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...Outing an undercover CIA officer to help one's boss shouldn't be protected by the First Amendment. It would be a travesty of the concept of a free press. False leaks are lies. Press manipulation has been a common tool of this Administration. Martin Santry West Cape May, New Jersey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 2/22/2007 | See Source »

...Brring! provides cell phone owners with an alternate phone number that when dialed plays a ten-second advertisement message to the caller before connecting. Users who sign up with Brring! are paid upwards of $1 for each advertisement played to their friends, coworkers, and relatives. The concept is brilliant; the ramifications, unsettling...

Author: By James M. Wilsterman | Title: Brring!ing Home the Bacon | 2/22/2007 | See Source »

...Fashion Institute of Technology.Starting with only $5,000, Bartlett began making clothes out of his apartment. Buzz built and in 1992 Bartlett showed his first collection. Over the next decade, his fashion shows would become famed as much for their spectacular aspect as for Bartlett’s high-concept clothing. For example, his Fall 1998 show featured a blonde man wearing a green cape, sitting atop a horse. At one fashion show, Bartlett used all black models. Another runway show featured an (impeccably-suited) voodoo priest fondling a live chicken. In 2002, however, Bartlett says he had a fashion...

Author: By Anna L. Tong, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Creations by Bartlett ’85 Hit the Runway | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...experience at the Mecca of all runway shows.Feb. 3, 12:15 p.m.Until now, we haven’t witnessed the “Zoolander”-esque ridiculousness that defines a stereotypical fashion show. Where is the Mugatu-styled hair? The “Derelicte” high fashion concepts? The brainwashed assassination attempts? Toni Maticevski’s over-the-top line answers our prayers.Upon entering the tent, also known as “The Showroom,” we encounter our first taste of zany fashion absurdity—what everyone imagines couture shows to be like. It?...

Author: By Aditi Banga and Lindsay A. Maizel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Hitting The Runway | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...cosmo­—pressed into my hand by a withered girl with a pixie cut.A JOB TO DO“Oh I don’t know, stop making me sad,” I would say. “Let’s teeter to the concept car!” Fashion week is sponsored by Mercedes-Benz, so there were concept cars littered all over the tents. I would always say this as a last resort in my despair—I hate cars and have gotten into six accidents where I confused...

Author: By Rebecca M. Harrington, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Taken from the C-List: My Adventures at Fashion Week | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

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