Author: By Lia C. Larson, | Title: A Dark Side Of Sexual Equality | 1/26/2004 | See Source »

...Cliffies) write offers to come over and read aloud to us your illegible remarks—we can (officially) read anything, and we may be married. Write on both sides of the page—single bluebook finals look like less work to grade, and win points. This chic, shaded calligraphic script so many are affecting lately is handsome, and is probably worth a good extra five points if you can hack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 1/16/2004 | See Source »

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