Word: formality
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...don’t like formality very much. I’m pretty informal myself,” she wrote in an e-mail. “I encourage them to send me whatever they have in mind, and if ever I get formal on e-mail it means I’m really angry with the particular student...
Feigenbaum recalled that after a Dunster House formal, her ID got taken at the door of an after-party at the Roxy, but Fonseca was able to bargain with the bouncer to get her into the club...
...little fun and flair into their ready-to-wear lines, too. Hong Kong-based designer Ranee Kok Chui Wah added feathers and a long, sassy gold sash to her cheongsams; Malaysia's Beatrice Looi applied the country's batik dyeing method to her beaded and sequined silk organza formal wear; and Korean label Kan Ki Ok Urban Look painted the fiery phoenix, once deemed appropriate only for Korean royalty, on the princess-seamed back of a denim dress. According to Urban Look's director of design, Kwan Jung Ran, the idea is to show that beauty hides in the least...
...YORK At $9,350, Patek Philippe's classic Calatrava watch is not really a steal, but it's the company's best seller. Formal details like the white dial make it more suited to lunch at Patroon than a stroll on the East Hampton beach...
...company that birthed the first jean took note of Calvin when she developed a dark, rigid denim finish inspired by vintage styles. Calvin, then 28, with no formal design training, began creating innovative finishes for the San Francisco--based Levi's in 1990. By the time she became the company's U.S. creative director in 2001, she had reinvigorated the brand throughout Europe by blending its rich heritage with a young, sexy edge. "Caroline knows how to take something old and modernize it into something no one's ever seen before," says Tony Carnot of Swift Denim in New York...