Word: coatings
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...couture runways were littered with hints of Balenciaga's innovative cuts and use of volume. At Dior, the exaggerated shape of a horsehair skirt echoed his penchant for stiff fabrics. At Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld kicked in a fuchsia cocoon coat--an iconic Balenciaga look. Even couture newcomer Giorgio Armani, who began showing in Paris only three seasons ago, referenced the designer with a stunningly simple A-line evening dress...
...though, that there are various degrees of genetic replication. That may come as a rude shock to people who have paid thousands of dollars to clone a pet cat only to discover that their new kitten looks and behaves nothing like their beloved pet--with a different-color coat of fur, perhaps, or a completely different attitude toward its human hosts...
...Goethe was just 25 when he published The Sorrows of Young Werther, one of the first voice-of-a-generation novels, in 1774. It's not really the done thing now, but back then throughout Europe it was very hip to dress up like Werther in a blue coat and yellow trousers...
...loveliest number is "Something." All right; it's a great song; if it were done in the dark it would still be wonderful. But Champagne's version is as good as the original, maybe better. Three young women swing, on coat-hanger-shaped trapezes, above a man who yearns for all of them but can possess none. The women's description of arcs and helixes in the air, the grace and complexity of their movements, cast a spell over the audience. It's a mesmerizing form of sorcery in motion...
...like his characters, Finder craved excitement in his career. After receiving a graduate degree from Harvard in Russian studies in 1984, he planned to go into the CIA--until he discovered what the glamorous world of espionage really looked like. "It did not involve false passports or a trench coat," Finder says ruefully. "It involved translating Soviet economic journals." So he manufactured his own thrills on paper. After trying his hand at nonfiction, Finder wrote a succession of well-received thrillers, beginning with The Moscow Club...