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...multiprint chiffon floor-length dress ($7,570; dolcegabbana.it...
...cater to a very different crowd, turning up at modern-day spectacles (think movie premieres and nightclub sorties) for purely sartorial purposes. In recent seasons, the fashion flock has adopted the tough footwear as its own form of armor. The style has proved an able antidote to a flowery dress for Sarah Jessica Parker and helped Mary-Kate Olsen bring the sky-high look of a miniskirt back down to earth. With many of the modern incarnations featuring weapon-like stiletto heels, they just may be better suited for combat than the originals...
...starts like this: six students sitting around an oval table, eyes on the projector screen, faces barely visible in the sodden light of an early March morning. Their dress is standard-issue—black wind pants, olive green windbreakers, and gray T-shirts. They are attentive. They are quiet. They are getting a lesson in warfare from the Spartan King Leonidas...
...politics. The positive stereotypes—women are great connectors and have lots of caring and feelings—tend to backfire when applied to comedy. All that compassion makes it difficult to tell a joke. And once they do get involved, there is the problem of the unstated dress code. Women in politics have similar issues—Hillary has to wear pantsuits and short hair not because they are the best look for her figure but because of the image she has to present. Masculinity translates, to some degree, into competence. By contrast, if you are a female...
...into the beginnings of a show business career. She has been training to become a professional ice-skater, hoping to join the cast of the popular Skating for a Dream TV program. "I am also being considered for vaudeville," she says. "I don't know if I want to dress up in feathers, but I'm seriously thinking about it. What I would really like is to become an actress...