Word: chiffoned
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...absolutist devotion to "painting in itself, the pure act of painting." But there was never a shortage of critics who saw Matisse as a kind of magisterial lightweight. "It is a modiste's taste," wrote the poet Andre Salmon in 1912, "whose love of color equals the love of chiffon...
Sally: There's a serene college-age couple in the Pacific Ocean and a forlorn businessman striking poses in the Antarctic. The whole Eastern hemisphere is occupied by a clique of stationary women in black spandex and chiffon...
...little shock value too. "I had to do something completely different," he says. "I went with bright red and shocking-pink denim, with metallic gold stitching." One of his best sellers is a sexy little bustier dress in bold colors. His next line includes a two-layered frolic: a chiffon pleated skirt over a pink denim sheath...
...rambling dialogue sometimes frustrates the reader, but the abrupt shifts in topics successfully demonstrate the emotional distance between the two women. At one point, Molly describes a friend's dress that is "a layered black chiffon with tiny spaghetti straps and no back to it whatsoever." Lily eagerly seizes the opportunity to tell about a dress of hers that is just like it "only my dress is dark blue with little star shaped gold flecks in it." Lily associates the dress with memories of her and her husband's first encounter, which she gladly relates...
Accessories in spots and stripes are big items as well. Marshall Field's in Chicago has a ponytail garter ($8) and a leopard-spotted headband ($10). At New York City's Saks Fifth Avenue a cheetah chiffon bow ($25 to $45) and a jaguar belt ($165) are moving well. Kids can get jungle-cat skirts ($30) and flannel dresses ($55) at Henri Bendel in Manhattan...