Word: fashionability
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Energy was America's competitive advantage. While Paris was bursting with ideas, New York was getting them built. The Paris furniture and fashion designers who were setting world standards began to find their masterpieces knocked off by New York department stores and the emerging Seventh Avenue garment district. A dressing table by French designer Léon Jallot is a riot of color and molded wood - oops, that's the copy made in New York for Lord & Taylor's department store...
...They should take note. The next culture-and-design rivalry will probably involve Beijing and Shanghai. Masterpieces by American creators of fashion, furniture and consumer electronics are already being replicated in the Yangtze and Pearl River deltas and sold at big-box stores. Meanwhile, Chinese painters like Yue Minjun and Zeng Fangzhi are pulling in big bucks at auction, and Chinese filmmakers, writers and musicians are not far behind...
...pictures of fashion at Wimbledon...
...pictures of fashion at Wimbledon...
...intense session a few years ago, a patient told Linehan that her work stress was going to lead her to suicide. The patient said Linehan could never understand this stress because she was a successful psychologist. Suicidal borderline patients often confront and alienate therapists in this fashion; for many years, this kind of confrontation was seen as a defining characteristic of the disorder. Linehan believes that borderlines are hurting, not manipulating, but that doesn't mean she indulges them. In this particular confrontation, Linehan responded, "I do understand. I live with a similar amount of stress ... You can just imagine...