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...clothes, at first, were deliberately evocative of the 1920s and made their way- in a fashion that would both help and haunt him-into the 1974 film The Great Gatsby. More recently, Lauren has looked west for inspiration. His "prairie look" last fall for women, with the hem of a petticoat peeking out from under a skirt worn with a Navajo colored sweater, was fresh, simple and somewhat startling. It was also a smash, and will be repeated, with modifications, this fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Cheers for the Home Team | 4/5/1982 | See Source »

...same time, those walls of parked cars hem in pedestrians, depriving them of living space and blurring the distinction between a street and a road. Explains Architecture Historian James Marston Fitch, who taught at Columbia for 30 years: "The road is a means of moving people and goods from where they are to where they want to get to; but a street is for people who are already where they want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Trying to Tame the Automobile | 10/12/1981 | See Source »

...best a statesman can do is to listen to the rustle of God's mantle through history and try to catch the hem of it for a few steps. -Bismarck

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Majesty, Poetry and Power | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

Rock Cornish Game Hem With All the Trimmin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: A Guide to American Restaurant Menus | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

Skirts and dresses can be flowing or straight and slit; hem lines are generally shorter, falling just under the knee or to midcalf, but hardly ever to the ground. Heels are high and narrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: It's Springtime in Paris | 2/6/1978 | See Source »

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