Word: musliner
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...with, it can go either way. Some, like Dries Van Noten, will be inspired by a flower he finds in the archives but will ask for it to be enlarged. Others, like Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, want something that is completely new. This season Ratti suggested painting on muslin-like organza. The result: their brilliant collection of dresses inspired by artist Julian Schnabel's canvases. Then there is Miuccia Prada, who invests a tremendous amount of time and interest in fabric development. Describing the designer as innovative, Ratti remembers a series of checks being printed directly onto knitwear...
...such as Zegna, Hugo Boss, Brioni and Ralph Lauren have been serving the upscale-menswear market for years. And �berexclusive brands like Kiton, along with London's Savile Row tailors, have long catered to the customer who wants a suit made from scratch--a process that involves a muslin sample, several fittings and lots of cash. Now fashion-forward designers are refitting this service-oriented market...
...approach them with caution.Large Sleeves:I inevitably associate large puffy sleeves with this one production of Silas Marner that I saw where everyone in the cast had their hair parted in the middle and had no discernable chin. The whole time I was wondering if George Elliot thought brown muslin was ugly or awesome, and I really couldn’t concentrate. These disturbing recollections haunted me as I sat in several fashion shows, wondering why we were bringing this particular trend back. The large sleeves of 2007 are not necessarily Victorian in nature. Sometimes they reflect late sixties movies...
...background, giving the dancers’ aggressive posturing a cartoonish quality. The standout performance of the evening was “Shelter,” a solo piece choreographed and performed by Marin J.D. Orlosky ’07, also a Crimson editor. Floating onstage in a rustic muslin skirt, Orlosky launched into a rapturous sequence of leaps and turns against a backdrop the color of the dawning sun. Antja Davelcot’s plaintive country-western ballad “Ravenland” played in the background, providing a perfect aural compliment to Orlosky’s passionate performance...
...even the Kennedys could produce spring on demand, however, and the wedding day dawned damp and cool. But at the white clapboard St. Francis Xavier's Roman Catholic Church, as the jubilant bride arrived in a muslin silk and lace Marc Bohan gown, she had a sunny smile for crowds that had been gathering since before 9 a.m. Helping the bride with her 11-ft. train were her ten attendants, including her cousin Caroline Kennedy as maid of honor. Schwarzenegger had arrived the day before from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where he had been shooting his latest film...