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What do 80-year-old grandmothers in Chinatown, baggy-pants-wearing youth in the Bay Area and haute couture have in common? At least one Harvard student is trying to find a connection.Originally conceived by Nathan P. Gunawan ’07, “Identities: A Fashion Show” attempts to explore the various facets of Asian-American culture through the medium of fashion. The fashion show, organized by the Asian American Association (AAA), will take place on Saturday, April 7 at 9 pm in the Lowell House dining hall.DIVERSITY AND DISTINCTION“What we wanted...
Still, Dove's approach could add momentum to a subtle backlash against our deep-seated fear of aging. The clothing retailer Chico's, for example, uses silver-haired models in its ads. W, the fashion-world bible, recently called women who let their tresses go gray "silver foxes." Even if Dove's new products fail in the marketplace, the company's Pro Age campaign sends women a powerful message. "We're seeing a real shift in how people are approaching beauty," says Nancy Etcoff, a Harvard Medical School psychologist, the author of Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty...
...huge influence, as were the visual disruptions of Vorticism in the Dazzle patterns applied to Allied ships during World War I. Dazzle made it hard for the enemy to get a fix - a trait that could also help explain the rebellious appeal of camouflage patterns since the 1980s for fashion designers like Versace and Jean-Paul Gaultier, and pop idols from the Clash to Madonna. Whatever the angle, "Camouflage" is a must-see. www.iwm.org.uk
...made of. Fruit flavors are fresh and clear. I wish I'd grown up having a raspberry, citron and buttery sea-salt caramel trio waiting for me after school. But the ones from Hermé's swish shop are mini macarons for grown-ups. Like an haute couture fashion house, Hermé rolls out a new collection every fall and spring. Sophisticated flavor combinations like green tea and chestnut bring simple pleasures to a new level of contemporary cool, while the olive oil or white truffle macarons are utterly astonishing. Even the surfaces are brilliant - some glisten like mother...
...unaccustomed to college athletics. Only in the NCAA Tournament does an amateur athlete get so much exposure for being just that.So it was only natural that I reacted with an open-mouthed stare when I looked up to see Ohio State playing Florida in perfect, high-definition fashion at an upscale restaurant in Buenos Aires on Monday night. Finally, after seven weeks in Argentina, I was home.—Staff writer Aidan E. Tait can be reached at atait@fas.harvard.edu...