Word: fabricate
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...considerable pain, in places Spencer's book is an improbable comedy. (Daniel's parents are remote Wasps who drop by one day to tell him they are leaving all their money to a local raptor-preservation society.) And in the unraveling fabric of his life, Daniel's blindness to his own predicaments is a lightly stitched comic thread. He's an intelligent man, but in matters of the heart, he has a muscular stupidity that gives him the strength...
...sculptural arrangements of Kendra Barron ’03 also required a great deal of thought, though her titles act more to elucidate than to inspire questions. Her medium is dolls—small, featureless bodies sewn from fabric ranging in color from dark brown to silver to light gray. Given the “Afro” title, the silhouetted figures may be intended to evoke voodoo and bocio dolls, which serve in part to protect their creator from the tortures portrayed...
...designs of some of the world's most prestigious fashion houses. For spring at Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs offers a white waistcoat and black floral miniskirt, and at Chanel, Lagerfeld weighs in with a gray fishnet jacket--all made of neoprene. At Balenciaga, Nicholas Ghesquiere uses a neoprene-like fabric to make surferesque tops. And where the big designers go, the rest will follow...
When Hollywood calls--Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett and Cameron Diaz have worn his clothes--McQueen can provide glamour on request. Recently his creations have revealed great sensitivity to the feel and fall of fabric. The word pretty could even be used--but not to his face. Although McQueen now has his first fragrance and even a property portfolio, don't expect this uncompromising frontiersman to go soft. --By Marion Hume...
...spreading around its R.-and-D. prowess in exchange for the commercial sector's speedy production and ability to make the research pay for itself. To rush the creation of clothing suitable for Afghan winters, for instance, Natick came up with a way to weatherproof even the thinnest fabric by baking silicone into it, then collaborated with the design house for North Face to create battle gear as light as a nylon jogging suit. The new technology should someday help civilians achieve a sleeker winter silhouette...