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...bringing back the jeweled brooch. And everyone from Chanel to Tiffany to Banana Republic is cashing in on the trend. "Women haven't worn them in such a long time, so it's like the last untouched accessory," says Thomasine Dolan, jewelry-design director at Banana Republic, where bright, glass paste brooches, above, are among the season's best sellers. "Every other accessory was becoming bejeweled, from shoes to bags to belts." So it makes sense that we'd get stuck on brooches...
...smooth ramp weaving through the middle of the Carpenter Center. Likewise, the path along the Carpenter Center’s ramp is not animated by the black and white checkerboard terrazzo floors Le Corbusier initially intended for the second and third floor studios visible through the large glass windows of this interior space. But the ramp still provided a view into the life of the building, so visitors would understand its purpose and the practice of art was immediately visible to the Harvard community...
Nutritionist Ann Louise Gittleman zeroes in on "FALSE FAT," water retention triggered either by dehydration (ah, the irony) or by common allergies or sensitivities to a trio of sin foods (wheat, dairy and sugar). Her fat-flushing, "liver-loving" low-carb diet calls for drinking eight glasses of cranberry water a day to deter water retention and help clean up cellulite, plus a glass of hot water with fresh lemon juice to aid fat metabolism and stall carbohydrate digestion...
...Warner Bros. made perky musicals designed to snap Americans out of their depression. In Canada, as filmmaker Guy Maddin imagines it, a rich woman dreamed of exploiting, not exorcising, the world's misery. Lady Port-Huntly (Isabella Rossellini), a scheming beer baroness whose two glass legs are filled with her own brew, concocts a song contest with a $25,000 prize for the saddest music in the world. In return, milady will have the ideal promo for the end of Prohibition in the U.S. As she promises, "If you're sad and like beer, I'm your lady...
...Progressive Student Labor Movement have historically been dominated by men, leaving women wondering whether labor activism is a sphere in which they are even welcome. Overlooked by feminists whose objectives are more cultural than economic, overlooked by union organizers who historically downplay gendered issues like sexual harassment and the glass ceiling, working women have been left in the lurch more than once. And more than once, they have taken matters into their own hands...