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...fashion line with Macdonald, Fahmy scales back the ethnic touches and concentrates instead on large and flashy pieces. Macdonald says the jewelry is the perfect accompaniment to his silky, sparkly dresses. "It's the taste of the unexpected that people want," he says. "The women who wear my clothes are the stars of the party." For last year's collaboration, Macdonald asked Fahmy if she could design a glamorous bangle in the form of a common nail. The result: a gold-encrusted hybrid between a village wedding armlet and a biker bracelet...
Originally, Fahmy had no plans to go into fashion. The daughter of a cotton trader, she became an illustrator for Egyptian government publications after graduating from art school. At a book fair in Cairo in 1969, she came across a volume on medieval European jewelry. The book sparked a painful memory of Fahmy's widowed mother, who once had to sell her wedding jewelry to make ends meet. That memory prompted Fahmy to turn her skills to jewelry, and she set out to learn the trade from a craftsman in a cramped and dirty workshop of the Cairo souk. Macdonald...
...that we not conflate the two activities, even if the dean empowered to act is participating in the work of the issue.” While many believed that the Dowling Report left more issues open than resolved, its recommendation that student-faculty committees be organized in a hierarchical fashion and given decision-making power was widely considered to be its most ground-breaking conclusion. In the letter, Smith disagreed with the committee’s recommendation to have equal numbers of students and faculty members on every committee. Instead, Smith emphasized that this recommendation may only be appropriate...
...survival mode. For example, that ski jump structure will actually house a 165,000 sq. ft. indoor skiing and snowboarding facility. The mall will also include restaurants like the Cheesecake Factory, whose 2008 profits dropped nearly 30% amid the casual-dining meltdown; an 18-screen movie theater; fashion retailers such as H&M, Guess and Zara; and Cabela's, an upmarket fishing, hunting, outdoor apparel and equipment outlet. Adrenalia, an extreme-sports store, is slated to have an indoor wave pool, and the mall includes a skydiving simulator. Xanadu will also offer rides on a 286-ft. Ferris wheel that...
...having their trauma turned into headlines. Likewise, friends of victims should not feel helpless to provide assistance and comfort, nor should they be badgered to reveal sensitive personal information. The greater Harvard community should not have to fear that a newspaper intended to inform will do so in a fashion as intrusive and inappropriate as in the dual articles on this “alleged incident.” The Harvard community appreciates relevant news, but even more so, appreciates respect and dignity...