Word: cyclamen
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...front-row crowd--an international group of buyers and press--there were whispers of the "Muslimification" of fashion. Were designers responding to conflicts in the Middle East by stitching some kind of political message into their silhouettes? Historically, many designers have explored the veiling concept. At Balenciaga, a cyclamen head scarf that appeared at the end of the show was a replica of a similar one Cristóbal Balenciaga designed in the '60s. Politics has surfaced in the past too. Eight years ago, the Turkish designer Hussein Chalayan presented a collection modeled by women in chadors...
Designers are determined to look on the bright side this spring and summer, with saturated colors turning up on everything from waterproof rubber ballet flats (the shoes of the season) to fitted jackets, sunglasses and even eye shadow. Aqua and cyclamen pink lead the pack, but color experts say any bold shade works in warmer months. Take advantage of these punchy hues while they last. Come fall, it's going to be back to all black...
Designers are determined to look on the bright side this spring, with saturated colors turning up on everything from waterproof rubber ballet flats (the shoes of the season) to fitted jackets, sunglasses and even eye shadow. Aqua and cyclamen pink lead the pack, but color experts say any bold shade works in warmer months. Take advantage of these punchy hues while they last (Mother's Day gifts, perhaps?). Come fall, it's going to be back to all black. --By Kate Betts...
...opposite extreme from this image is Signac's wonderful and bizarre Portrait of Felix Feneon, Opus 217, 1890-91--the fox-jawed face with its little tuft of beard in profile, the hand holding a cyclamen, against a madly spiraling background of fruit-jelly abstract forms. The dandified, loony energy of Feneon's argot-filled writing seems impacted into that background, even though its source is a Japanese kimono pattern. My, you think, those guys must have had some laughs together. Which they...