Word: glamourously
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Grunge meets glamour at snack time with two new looks from kids' clothing companies: Britain's Mini Boden bodenusa.com and crewcuts jcrew.com from the designers of J. Crew. Mini Boden's Big Print T shirts, left, come in three different styles for boys ($22). And crewcuts' ballet flats ($68), right, come in metallic gold or pink tweed...
...ghost "would probably diagnose not an exercise in disguised nationalism but a series of deceptions practiced on a credulous public." Most sporting events have indeed gained an ill reputation for doping, bribery, hot tempers and even violence. The Olympics, football, cycling, tennis and horse racing have lost the glamour of sportsmanship and become a big business, corrupt to the hilt. All the same, they absorb the curiosity and interest of millions of people worldwide, if not for the competition itself, then for the nationalist politics. The way things are going, I wonder what sport will be like 50 years from...
...Actors in closeup shout their speeches out of the darkness, their faces caged by the tight frame. Or they'll be grouped, at sardine density, to form a cacophonous crowd. The only actors granted a little light, and thus a bit of traditional movie glamour, are Cummings and the heroine, Arlene Dahl, whose gown Alton lends a silky luster. The angles are, of course, lower than low, giving the viewers the impression they are the masses staring up at these puffed-up figures of power, these gargantuan gargoyles...
...dress nice,” they cautioned, all raised eyebrows and knowing looks. “You don’t want to stand out as an American. Italians are more fashionable.” True, most Americans dream of glimpsing the mere dregs of the glamour this country emanates. Italy, typically considered the hub of the fashion world, shamelessly worships its designers—Gucci, Armani, and Dolce & Gabanna. Those textile wizards labor day and night to concoct stunning, near-holy ways to be frighteningly beautiful, original, and colossally stylish. If what I have seen is a glimpse into...
...turns away, and the central figure, with a white-and-red paint mark on his forehead, looks beyond you, as if seized by an inspiration. The painting, Brahmacharis, is mesmerizing enough if you are a foreigner, but for any Indian, its power is multiplied by the glamour that surrounds the signature on the work: Amrita Sher...