Word: cutters
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...from 250 to 550 since 1990. Not all the graduates can be represented in the show, and that is a bad blow to many. To stretch its faculty--and encourage the kids--the college calls back old grads, who work on a project basis. One is Bill Gayten, a cutter for Galliano. While novice tailors listen, he talks about the designer's famous bias-cut dresses, many of which he has worked on. Galliano demands toiles (patterns) not of traditional muslin but of the same fine fabric the gown will be made of, and will not look at a garment...
...sold as glamour. Maybe the humbling demands of a beginner's job in fashion are one reason why so many young comers tend to show off. For instance, says Wendy Dagworthy, herself a designer and director of the undergraduate school: "McQueen was determined, and he was an excellent cutter. He loved shock tactics. Many of the students here do. They're trying to get noticed, but we tell them, 'Never design only for the catwalk...
After an independent study rated him the biggest budget cutter in the Michigan delegation in 1993 and 1994, Camp went on to become a member of the post-G.O.P. revolution group of conservatives that dominated the 104th Congress. He supported a balanced-budget amendment and opposed the assault-weapons ban. His record is consistent with his G.O.P.-leaning district, and he beat challenger Lisa Donaldson once before--by a 28% margin...
After his re-election in 1994, by only 471 votes, McHale is on everyone's list of vulnerable incumbents. He is, however, better prepared this time--his last challenger outspent him by $100,000--and hopes to gain broad support from his voting record, his reputation as a deficit cutter and his incumbency...
Sanford is unopposed for the second of a self-imposed three-term-maximum House career. A political outsider first elected on a platform of term limits and campaign-finance reform, he is a budget cutter with a 100% ranking from the Citizens Against Government Waste, drawing criticism from his party for voting against a bill--because of a $2 billion increase in defense--that would have brought money to his state for social programs...