Word: leopard-skin
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...seeped into the mainstream. Born in Suffolk, England, in 1948, Eno graduated from art school in 1966 and by 1972, with no musical training, he found himself swept into the world of glam-rock fame as a member of Roxy Music. Back then it was the feather boas, leopard-skin jacket and makeup that caught the eye, but what's lasted longer are Eno's abnormal squawks of processed sax and early synthesizer that punctuate the magnificent romp of tracks like Do the Strand. Many British fans never forgave Eno when he split from Roxy Music after just two albums...
...With Mephistophelean good looks swathed in leopard-skin couture, Smith was a ready-made icon of the Underground, and an easy magnet for police and politicians. "Moral decay is spreading through our country and our society," declaimed one bluenose, brandishing a poster for Flaming Creatures - thus giving priceless free publicity to the film he meant to denounce...
...want my leg-of-mutton sleeves, and in addition to those I want my cutie chamois booties with the leopard-skin bows. I want by pink-brocaded bodice with the fluffy fuzzy ruffs And my gorgeous bright blue bloomers with the monkey-feather cuffs...
...marketing is something else again." The Costes empire's crown jewel is the Hôtel Costes, which the brothers bought in the early 1990s from Hilton Group for a reported $25 million, but by the time it opened in 1995, decorator Jacques Garcia had spent so much on leopard-skin prints and ferns that the Costes were rumored to be in serious trouble. Yet the hotel became a profit machine, churning out about €3.8 million on revenue of about €18.4 million in 1999, the last year it reported figures. The ultimate secret ingredient is stardust, which...
...Most of the funny stuff that went on here was because of us...like, this one time a pretty old woman—like mid-fifties I would say—walks in wearing this leopard-skin coat, and we’re both eating Ben and Jerry’s (about ten steps away from the Starbucks entrance) ice cream. So she asks if she can buy the ice cream from us and Mr. Latte is like ‘Well, we only trade services here.’ Then she looks at us, dead serious...