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Open all night and a great follow-up to beer and Long Island iced tea we drank at an American bar, the hot crepe with applesauce made me feel like I was experiencing Paris as...an American college student on spring break...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tips From a Not-So-Perfect Parisian Trip | 3/10/1998 | See Source »

...long ago, we shut down the press at the weekly newspaper my family owned in my Iowa hometown of Greenfield (pop. 2,074). After 108 years, its glorious Wednesday-night baritone was not to be heard. No more would it summon folks to come and read how kids' crepe-paper birthdays rivaled royal cotillions, or how the class dullard shone like a bright star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUBLISHED AND PERISHED | 8/4/1997 | See Source »

...decided that the summer of '97 is the season for romance. They're offering up delicate feminine frocks and fluid wide-legged pants that caress the body like a breeze. Pale tones, cool watercolors and neutrals are popping up all over in soft materials such as light wools, chiffon, crepe de chine and jersey. For the more daring, there's the citrus palette, with all its variations on lime green, orange and yellow. And for the downright bold, sheer fabrics are moving into daywear--although they're usually doubled in thickness, lined or worn with a body suit so that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COOL SUMMER LOOKS: THE LIVING IS BREEZY | 5/26/1997 | See Source »

...kind of sociopathic bravado that spells sexiness in the mid-'90s. Well, tsk-tsk and all that. But good movies make their own morals. And this one, based on Irvine Welsh's trend-spotting novel, is also and mainly a display of savvy camerabatics. Though grim death hangs like crepe over our antihero (star-in-the-making Ewan McGregor) and his mates, the John Hodge script and Danny Boyle's direction couldn't be more vital. Aesthetically, at least, Trainspotting chooses life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: THE BEST CINEMA OF 1996 | 12/23/1996 | See Source »

Bessette walked down the aisle, wearing a fluid, bias-cut dress of pearl-white crepe. A panel floated from the waist in the back, in a suggestion of a train. She wore a veil of silk tulle, and her crystal-beaded satin sandals were from Manolo Blahnik, designer of pricey, fashionable shoes. In her hands, covered by long white gloves, she carried a small bouquet of lilies of the valley. The groom wore a dark blue single-breasted suit, designed by Gordon Henderson, with a white pique vest and pale blue silk tie. His boutonniere was made of cornflowers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BY GEORGE, HE GOT MARRIED! | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

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