Word: colorism
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...model's shoulder on top of a long gown or swirling around her torso in the case of a strapless shift. It was a touch of showbiz to top off a collection that was easily the designer's best. Drawing on the simple fabrics, shapes, and nature-inspired color palette of America's early settlers, Posen showed crisp poplin dresses, blouses and vests that would have turned any Shaker into a fashionista. There's always a bit of a celebrity scene at Posen's shows since P. Diddy owns a majority stake in the company, and the audience usually endures...
...Posen, Francisco Costa, the Brazilian designer who several years ago took over for Calvin Klein when he retired, has mastered a sleek and chic kind of casual style. As far as continuing the sensibility of Klein, it works. To the simple sportswear shapes, Costa brings a refined sense of color and an appreciation for innovative fabrics. He opened the show with a passage of skinny, high-waisted pants in shades of chalk, pale pink and putty and then punctuated a crisp, natural palette with two drop-dead simple organza T-shirt dresses in grass green and - what else? - sky blue...
Meanwhile, the food industry is awaiting further research. "We take our responsibility to consumers seriously and will study the research finding in great detail," says Cathy Cook, spokesperson for the International Association of Color Manufacturers...
...ambitions must still yield to the gentle demands of daily life. On a recent Tuesday afternoon, residents lined up at the on-site farm to pick up their weekly share of organic fruits and vegetables, which some had helped harvest earlier in the day. As mothers bagged eggplants the color of a deep bruise and the size of Popeye's forearms, the talk was not of peak oil and alternative fuels but of kids and the fast-approaching fall term at the public school most EVI kids attend--just the kinds of unremarkable things you'd discuss in any unremarkable...
...privileges afforded Noriega as a prisoner of war. At present, Noriega resides in a special cell in the Federal Correctional Institute in Miami. His POW status affords him customized living quarters that resemble a condo more than a prison cell, what with its exercise machines, telephone and color TV. If he were treated as a common criminal, says attorney May, "He could be put with violent criminals, where he could be subjected to harsher humiliating treatment, where he could not receive the kind of exercise and fresh air and light that he is entitled to in the U.S." There...