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...postcolonial literature-no more stern apologia from superannuated officials, no more sobbing memoirs of privileged childhood from the waifs and strays of empire-along comes a work that is neither a defense of colonialism nor a veiled lament for its passing. The glib assumption one first makes of Peter Moss's No Babylon-coming as it does from British Hong Kong's former propaganda chief-is that it will be the kind of memoir any undergraduate seminar could destroy in minutes, excoriating an Orientalist cliché here, seizing upon a political or gender bias there. In fact, the book...
...secret here is that not all models have to be thin. It's one of the cruelest axioms of fashion that once you get big, you can get big. If Tyra Banks shows up for a shoot with a little extra poundage, they just touch her up later. Kate Moss could, if she wished, balloon all the way up to 100 lbs., and she'd still get work. But little Nadya Abouttofallova eats one pork rind, and she's on the first plane back to Uzbekistan. It's hard to feel sympathy for people who make their living from being...
...these looks trickle down to the early adopters, then to the mass market. Here's a play-by-play of how fashion happens, focusing on the leggings craze that was so hot last year (before those pantaloons). LONDON CALLING The leggings look resurfaced last fall when people like Kate Moss were spotted wearing them in London...
There are the stories of companies quickly canceling their deals with Kate Moss when her cocaine scandal broke. And the Angelina Jolie--St. John relationship (for which the actress made $12 million) is the one most cited as an unsuccessful match. It warranted a "What went wrong?" story in the New York Times suggesting that the artsy black-and-white photos of a prone Jolie alienated St. John's conservative customer base. Although St. John is an apparel brand, the incident represents what can happen when an image upgrade isn't consistent with the brand and loyal customers feel abandoned...
...Woody Harrelson ordered a hemp tux for his 1997 Golden Globe appearance. Taking a cue from Dietrich, Julia Roberts famously chose Armani's black-satin lapels in 1991. Glamour girls like Kate Hudson and Angelina Jolie have donned white versions on the red carpet. And über-trendsetter Kate Moss showed up at a gala in a classic tux jacket over sleek satin leggings. These days Armani is so closely associated with the tuxedo that he names each iteration of it after the boldface name who wears it: Travolta, Depp, Beckham. He even provided tuxedos for the Jackie Chan movie...