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...singer Irene Yohanna almost 10 years ago, they were so impressed with her languid vocals that they agreed to name their band Everybody Loves Irene. But of course, not everybody loves her - in fact, in their native Jakarta nobody beyond a tight circle of alternative-music fans has even heard...
...with Jimmy Carter to prove himself to a doubtful nation. It didn't work. Since then, the debate over debates has raged on. In 1980, Carter refused to participate after John Anderson became the first third-party candidate to argue his way onstage; in 1992 voters made their voices heard in the first debate with a "town hall" format. Eight years later, George W. Bush and Al Gore argued even more bitterly over debate format, with each camp releasing attack ads on the topic...
Before I got to New York for Fashion Week, I had a lot of questions. Like, what season will they be showing? It seemed too late for fall, and I've never heard of a winter fashion line, so I guessed spring. But I was hoping for summer, since that would mean bikinis. And maybe monokinis, which I have a fashion preference...
Despite everything I'd ever heard, I quickly discovered that models aren't that hot. They're interesting-looking and striking and seem scary to talk to, but they didn't turn me on. I was so confused by this that I went backstage at the Donna Karan show to get an up-close look at Arlenis Sosa, who I was told is the new face of fashion. Sosa, 19, was pretty and awfully nice but mostly just really tall and outrageously skinny. Though she bragged to me about having just finished a salad and a kiwi, she paused when...
...Halston "presentation" at the Museum of Modern Art, Time fashion editor Kate Betts introduced me to Veronica Webb, who is a former model. I knew this because a) I'd heard of Veronica Webb, and b) she was wearing a T shirt that said "iModel." I asked Webb if I was allowed to touch the models being presented. She said it was totally O.K. as long as I pretended I wanted to touch the fabric. Webb said someone told her that what a fabric feels like is more important than what your husband feels like, since you spend more time...