Word: chiffoned
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When acclaimed composer and lyricist Larry C. O’Keefe ’91 first donned a chiffon dress and heels in 1988, he knew he had found his niche at Harvard...
...blush--unless she has mislaid it, as she did in Columbus; then she just runs a brush through her hair. "I'm coming from a tomboy type of position," she says. She changes into black pants that fit tight over her skinny legs and one of the 12 chiffon shirts she had tailored in emerald, salmon and aqua hues. Has she had her colors done? She gives a withering look...
...Flockhart have already been spotted wearing them). In shape and color, the tops hark back to the hippie era. Loose and unstructured, they come mainly in white and pastels, often with embroidery. In detail and fabric, they tend toward the romantic, with ruffles around the neckline and cuffs, in chiffon and other sheer fabrics. The good news for the elite shopper: you can spend princely sums to dress like a pauper. Labels like Prada and Dolce & Gabbana offer tops that climb in price into the mid-three figures. If, however, you have a commoner's bank account, you have options...
...from a laptop, which rests on a desk wrapped entirely in pink crepe paper. Colored Christmas tree lights adorned with sparkly pieces of candy line the molding and the drawers. Colorful flower pots sit in the corner, next to a purple parasol. The floor lamp is ornamented with silver chiffon butterfly wings. Printed patterns of pink and red lipsticks and compacts dot the bedsheets. Even the CD holders and the crutches leaning on the wall are painted pink...
...wherever it would take me; sometimes I would toss a coin at a crossroads to decide which way to head. When my money ran out, I found ways of making enough to keep me going. I became a fortune-teller, a hairdresser, a peddler of fake toothpaste and pink chiffon scarves. I helped make sofas in Guizhou province and fished for yellow carp on Qinghai Lake. In the cities, I would camp in flea-ridden hostels, in the countryside I would often just sleep on the ground...