Word: furred
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...clear my throat. I tailgate closely. And yet the girl with a faux-fur vest—who looks like a beaver has mounted her—will not move to the right...
...ongoing Darfur genocide is a terrible humanitarian crisis. The “Janjawid,” armed men on horses, sponsored by the Sudanese government, have targeted mainly members of the Fur, Masalit, and Zaghawa ethnic groups and other agro-pastoralist groups living in Darfur. The crimes done to humanity are enormous—roughly 1.2 million people have been displaced, women’s rights are being severely violated, and estimates for the death toll are over...
...much when it comes to the Dolce & Gabbana customer. "When we offer a shoe in leather and also in snake or eel, the first to sell will be the most expensive," says Stefano Gabbana, whose idea of casual is jeans trimmed with Astrakhan fur. "But our customer is also practical," says Domenico Dolce. He points to the new Dolce & Gabbana fur coat that is made of mink blossoms hand-stitched onto chiffon. "She wants it to be light," he explains. On the back of such pragmatism, Dolce & Gabbana revenue is up 20% this year, to about $936 million...
...middle mean anymore?" Not so much when it comes to the Dolce & Gabbana customer. "When we offer a shoe in leather and also in snake or eel, the first to sell will be the most expensive," says Stefano Gabbana, whose idea of casual is jeans trimmed with astrakhan fur. "But our customer is also practical," adds Domenico Dolce. He points to the new Dolce & Gabbana fur coat, which is made of mink blossoms hand-stitched onto chiffon. "She wants it to be light," Dolce explains - and "she" is shopping. Dolce & Gabbana revenue is up 20% this year, to about...
...brutal Winter's day in New York City, Lisa Bradley, 43, found herself admiring a very bright chartreuse fake-fur coat in the junior department of Saks Fifth Avenue. "It cost $700, and I thought that was insane," says Bradley, a professor at the Tyler School of Art near Philadelphia. "So I decided to make my own." She bought a $100 sewing machine and a hundred dollars' worth of fake orange fur, and when she was done, she had a full-length shawl collar coat with fold-up cuffs. More important, she had taught herself to sew. "I knew...