Word: garishness
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...shoes are sold in Gadzooks' 350-store chain and in scores of boutiques like rockabilly mart Daddy-O's, in Marion, Ind., which stocks saddle shoes next to Sha Sha's iridescent Mary Janes. This spring the company is adding a line of garish golf shoes--sans the hidden pocket, so stylish duffers will still have to store their tees elsewhere...
...give up all the fancy boredom of the so-called life of the mind to be standing on a pedestal, mouthing the words to the National Anthem? Forget the Olympics. Would you not be ecstatic simply to be an athlete living young, beginning every morning by climbing into some garish warm-up suit and preposterously engineered running shoes and going higher, faster, stronger...
...However, you could tell in which clique a person belonged by nuanced differences in their ensembles. A longer tunic meant you were a brain, loose socks meant you were a toughie. Here at the games all the well-meaning muddle-aged volunteers - the rough equivalent of school prefects - wear garish shirts and silly hats. As well as looking equally unprepossessing on everyone, including my rather rotund father, they too have nuances. It's all in the hardware. The more electronics a person is carrying, the more he or she knows. And a yellow hatband indicates seniority. In other words, they...
...logistics were made to look like child's play. "I wasn't scared," said aerial star Nikki Webster, who flew on cables 25 meters above the stage. "I was just enjoying myself and having heaps and heaps of fun." If the "Nature" and "Arrivals" segments sometimes appeared like a garish fruit salad, the organizers could be forgiven. "We're the entree," said artistic director Atkins...
...International Olympic Committee, which helps promising athletes from developing countries, Edwin arranged to bring Williams to the U.S. for her first taste of high-quality training. He also persuaded Nike to sponsor her. As a result, Williams in Sydney is a model of athletic chic. But even in garish red spikes and a cutting-edge floppy cap, she is still, one senses, a fashion innocent...