Word: lacing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Your discussion of androgyny in our society misses the point entirely [SEXES, July 23]. What would you say about a man who wears velvet pants, lace collars, silk stockings, a purse and a perfumed handkerchief? Would you consider him part of the breakdown of civilization as we know it? No, he is Louis XIV of France. History repeats itself, especially fashion history, and that is all this manifestation is, fashion regression...
...studio in there. He lives in that studio." Apollonia shares a number of things with Prince, including "pretty much the same measurements. I'm 36-24-36 and he's got a well-developed upper torso"; some articles of clothing, such as his suits and her lace tank tops ("He's a ladies' man, not homosexual. He does love his women"); and a phone number. "The hot line, I guess you'd call it," Apollonia says. "That's right by his bed. No one else has the number." But it was in person that...
Balley's (21 Brattle St.): The only really old fashioned ice cream parlor around, Bailey's is quaint and a pleasant surprise. Tall sundae glasses filled with such antiquated joys as "Mocha Lace." None of those newfangled candy mix-ins. This is purism at its best. Brigham's (1420 Mass. Ave.): Chain-store decor aside, Brigham's boasts generous portions, thick frappes, and low prices, though sophisticates sneer. Steve's (34 Church St.): The original, legendary Steve's (in Somerville) was reputed to be worth the lengthy trek. The fun may have gone out of Steve's now that there...
Taking the opposite tack, Sherry Gamble of Arsenic and Old Lace started out two years ago selling only black costumes: Victorian dresses and capes, many heavily decorated with ribbon and jet beads. Now she has branched out to include other colors and styles up through the '50s, though black still predominates in a shop filled with Victorian furniture and witchcrafty decor...
...vintage clothing?" says Sherry Gamble, pointing to a Ginger Rogers-style silk dress hanging on the wall at Arsenic and Old Lace. "If you went to buy that in a regular store you'd pay a fortune. And vintage clothes just make you feel very good...