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...couture, learning about fine fabrics from her mother and wearing Saint Laurent as a teenager. The playoff between the trappings of elegance and industrial streamlining is Prada's signature. Her first designs back in 1979 were backpacks and tote bags cut along classic lines but made of tough nylon used by the Italian army. They are now the '90s equivalent of Louis Vuitton initials. Prada says she was drawn to designing by her overwhelming fascination with clothes and textiles (she still has every outfit she ever bought and lifts an occasional idea from a Courreges or a Chanel...
...Mius are even more of a departure. Almost all the materials used are synthetics. "It's a joke--right design, wrong fabric," Miuccia cries, running her hand through a powder blue Jackie-style polyester sleeveless sheath. The punch line? The fastenings are Velcro. Stretch materials--nylon, gabardine, a georgette that looks like organza--are dominant in the collection...
...Sukkah consists of a metal frame draped in white nylon, and the structure is constructed in remembrance of the temporary housing that the Jews depended on during their Biblical journey through the desert, said Hillel chair Ethan M. Tucker...
Christo, avant-garde artist given to wrapping monuments in nylon: "Unable to answer your question" (but sends a resume...
...could be difficult to remove. Joe DiMaggio offered a night's stay at his Manhattan hotel suite, and Berg remained for six weeks. He traveled light: a toothbrush, a razor and a book, sometimes in Sanskrit. His road uniform was a dark wash-and-wear suit and a white nylon shirt that he would rinse out and hang up to dry before bedtime. In the morning, one host recalled, Moe would show up for breakfast fully dressed though a bit damp...