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...classic fallback answer for the daily question of what to wear, jeans now pose an even bigger question: Which ones? Stone washed, distressed, low rise, sanded, boiled, whiskered, shredded, patched, relaxed fit, straight leg, boot leg, flare or with personally customized finish? The notion that jeans are the color they have faded to is passe. At the Gap they have run from "blasted bluegrass" to "moonlight." Next season there will be 15 more hues (or "washes," as they are called) to choose from--all blue...
...flea market. Another, Picket Sign, replicates a pair of '30s jeans down to the paint spatters. Some styles will have manufacturing runs of as few as 50 pairs. Both Levi's and Diesel have opened high-end specialized stores. Diesel will launder its $200 jeans free to maintain the color. New Levi's arrive every six to eight weeks to keep up with quicksilver consumer loyalty...
Mancusi-Ungaro stands next to a 1980 Brice Marden painting (or rather a part of it, for the piece is in several panels) marked by three solid color fields of orange and blue...
...conservator tries to use materials in a treatment that are compatible with the original material but also reversible,” she says. “The conservator is trained to match the color as it appears on the surface, including the appearance of dirt...
...played clans off against each other, paving the way for the ethnic implosion of the 1990s. When the Europeans finally “decolonized” in the 1950s and 1960s, they left in charge a group of European-educated elites who cared little for the people. The color of the yoke changed, but not much else—and most Africans never got a starting chance. The result has been failed states like Sierra Leone, DRC and Somalia...