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...music pauses, and then both fire up again simultaneously. We almost see a model smile, a first for the weekend. This line, unlike some of the others, is absolutely wearable, offering a larger and more diverse showing than the previous collections.Models show off flirty skirts, evening gowns, and plush fur coats in blacks, browns, and deep shades of purple. Metallic silver appears frequently. The last model strikes her pose, the designer takes a bow, and we wave goodbye to reality stars, fashion reporters, underfed models, and, of course, Fabio.10:00 p.m.As we walk away from the tents for the last...
...Castle Rock” (presumably Munro herself, living out fictionalized situations) is such a character, Munro is at her strongest when she recalls her childhood and adolescence. The lively writing and intricately detailed descriptions of everything from the ramshackle farm where her father raised foxes for fur to the contents of the wedding trunk that her poor but meticulous family put together for her are entirely engrossing. The emotional life of the narrator is also wonderfully well developed. When she goes to work as a maid for an affluent family at their summer home, we feel her loneliness and awkwardness...
...shooting to become an active organization once again. Sharply dressed (and belying his sharp-shooting skills), Perese said that all new members will first be trained in pistol and rifle safety under National Rifle Association guidelines, and then progress to skeet and trapshooting at the Fin Fur Feather Club in Millis, Mass. His goal is “promoting sportsmanship and exercising our Second Amendment right to bear arms.” Perese acknowledged that some oppose the new club. Though the club won’t hunt live game, “obviously there are people who are against...
...imperial yellow, celadon green and blue-and-white. The third-floor rooms resembled a scene after an earthquake. The Red Guards had emptied my storage cupboard. Flour, sugar and food lay on top of heaps of clothing they had taken out of cupboards. They had already dealt with my fur coats and evening dresses with scissors. The ceiling fan was whirling. Bits of fur, silk and torn tissue paper were flying around. Tables and chairs were overturned. In my bedroom, the bedspread was soiled with footprints. The Red Guards had slashed the mattress, punched holes in the lacquered screen, smashed...
...Russians Are Back In the mid-1990s, in the first flush of economic and political freedom, you couldn't walk into a high-end store in Davos without tripping over some Russian businessman's "executive assistant," usually decked out in a sumptuous fur coat...