Word: chicness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...With women, cigars tend to be more of a chic thing rather than a passion," he says...
Neutral, perhaps, but by no means dispassionate, as one saw, even in distant Karuizawa, a chic summer resort that found itself the host for curling competitions. Not far from the Pension England House Windsor, the town held its very own opening ceremonies, with its own parade of athletes, its own concert of bagpipers and Japanese drums. As the competition got under way, the Kazakoshi Park Arena--not unlike a high school gym--was filled with Japanese primary schoolchildren, old ladies blowing Piccolo Mini Cheer Horns and a crowd of Canadians crying, "Come on, button boy. Stop, baby, stop." Here...
...those with a touchable fabrics fetish, April Cornell is an excellent store to browse--not just for dresses or linens, but also for "touchable" glassware, furniture, and even candles. The staff is surprisingly relaxed and friendly, clad in chic April Cornell originals (direct from Canada--ooh la la!). Assistant manager Emily J. Shull explains that "it's a nice place to browse even if you're not going to buy anything. I think we just have beautiful things." Even so, she concedes that she doesn't see very many Harvard students shopping in the store (not a surprise...
...wishes to admit." Beene believes the look led to an unceasing fascination with clunky, cumbersome footwear. "The one thing that could define this decade is those ugly shoes," he says. "I can only hope they disappear." And the rest of us can only hope that Beene's vision of chic never does...
...sadist in us. Don't (Cliffiers) 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...