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...couture collection. My favorite was a long draped chiffon dress shaded in plum, praline, and lime and topped off by violet fur sleeves. Another Lacroix signature - the mixing of rough and fine materials - appeared early on in the show in the form of an oxblood red dyed fox and goatskin coat worn over a slinky black cocktail dress. He definitely deserved the standing ovation...
...djembe, a West African drum. “When I got to Harvard, I took an African dance class with the Ensemble’s current instructor, Joh Camara, and I was amazed by his djembe playing. The djembe is kind of an hourglass-shaped drum; it has goatskin on the top, and there’s an iron ring on the rim. It has a really distinctive, sharp sound. I’d never seen djembe playing. I’d only seen Nigerian drumming. So I bought a djembe from him, and he gave me a few lessons...
While Akira's bejeweled Bonds singlets, eggwhite-stiff linen suits and goatskin man-bags comprised only a sixth of his collection last week, it was a gently giant step for Australian menswear - or should that be unisex wear? "Within women's ready-to-wear collections there are limitations - how many styles can we create?" says Akira, who first showed his reconstructed Aussie male icons last year. "Designers are looking for different lines." If the recent Fashion Week in Sydney is any guide, they are increasingly looking to menswear. New labels popped up as frequently as gelled '80s hairdos while, taking...
Gerhardt punctuated his remarks by presenting copies of the book--bound in Moroccan goatskin and valued at $375 each--to several of the most prominent guests at the event, including Stanley H. Hoffmann, the Dillon professor of the Civilization of France, and John Kenneth Galbraith, Warburg professor of economics emeritus...
...they accounted for half of the record $17.5 billion that was spent last year on things horticultural. Once they have poured all the money they can into their homes, cash-flush yuppies have found that a garden can soak up limitless discretionary income. After seeds and dirt, there are goatskin gloves and Garden Weasels, wide- throated anvil pruners from Rolcut of England, not to mention $15,000 for a Sargent weeping hemlock tree. The yuppies quickly master the rituals and floral lore, swap compost recipes at dinner parties. Mulching has become elevator talk...