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Star quality, or startling beauty, can be an affront to the rest of us, stirring envy and rancor. That may be what drives Barbara (Judi Dench), a drab, old teacher at a London school, to latch and leech onto a new instructor, the stunning, vulnerable, morally floundering Sheba (Cate Blanchett). Sad meets bad--or is it mad?--in this knowing, brutal comedy. Dench has maybe her best-ever movie role: a queen bee who deals in the honey of treachery...
...From there, the tour plunges straight into the heart of the old city, where the centuries-old Shor bazaar has changed little from the days when it was thronged with Silk Road traders. In the narrow, twisting alleyways of the bird market, drab mud-brick shops burst with the vibrant plumage of parakeets and fighting quails, while the air is filled with the bright chatter of songbirds, the favored pets of Kabul residents. Handcrafted bamboo and wire cages, festooned with glass beads, dangle from every doorway, and the fragrance of cardamom-laced green tea beckons passersby into tiny chai shops...
...expected. It seems the models are barely here either.Wrapped in shapeless sheets of fabric, they stride down the path looking deprived of all essential vitamins and minerals usually obtained through exposure to food, water, and sunlight. Instead of BCBG’s signature wearable fashions, the show features drab colors and eyesores, a hodgepodge of loose fabrics and textures, along with hard-to-wear ankle boots.Clearly, the designers have not taken Gunn’s advice. “The biggest fashion foible you can make is wearing clothes that are too big or too small...
...feel like your requisite hoodie and Uggs are getting kind of drab, look to the center of the fashion world for inspiration on how to dress to impress and catch the eye of your hot TF. Check out the MFA’s Fashion Show: Paris Collections 2006 to see how it’s done right. Students get a 10% discount at the gift shop, so grab a Dior scarf at entirely reasonable prices while you’re there...
...First there was the required stop at the outpost of what was once the center of "Old Europe" in the form of a meeting at the drab Brussels headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). It was largely a hand-holding exercise as the hugely bureaucratic organization struggles with its mission in Afghanistan-its first military mission outside its region. Gates held a quick meeting with NATO General Secretary Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to encourage NATO to stay engaged in Afghanistan, where NATO has some 20,000 troops...