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With the requisite duel, a house being set on fire, and the frequent scene of connubial bliss, the novel is a perfect read by which to live vicariously...
This time around, gold-medal brands such as Gucci and Dolce & Gabbana squared off against more stealthy competitors such as Jil Sander and Bottega Veneta in a duel of trends that pitted the ultrasexy look of the '80s against the sober minimalism of the '90s. Sex vs. sobriety is an age-old Milanese rivalry--one that goes back to the early days of Italian ready-to-wear when Giorgio Armani stood on one side of the fashion ring with his sleek, pared-down pantsuits and Gianni Versace fought back with high-octane glamour and glitz. More recently, in the late...
...bottom line, or a winning collection that elevates a designer or a brand to the top of fashion's scoreboard. This time around, gold-medal brands such as Gucci and Dolce & Gabbana squared off against more stealthy competitors such as Jil Sander and Bottega Veneta in a duel of trends that pitted the ultrasexy look of the '80s against the sober minimalism of the '90s. Sex vs. sobriety is an age-old Milanese rivalry - one that goes back to the early days of Italian ready-to-wear when Giorgio Armani stood on one side of the fashion ring with...
...going to come out with the lead,” Broadbent said. Down the stretch, however, Crimson combined close, hard-fought victories at the fourth and fifth spots with easy victories at the top. In the end, the Crimson took five of nine matches 3-0. On paper, the duel at the No. 1 spot shaped up to be a good one, pairing Harvard’s Sidharth Suchde against Yale’s Julian Illingsworth, both two-time all-America selections. However, the match turned out to be lopsided in favor of Harvard; Suchde dispatched Illingsworth quickly. Suchde, capitalizing...
...second full-length, someone has scrawled in Bic pen: “Damon, the percussionist on this recording, gave a brilliant and cogent Duchamp presentation in the Jameson seminar last year.” It’s signed by someone named Vodka. Krukowski, for one, takes his duel life—and the above comment—in stride. “I bet I know who that is,” he says, laughing. “I was in grad school at the time.” Rather than launch into a story of Vodka?...