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Runway shows are notorious for their over-the-top, impractical outfits, and the Spring 2010 New York Fashion Week (which runs Sept. 10-17, 2009, obviously) was no exception. Alexander McQueen showed off his Speedo design; Christian Dior went for some sort of 19th century French-prostitute look; and Y-3 paraded their models in see-through outfits that literally had no armholes. While fashionistas and critics praised the designers for their original ensembles, the rest of us were left to wonder, Would anybody really wear that? (Read TIME's Fashion Week blog...
...Obama Administration wants to push through Congress before year-end - creating a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, giving the Federal Reserve the job of systemic risk regulator, and establishing a "resolution regime" to wind down troubled nonbank financial institutions (like Lehman) and complex bank holding companies in an orderly fashion. Steps in the right direction? Probably. Truly major reforms? Not so much...
Indeed, the selection of “Justice” as the Harvard class to broadcast to the world in this fashion was a good one, for its material is more than just interesting or engaging. Drawing on thinkers from Aristotle to John Rawls, the course has the potential to be a formative experience, one in which viewers will undoubtedly be forced to reflect on important moral questions and decide for themselves where exactly they stand. Though surely not the only venue for such important debates, a course as relevant as “Justice” that appeals...
...Treehouse never fails to pack in the booze and the people. Drink, dance, and schmooze at the Quad’s most illustrious party spot. Plus, for all you non-Quadlings, expect excellent fodder for conversation on your Shuttle ride home; debrief on all the hottest hook-ups and fashion faux pas at the denouement of a night well spent. Party Suite: Quincy TerraceThere are ways to distinguish the truly great party suites from your garden variety pong table-equipped room, and the fact that it can be found merely by following the smell of beer on a quiet Sunday...
Does your Saturday night uniform consist of jeans and a t-shirt? Too bad. In a world of leather, fur, and jeggings, you really have no excuse. Let some of Harvard’s most fashionable students show you the way to all things chic. Meet the experts at our round table discussion. Lucy W. Baird ’10, a social anthropology concentrator in Pforzheimer, is director of public relations for the Vestis Council. Her designs have been featured in a number of student fashion shows (and in the pages of FM).When asked about his fashion credentials, Sokiente...