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...motifs. “We travel a lot together,” Matsui says of the pictures of the two, partially nude, on a beach in Hawaii. On the oppposing wall hang blown-up “drunken” snapshots, lit by the dim glow of a red fabric chandelier. A cluster of dangling plastic circles and thin red fabric adorn the ceiling, a red shag rug the floor, and a full-length mirror the far wall. “We like to strut before we go out,” Matsui says. The pair found an eccentric...
...Garment District sweater. “My father looked at me one day and told me that I looked like everyone else.” Realizing that his father was right, Wood was inspired during his gap year in China to start making his own clothes with the fabrics he found there. Wood is one of a group of Harvard students who buck the Jasmine Sola/J. Crew trend and make their own clothes. Most have no plans to have their designs stocked in Saks, and they aren’t buying there either. “Someone called...
...energetic but inexplicable white splotches of paint on and around the figure of Mary. In the foreground, some of the ruffles on the furniture are meticulously shaded, while an entire ottoman is only half-painted. Part of the white chair has been painted over the dramatic scarlet fabric that lies on it. In contrast, the door behind the piano is sharply outlined. Wolohojian emphasizes that these inconsistencies were deliberate not careless, and that the scarlet fabric in the foreground might be somehow symbolic of passion and betrayal...
...asked whether the U.S. can win the war in Iraq, but a more apt question would be, "Since the U.S. is losing the war, what can it do?" The White House naively assumes that all countries are fertile ground for democracy. The layers of tribal fabric that make up Iraq are too complex for Western leaders to handle. Once American troops leave?as they eventually must?the only alternative to a tribal war in Iraq would be the installation of a strongman, a surrogate for Saddam Hussein on a short leash. With an autocratic leader in place, in six months...
...loved the art-deco feel in the lines of the dresses and the fabric textures,” said Megan C. Dempsey...