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...imagination soar again--this time from the couture ateliers of Paris all the way to the cherry-blossom-filled gardens of Kyoto. One after another, models in geisha makeup and with orchids and ikebana arrangements caught up in their hair emerged in glorious confections that recalled hand-painted kimonos, origami folds and even the bark of a bonsai tree. Backstage, the designer described the show as Christian Dior meeting Puccini's Madama Butterfly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Dreaming of Cherry Blossoms | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

...inveigle their clothes onto the red carpet or to compete with the high-frequency deliveries at H&M. From the moment the first model stepped gingerly under a bow of blossoms in a fuchsia kimono jacket to the last sigh of a corseted bride swathed in a tulle origami cloud, the message was clear: Dream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Dreaming of Cherry Blossoms | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

PRISON BREAK SEASON 1 ON TV THIS month, the thriller shifts scenes as the jailbirds bolt from a high-security prison. (Relax, spoilerphobes: it's in the title.) Find out how they got there as Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller, left) unfolds an origami sculpture of a plan to free his brother from death row, with the help of some unsavory convicts and a prison map hidden in the most elaborate body tattoo since The Illustrated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 5 Stellar Series to Catch Up with on DVD | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

...everywhere. It is a safe bet that every undergraduate has at least a class or section in a room equipped with a projector, speakers, and a media hub, in addition to any laptops, plasma TVs, and increasingly, personal media players like the video iPod or Microsoft’s Origami project...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: Building a New Widener | 4/24/2006 | See Source »

...Whoopi clones) so much about showing off her performing virtuosity as opening a window into her alienated soul. Giving an account in court of a near rape, she describes being followed down a street by a man, panicking when she realizes the only self-defense she knows is origami, then asking the guy out dancing. At the end of her new show at the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York City, she strips totally naked and mimes her entire preshow shower ritual to the strains of Helen Reddy's Candle on the Water. "If I start writing something that smacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedy Forging the Future: The Naked Truth | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

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