Word: elegante
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DIED. JEAN MUIR, 66, fashion designer; of breast cancer; in London. Though Muir first made a mark in the early '60s, her mastery of starkly simple yet always elegant designs kept her on the cutting edge for three decades. Her practical credo: "When designing clothes, you must remember that you...
But many young designers struggle to get their work seen by the more junior fashion editors. "You take them out to lunch. You call them until they come," says Rachel Danes, a partner with her husband Robert Danes, who designs elegant evening dresses. "P.R. people tell us that you have...
Adams and Sellars are no strangers to topical political controversy. Their two previous operatic collaborations, Nixon in China and The Death of Klinghoffer, both set to elegant, literate librettos by poet Alice Goodman, tackled explosive subjects in unconventional ways. Nixon presented a surprisingly intimate, sympathetic portrait of the former President...
To discuss comic actresses is to invoke some sacred names from Hollywood's golden age. Ryan, who as a kid in Fairfield, Connecticut, loved to watch the classic comedies, has acute ad-lib analyses of the pantheon residents. On Carole Lombard: "Elegant, but a little blue collar. She's not...
Fleck explores seemingly diverse musical traditions and integrates their various elements into a revolutionary style of music that moves comfortably from the elegant melodies of a string quartet to the rolling bluegrass lines of the banjo. Highlighting the album is a trio of distinguished musicians--Bruce Hornsby, Chick Corea, and...