Word: cools
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Hicks: I saw some really cool Prada leather underwear in NY but didn't have sufficient funds at the time. Actually, I never have the sufficient funds! I do, however, own leopard-print underwear but I thought that animal skin would be going a little too far for an amateur so I settled on the black K-mart special...
...certain degree, it's simply its turn. As Art Nouveau and Art Deco became too popular and expensive, younger people began to search for something else that looked cool enough to claim as their own. The '50s were a neat fit. Like the current decade, it was a time of optimism and excitement when rapid technological change led people to think about the future. Financially, things were on an upward tick, and America saw few imminent threats to its power. But more important than the current premillennial bout of optimism, the fascination with the stark elegance of the '50s reflects...
...current renaissance in midcentury modernism is particularly sweet for Koenig, 73, who has lived long enough to become cool twice. A life-size replica of his famous Case Study house 22 in a 1989 exhibition at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art caused a new legion of fans and clients to seek him out. In addition to restoring Cracchiolo's house, the architect has a new project in Carmel Valley and recently finished a house in Santa Monica Canyon. Koenig, who teaches at the University of Southern California, isn't completely happy with his lot, though. He wishes...
...father Brazilian; both are dead.) Seal was born in London and grew up poor. He was put up for adoption and then reclaimed by his father; at one point when Seal was in his late teens, he was homeless. Today he projects both stylishness and erudition. There's a cool air about him that from time to time suggests he may have just breezed in from the hottest dance club in town or may have spent the night paging through Byron's collected works. Your call...
...depict paranoid modernity but misses, venturing off into the surreal as it ticks through comedy, romance, tragedy and documentary. The aesthetic attempts to depict low-class L.A. kitsch (the 1954 sushi joint, Tommy's family home in the outer 'burbs), but lacks many key touches. Especially lacking is the cool, retro music soundtrack one would associate with such a picture--the orchestral back up tunes whine of missed-opportunity. What is strangest is that in spite of all of this, The Alarmist turns out to be a very entertaining movie. Though one is left feeling incredulous by the turn...