Word: crisped
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...when the thousands of journalists, magazine editors and department- and specialty-store buyers from around the world trekked to Paris last week for the spring 2006 collections, they were looking for more than the safe, crisp poplin trench coats and soft sleeveless dresses many designers were offering. They wanted to be worked into a lather about something. And eventually they were--by the skinny pants and fancy frills that Nicolas Ghesquičre, 34, showed at Balenciaga, the Camille Claudel-like attenuated hourglass silhouettes of Olivier Theyskens at Rochas and John Galliano's surprisingly minimalist nude-chiffon-and-black-lace dresses...
...trench coats and dabbled with a soft '60s-style color palette of faded teal and mustard, inspired by unlikely fashion icons - the British royals, as depicted in period portraits. The Windsor influence didn't show up elsewhere, but the pared-down styles did. At Fendi, Karl Lagerfeld sent out crisp white eyelet skirts and polka-dot blouses as a backdrop to Silvia Venturini Fendi's standout handbags - now in funky combinations of straw, plastic, canvas and patent leather. At Bottega Veneta, designer Tomas Maier paired sterling silver?ornamented velvet handbags with simple dresses in dusty shades of khaki and stone.And...
...Bush aides pride themselves on their crisp scheduling but Bush is winging it-literally-day by day. As I write this in Colorado Springs, reporters and staff know that we?re bound to Austin today to visit the state?s emergency command center and that we?re scheduled to overnight in San Antonio-close enough to the storm to show Bush cares, far enough away from the action not to get too much in the way. As for when we return to Washington, the White House isn?t saying. Originally, officials said they expected to return on Sunday but there...
After MIT called a time-out halfway through the first period, it seemed as though an entirely new Harvard team hopped into the pool. The Crimson came out strong, and sophomore Brian Kuczynski netted a goal on the very first drive. Harvard’s passes were more crisp and the players drove closer to the goal, making it difficult for Turax to block shots. With just eight seconds left in the first quarter, Garcia scored a goal to bring the Crimson within...
...Just as the Bangkok characters start to come alive, McDonell abruptly drops his “Heart of Darkness” subplot and cuts back to the Upper West Side of Manhattan. On a crisp September morning, Mike (who has transferred to Columbia) is buying a blueberry muffin in a coffee shop as the first plane strikes the World Trade Center. Mike races toward ground zero to find his older brother Lyle, who lives near the site...