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...afoot. In its warren of side-streets, ancient storefronts and crumbling housing complexes, a scrappy group of designer/proprietors, many of them looking fresh out of high school, began to open apparel stores... enterprising magazine editors took to calling this retailing boom-let the "Ura-Harajuku Movement" and the semantic hype was soon matched by its transformative effect on fashion and youth culture. With "identity" as their organizing principle, and the "limited-edition" as its vehicle, the constituent parts of this movement introduced design and retailing concepts not yet seen in Japan - or anywhere else...
...collapse are those whose businesses are heavily dependent on the ailing U.S. automakers, or on raw materials for which rising costs cannot be easily passed onto the automakers. Kimberly Rodriguez, automotive industry analyst at Grant Thornton, says concern about how suppliers will be impacted is justified: "It's not hype. It's huge." (See the 10 Things to Do With Your Money Right...
...hype was unprecedented for a Harvard pep rally. The College Events Board (CEB) had arranged for the hit DJ Girl Talk to perform. Students eagerly anticipated his live show, legendary among music fans, at the end of the pep rally, which was supposed to arouse excitement for the weekend’s football game against Yale. But even before Girl Talk began playing, things began to go wrong. From the flimsy and possibly dangerous stage setup, to the chaotic and unsafe conditions in the front rows, to the constant interruptions and ultimate cancellation of the concert by the Harvard University...
...even higher level this year, Parent secured Japanese designer Issey Miyake in his first showing outside his own runway in Paris. Still, Parent has had to overcome more than a few hurdles with Project East. “The biggest challenge was building the show up on itself, on hype, being able to brand something that hadn’t really been done before and getting people to believe in it,” he says. “So many of my closest friends didn’t even believe it would happen.” The East Asian...
...back, and T-Pain rushes out from the VIP to take over the mic and spit invective about other artists swagger-jacking. Turns out, true to his roots, T-Pain can actually rap. Throughout the video, DJ Khaled seems to be T-Pain’s hype man/muscle, pushing the patrons of the bar around, calling them “bitch-ass niggas,” and pouring or throwing their drinks in their face. After enough of this, the patrons rally together to evict the duo, but they don’t manage...