Word: hemmed
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Like many other clothes from the late '50s and early '60s, the trapeze still looks easy and contemporary. It is only by lifting the hem that the intricacy of its high-fashion construction is seen: the organza underskirt with horsehair lining in the hem covering a tulle layer and another of silk. Saint Laurent's loose outline for daytime wear turns up repeatedly in his work over the years: the famous Mondrian skimmers of the '60s, the chemise in his latest collection, which has been installed by the fashion press as the silhouette of choice...
...soon became known as the trouser king for his slim, slit-at-the-bottom slacks and his formal trouser suits. This February his pencil-thin mannequins popped out in white dresses cut three inches above the knee and mid-calf boots open at the toe. The high-flying hem was born...
...race for mayor of Philadelphia. And organizers of the mammoth demonstration planned for later this month to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the March on Washington are petrified that Jackson will attempt to dominate the event and make it a launching pad for his candidacy. "They're trying to hem me in by keeping all the speeches to five minutes," Jackson complains. "That's the same thing they tried to do with Martin when they limited his speech to eight minutes." But as Jackson no doubt recalls, no one tried to cut short Martin Luther King Jr. once he began...
Soft-drink lovers, who poured $25 billion into bubbly beverages last year, are used to being ardently wooed. Madison Avenue has long pursued hem with slogans like "Coke is it!" or "Pepsi now!" set to foot-stomping tunes. Now soft-drink makers are wooing the guzzlers with a flood of new brands. Nine colas have been introduced by major producers in the past 15 months, which is more than in all the years since John Styth Pemberton whipped up the first batch of Coca-Cola in 1886. Says Richard Armstrong, president of Dr Pepper, which has brought...
...senators argument for a freeze rightly focuses on the economic may hem caused by the defense buildup and the failure of previous, more "sophisticated" approaches to arms control They also prove that a freeze is truly verifiable and would entail no loss of the deterrent currently insured by our nuclear arsenal...