Word: chignon
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...Turandot, Italian composer Puccini's rendition of a classic Chinese love story. But they have hired an American choreographer to tame their exuberant style into something more fluid and romantic, and exchanged their demure looks for a sexier image. Shen, 23, has abandoned her bowl cut for an elegant chignon; 28-year-old Zhao now favors body-hugging costumes. As Shen notes while adjusting the spaghetti strap of her low-cut tank top: "You have to make sure that everything appears right." In this sport, a double entendre may count for as much as a double Axel...
...nuns used to say, What are you hiding under all that makeup? A year ago, we were shocked when a newsmagazine gave a makeup and hairstyling credit on its Paula Jones cover. But that was four makeovers ago and before Washington hairdressers, previously known for keeping the chignon alive, had p.r. agents. Linda Tripp refused to sit for a photo by the New York Times because the newspaper would not pay for her hair and makeup artist...
...hard," says a Clinton adviser, "to put herself in the eye of the President. She knew the President was in and out of [Betty's] suite." But no one seems to think Currie--with her religious core, her sensible attire and her hair pulled back in a no-nonsense chignon--would cover up for untoward behavior. "She's no Rose Mary Woods," says longtime friend Paul Costello. "Betty's very straight," says a co-worker. "It's hard to imagine her helping [Clinton] get away with anything. It's not her style...
...Madonna has switched to pastel colors, soft makeup and a demure, Catholic-schoolgirl hairstyle. (She donned the Evita look for the film's Hollywood premiere, but otherwise, she says, "it's something for special occasions. You're not going to see me with my hair up in a chignon, wearing padded shoulders and a nipped-in-at-the-waist suit every day, that's for sure.") Accepting a Billboard magazine music award on Dec. 4, she thanked her fans, "who have stuck by me through all the years, through thick and thin, when even I wasn't sure exactly what...
...Victorian costumes are even more wonderfully fanciful, with huge leg-o'-mutton sleeves and artificial wasp waists. Starr's character is initially decked out in a purple and hot-pink number with a flattering chignon wig and a huge hat complete with pink bird and huge ostrich feathers. Kaiser has feathers and flowers literally stemming from his hair, or possibly from his Eyrehead...