Word: crowded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...second straight year, Boston College pulled out a lategame triumph over the Crimson in the 'Pot consolation contest--this time, 4-2, before a tiny Boston Garden crowd...
Darkness has fallen on Cambridge, England, and on a damp and chilly evening King's Parade is filled with students and faculty. Then, down the crowded thoroughfare comes the University of Cambridge's most distinctive vehicle, bearing its most distinguished citizen. In the motorized wheelchair, boyish face dimly illuminated by a glowing computer screen attached to the left armrest, is Stephen William Hawking, 46, one of the world's greatest theoretical physicists. As he skillfully maneuvers through the crowd, motorists slow down, some honking their horns in greeting. People wave. "Hi, Stephen," they shout...
After the show, Lacroix took over the fabled Opera Comique for a celebration. When the crowd of 800 old pals, press, dandies and punks arrived, they sat down to a 30-minute video of the making of the American Ballet Theater's $350,000 production of Gaite Parisienne, which opened last month in Tampa and is now touring the U.S. The dancing was effervescent, but the stars of the show were the sassy, spectacular costumes served up from the sketch pad of the host. Gaite was a stand-up, cheering hit. After the lights went up, Lacroix joined the crowds...
There can be adverse reactions to these champagne clothes, and not everyone is hopping aboard Lacroix's bandwagon. His outfits are not for the dress-for- success crowd -- only for those who have succeeded. Then there are the enthusiasts of top ready-to-wear designers like Jean-Paul Gaultier and Claude Montana and several of the Japanese, all intellectual, all looking toward futuristic silhouettes. To them, Lacroix is a crashing irrelevance. Alan Bilzerian, owner of two au courant shops in Massachusetts, who heavily backs the Japanese, writes Lacroix off briskly: "It's like a foul ball; he hit it over...
...saying haute couture must be a "laboratory of ideas" -- he burst upon the fashion world in 1985 with his Spanish collection. It was earthy, sensual, funny and, above all, fresh. It exuded a feeling that wonderful clothes ought to push their way out of the confines of couture. The crowd in the gilded ballroom of the Pavillon Gabriel cheered and pelted the young master with its complimentary violets...