Word: florals
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...stories have been grouped into three parts, in roughly chronological order: Early Varieties, Mid-Seasonals and Full Bloomers, a homey reference to floral growing patterns that gets reflected in the book's botanical design. (The book arrived at my office wrapped in a bow and a hand-designed packet of seed from the author's garden attached, though I am sure it does not ship to bookstores this way.) The earliest material, from the mid-'80s, shows Tyler already interested in the dramas of the household. "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning," provides a snapshot of a neighborly Midwest Saturday night...
...FLORAL JEWELRY When it comes to precious stones, everything's coming up flowers, from Dior's blossom-shaped kunzite earrings and Kwiat's brooch bouquet blooming with pink tourmaline petals and garnet pistils to a Vera Wang 18-karat white gold brooch boutonniere and a Van Cleef & Arpels clip budding with yellow gold and pink sapphires...
...simultaneously modern and classical décor with pieces like his white neo-baroque SoapStars bathroom accessories. And Italian glassware firm Bisazza hired Marco Braga to reinvent a Venetian tradition in the entrance hall of Florence's Una Vittoria Hotel. On a computer, Braga designed a 54-hue floral mosaic made of sintered glass cubed tiles...
...connected to the Tiananmen protests of 1989? His death on April 15, 1989, sparked the Tiananmen movement. Students brought floral wreaths to the Square?then stayed to demonstrate. On June 4, soldiers fired on the demonstrators...
...think men have long been concerned with their appearance. Perhaps the phenomenon we're witnessing is that the average Asian male rather than becoming increasingly vain is merely being more open about that vanity. And now that Asian men have better access to floral shirts and facials, they probably feel it's now acceptable?even good?to admit that they want that improved access. I've seen my male friends head out to buy pink shirts. It's all an assertion of masculinity. At least in Singapore, men want to put across the message, "I'm too confident...