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...there was not a preliminary for it, so you just showed up and were competing for the state title, which is really sketchy, but I didn’t know any better….They had a 12-year-old girl who was wearing a leotard with a ballroom gown on top. And she started singing “If You Wish Upon a Star.” And 30 seconds into it she ripped off the skirt and was wearing just the leotard and doing this sexy dance and it was so weird because she was only...

Author: By Merav D. Silverman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wait, You Read? | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

...like the MFA to devote its main space to fashion is significant, as is its move to feature new collections from multiple designers.However, an exhibit that combines ready-to-wear with couture clothing raises painfully unanswered questions about where the overlap between fashion and art ends. Certainly, a couture gown by Dior falls into the category of performance art, but should a simple, well-made suit by Rochas? The fact that many of the ready-to-wear clothes will likely end up in the closets of more than a few lucky women seems to contradict the idea of putting them...

Author: By Claire J. Saffitz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Boston Tries To Be Fashion-Forward | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

Community leaders said Stone was a respectful and effective vice president who worked hard to improve town-gown relations...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: PR Chief Quits after 5 Long Years | 11/9/2006 | See Source »

...suspicious of him when I first met him but I actually really came to respect him and appreciate his commitment to working out town-gown issues,” Decker said. “I’m really sorry he’s leaving. I think he’ll be big shoes to fill...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: PR Chief Quits after 5 Long Years | 11/9/2006 | See Source »

...trepidation. Finally, the next president will have to make critical decisions about the University’s future in Allston right off the bat. If he or she doesn’t fully understand Harvard’s place in Allston—where complex competing interests, tricky town-gown relations, and years of planning make the learning curve particularly steep—Harvard’s expansion across the river could be set back by several years...

Author: By Adam M. Guren | Title: Must Our President Bleed Crimson? | 10/6/2006 | See Source »

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