Word: colorism
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...creative director at the group's surf and street-wear line 55DSL. Rosso is wearing his usual chief-executive attire: jeans, T shirt, Margiela sneakers. His favorite jeans are ones that have been dyed with indigo and dipped up to 16 times to achieve a dark blue color...
...Europe has always been a source of innovation in the beauty sector, particularly in fragrance and skin care. François Coty made his name by selling fragrance in small, decorative bottles. L'Oréal was started by a young Parisian chemist when he invented the first safe synthetic hair color in 1907. Brands like Helena Rubinstein and Estée Lauder were founded on skin-care formulas based on East European traditions. More recently, big beauty conglomerates such as L'Oréal and Estée Lauder have been shopping for new, innovative brands in old, familiar places like France, Spain...
...Council of Fashion Designers of America. On day three of New York Fashion Week, three major trends have emerged for spring 2007. There's the dress, which, according to designers like DVF and newcomer Thakoon Panichgul, is best worn short and swingy and in some tangy, Day-Glo color like cherry red or peony pink. There is the very short hemline, terrifying for anyone over the age of 30. And there's volume, which seems to appear most frequently as a kind of upside-down tulip skirt or a big puff sleeve...
Looking to brighten up your sink? The HANSACANYON LED WATER FAUCET, above left, has light-emitting diodes that change color as the water temperature changes, so you can see when it's too hot, too cold or just right. KWC'S EVE FAUCET, above right, provides an even more illuminating experience. Inspired by his nearsighted grandmother, who never quite got all the grit off her garden veggies, designer Michael Lammel integrated LEDs into a transparent plastic ring within a pullout faucet. Press a button, and the light shines on whatever you're rinsing...
...resistance to this embrace of wealth and comfort can be observed in the current evangelical brawl over whether comfortable megachurches (like Osteen's and Warren's) with pumped-up day-care centers and high-tech amenities represent a slide from glorifying an all-powerful God to asking what custom color you would prefer he paint your pews. "The tragedy is that Christianity has become a yes-man for the culture," says Boston University's Prothero...