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Word: mannequins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...robotic and metallic. This may be a nod to current successes in the hip-hop world like T-Pain or Kanye; it just as likely covers up lost singing talent. The android-like drone complements the futuristic sounds of “Womanizer” and “Mannequin,” but its ubiquitous presence soon becomes grating. And without the driving shock factor, milder songs never come together. “Out From Under,” a slow-dance track with sappy lyrics about dreams, ends up sounding like something you’d hear...

Author: By Madeleine M. Schwartz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Britney Spears | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...magically transformed the materials into a form-fitting, golden dress. She works in The Vestis Council’s SOCH space, a room littered with old Haute fashion show programs, flowered shoes, and a pair of fairy wings. Amidst this chaos is an artist at work over her dressmaker mannequin. Lucy is adding her signature touch to the back of the dress, cutting out strips of black fabric and pinning them across an open back...

Author: By Kate E. Cetrulo and Emily C. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: FM's Third Annual Fast Fashion Challenge | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

Guest’s final product is something that Gore would be delighted to wear in his feminine reincarnation. Made entirely of second-hand materials, the colorful sun-dress, with thin purple straps and a button-enclosure down the back, looks like something right off a mannequin in Urban Outfitters...

Author: By Andres A. Arguello, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Julie Claire "JC" Guest ’11 | 10/29/2008 | See Source »

...magically transformed the materials into a form-fitting, golden dress. She works in The Vestis Council’s SOCH space, a room littered with old Haute fashion show programs, flowered shoes, and a pair of fairy wings. Amidst this chaos is an artist at work over her dressmaker mannequin. Lucy is adding her signature touch to the back of the dress, cutting out strips of black fabric and pinning them across an open back. The rhythmic sound of the sewing machine punctuates the silence before puttering to a stop. “Sometimes it doesn’t like...

Author: By Sha Jin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lucy W. Baird ’10 | 10/29/2008 | See Source »

...consciousness. With 127 million people crammed ont0 a few small islands, Japan has for decades had little choice but to be green. But Japan's environmental fetish goes beyond separating bottles from cans or even designing eco-friendly buildings. Industrial designer Matsui, whose latest hit in Paris is a mannequin robot that interacts with passersby, named his seven-year-old company Flower Robotics. "For a long time, flowers were seen just as something beautiful, not a necessity," he says. "But the relationship between humans and nature, between humans and flowers, I think it's something we need to stay alive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan's New Groove | 8/14/2008 | See Source »

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