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...over three months to finish one of Obin's pieces, whether it's a shawl or shirt. Be aware of that as you browse the shelves of Bin House, her flagship store, and raise your eyebrows at price tags in the hundreds of dollars (a top-of-the-line item, like a custom-made wedding kebaya, or blouse, can cost up to $10,000). "I am simply trying to breathe new life into the craft," Obin says. "What I would really like to do is wrap the whole world in cloth." So long as it's her cloth, the world...
...their presence, according to Yardops’ Associate Director of Regional Operations Zachary M. Gingo ’98. “We found that many students didn’t use the University-provided pillows and we didn’t want to continue to be providing an item that was not being used by so many students,” Gingo said. According to Gingo, the evidence of student apathy towards the faithful collum-cushioners was considerable. He cited both “the amount of pillows that went into the trash from student rooms at the beginning...
...post-traumatic stress syndrome because of their wartime experiences.) To the prosecution team in his case, however, Vang Pao is a terrorist who is intent on arming rebels against a friendly government. And to the people of Laos? The day I left Vientiane, the Times finally did run an item on the Hmong. It was a small ad announcing a sale of Hmong handicrafts at a government-run tourist shop...
...Dashboard item "nakba," we reported that almost 100,000 Arabs fled their homeland before and after the creation of Israel. But approximately 700,000 Palestinian refugees were displaced...
Like sought-after handbags, every so often the design world has a buzzed-about It item of its own, and never are those goods more desirable than when there's an intersection with the fashion world. Hence the increasing levels of excitement surrounding Farfelus Farfadets, a charming collection of papier-mch sculptures that French couple Anne Freisz and Laurant Poumarat have been designing since 1996. Displaying the handmade works of art, which are available at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City and mostly take the form of animals but also the odd musical instrument, has become a rite...