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...where people are delegated responsibilities," says Newton. Buchinsky had 20 years of marketing experience before she started Little Racquets, and has hired two college students whom she pays $10 an hour to help teach her growing class load. Schandel found an assistant at nearby Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles whom she pays $17 an hour...
...demure suits, pioneered by two Muslim women on opposite sides of the globe, are like lightweight, loose, hooded wet suits and hide everything but the face, hands and feet. Australian retailer Aheda Zanetti, 38, says she was inspired to design her Burqini after watching young Muslim girls struggle to play netball in bulky layers. Her competitor, California microbiologist Shereen Sabet, 36, came up with her full-coverage Splashgear suits after searching in vain for Islam-appropriate scuba gear. The UV-resistant, stretchy swimsuits start at $90 and have found upwards of 6,000 buyers--most of them online--in locations...
...suit because her medications make her skin sun-sensitive. "We're both hooked," says Martinez. Meanwhile, Kathleen Petroff, 59, of Helendale, Calif., bought her Splashgear suit for a snorkeling trip, after weight gain from multiple-sclerosis treatment made her old suit unappealing. If not for Sabet's design, she says, "I would have missed swimming with the dolphins...
Anne Cole, the designer whose 1997 invention of the tankini was a landmark for conservative swimwear, lauds the reasoning behind the modest suits. "A woman should, above all, find a suit she can feel comfortable and be herself in," she says. But the new swimsuits have drawn criticism from both East and West. "This is like playing a game with Allah," asserted a poster on the website ShiaChat, complaining that the stretchy fabric reveals curves. Zanetti's design has also brought out anti-Muslim sentiment since she's become a high-profile member of the Islamic community. She has been...
HRST’s actual production of “The World Over” was very impressive, particularly the set design by Thalassa G. Raasch ’09. The ship, with which some of Adam’s travels take place, was extremely well constructed, even beautiful. At the beginning of the play, a map of some of Adam’s travels was projected onto the ship’s white sails. This extremely professional construction proved useful throughout the play, particularly during the hurricane scene that HRST impressively portrayed at the end of the first...