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...Sienna Miller, Beyonce, Jessica Biel, Prince, Julia Louis Dreyfus and Reese Witherspoon all sparkled in shimmery and sunshiny tones. Also impressively bronze was Drew Barrymore's skin, which appeared exfoliated and spray-tanned to the exact hue of the night's golden prize. Perhaps now that diamonds are politically incorrect (thanks Leo!) stars are finding other ways to shine...
Colors vary tremendously. Akoya pearls, prized for their bright whites and creams, have a warm hue, as do the larger South Sea pearls, which come in gold, silver and white, and freshwater mussels, available in a range of pastels. Tahitian pearls, which were not successfully cultivated until the 1970s, have cooler hues, like black, gray and green. Some pearls are shinier than others. "Luster is a matter of taste," says Tom Moses, senior vice president of the laboratory and research departments at the Gemological Institute of America, an educational group. "At the moment, in the U.S., pearls with high lusters...
...last fall was all about gold, next spring will be a completely silver season, with accessories turning up in this sleek metallic hue at fashion houses as diverse as Versace, Fendi and, of course, Louis Vuitton, where the classic Speedy bag has been reinvented in stamped monogram Miroir. Unabashedly flashy...
It’s easy, Ms. Harper, to throw stones when your house isn’t glass but Green. The Harvard athletic administration, in a similar position, with a harmless hue as its nickname, didn’t take the bait, and for that it deserves some credit...
Harvard—and Massachusetts as a whole—was nowhere to be seen. The study included a map on which states were shaded by various hues of red: the darker the hue, the greater the percentage of college student volunteers in that state. Massachusetts, as it were, was an immaculate white. (I won’t try to explain the significant positive correlation between red states on this map and those on a traditional red-blue map. The political repercussions are beyond this piece.) Coming in 47th out of 50 states, the state that puts...