Word: maestro
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...denim. German-born couturier Karl Lagerfeld's romance with the fabric is a weapon in his war against what he calls "the diktats of fashion," whereby certain garments and accessories can be worn only in particular settings -- silk for splendor, denim for fun. In his designs for Chanel, the maestro is mixing up materials -- tweed, denim, grosgrain -- with such sleight of hand that some of his efforts look more formal than his variations on the house's classic...
...part lies, or too heavy a draatic role. Especially in his later years, Herbert von Karajan was a great seducer of semiformed talent because he sought a clear, pure voice in almost any female role. Freni, offered the declamatory Turandot, and Rysanek, the taxing Salome, resisted. The maestro never called again...
...mail is the least intrusive way to reach consumers. "It's not like a commercial where you have to wait a whole minute for the evening news to continue, or a billboard that blocks the scenery, or the telephone call that gets you out of the bathtub," says copywriting maestro Bill Jayme of Sonoma, Calif. "If you're not interested, you just throw it out." Says Denison Hatch, publisher of the industry newsletter Who's Mailing What!: "Junk mail is a good offer sent to the wrong person...
When I finally reached the front of the line, a tall, burly man who smelled like the burned-out ends of cheap cigars stepped quickly in front of me, offered his hand to the maestro and requested an autograph. I was completely overwhelmed; a mere three and a half feet tall, I was hardly a match (in fact, I'm still not) for aggressive paparazzi...
There was again a long, shoving line after the concert to see the great maestro. He had aged tremendously in those ten years, and the effects of his various illnesses were beginning to show. he looked extremely tired...