Word: closetfuls
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...staple of the business -- the standard two- or three-piece suit that fits around the average frame as trimly as a swath of burlap around 50 lbs. of Pillsbury -- has lost its allure: too drab, too ordinary and, in an approaching crunch, too superfluous. What's already in the closet is good enough for now, and if it's not -- if a man has the cash and a need for flash -- he's reaching way upscale, to Armani and Ralph Lauren and the heady heights of bespoke tailoring. The Europhile tailored look that belonged to the hard- eyed Gordon Gekkos...
Female fashion is exhausting. All that variety from which to choose the few items that will transform you into a knockout. All those racks in all those stores: it takes hours and days to find the perfect thing. Once home, the garments crowd the closet, challenging you to put together the right pieces for the right occasion -- and the right mood. There's a mutability to clothes that makes them appealing one day, appalling the next...
Rollins had to be eliminated because he had discovered Bush's true identity as a closet Democrat and was trying to unmask the traitor in public. He sealed his fate when, on Oct.15, he faxed a memo to Republican candidates containing these instructions: "Do not hesitate to oppose either the President or proposals being advanced in Congress...
...women, it is one of the toughest to obey. But rarely has the rule been breached as flagrantly as in a case revealed last week: a sexual encounter between a male and a female cadet, conducted under the watchful eyes of six male classmates hiding in a dorm closet. The romp landed the woman, who became distraught upon learning how public the performance had been, in a military hospital following an accidental overdose of pain relievers...
Five of the cadets involved in the episode have resigned, and action is pending against the remaining three, including the woman. Says academy spokesman Lieut. Colonel Greg Dziuban: "The cadets were there to help their friend break off his relationship. They were going to jump out of the closet, but somehow things got going too quickly. Everyone was clearly aware of the prohibition against sex in the dormitory...