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...which parts of different pieces of clothing are sewn together to make a one-of-a-kind T shirt, skirt or jacket. Leslie Kinson, 19, a sophomore at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, says she cut out a cross-stitch pattern from an old apron and combined it with lace doilies and an embroidered pink fabric to make a knee-length skirt. Maria Azarraga, 18, who lives in Leesburg, Ga., sewed together parts of a panda-print sweater she bought on eBay with a second sweater from Goodwill and some faux white fur she found at a fabric store...
...When I touch her long, skinny foot, it hurts at one particular spot. This is where it hurts when she tries to dance. The X-ray at first glance is normal, but if you look very carefully there's a little disruption of the lace-like pattern of the bone's spongy internal architecture at exactly the spot where it hurts. (This X-ray, by the way, was read as "normal" by the radiologist. Only an MRI or bone scan will reliably show the fracture to someone who has not had the opportunity to examine the patient and focus...
...with antique fabrics discovered on buying trips around Asia. Her store on Siam Square, tel: (66-2) 658 4696-7, attracts a diverse clientele, from students to society matrons. Prices range from $65 for a puff-sleeved T shirt to $3,200 for a floor-length ivory slip with lace and pearls. INSPIRED BY INNER COMPLEXITY: Since its opening nearly three years ago, this brainchild of two Parsons School of Design graduates, tel: (66-2) 258 4488, has become a standby of local socialites and celebrities. That's partly due to the collaborative relationships that Nuttawat Suthapong and design partner...
...could get yourself really worked up at New York fashion week. You could marvel at the models' mile-long legs strutting out from tiny '80s-style mini skirts at Proenza Schouler. Or you could study the beautiful workmanship on a short swingy white Carolina Herrera dress with black lace inserts. Or you could sit front row at Oscar de La Renta and alternately marvel at Roger Federer seated nearby and a crisp white shift dress breezing down the runway on the model Jacquetta Wheeler...
...office at TIME and announced that he wanted to be a designer. I was surprised to say the least since I knew him only as an aspiring fashion writer at the magazine. "You're crazy," I told him. But he persisted, showing me a capsule collection of beautifully crafted lace dresses. I admire the determination of Thakoon and DVF tremendously, not only because they have it, but more so because they never let it show...