Word: paisleys
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seat, although he looks like he should be as happy as I am to be here. He's short and slimy, wearing an ugly pair of stonewashed jeans and a sweatshirt. At least I'm dressed like a reporter--I have my blue pin striped blazer, clashing vest and paisley shirt...
Numerous other styles include paisley, plaid and polka dot; athletic teams (Red Sox and Celtics); and cartoon heroes like the Tasmanian Devil, Opus, Rocky and Bullwinkle...
...better literary jokes of the past few years is Anne Rice's portrayal of vampires -- actually gray-suited Pat Buchanan-type homophobes who wouldn't risk a Paisley tie, most of them -- as mincing exquisites. Boldly and impudently, she has caricatured the gaudy world of high-camp New Orleans homosexuals (so the reader guesses) as a cabal of tormented blood drinkers. The mannered dress and behavior, the private recognitions and ironies, the tireless naughtiness, the forbidden seductions and ultimate sterility (vampires cannot breed, Rice assures us) are carried over unchanged to the vampire world. So is a pervasive and undisguised...
...paired with a wall-mounted or swivel-based TV. Bathrooms are also showplaces, filled with big-ticket items like stained-glass shower enclosures, halogen lights, fireplaces, even "morning kitchens" with under- the-counter refrigerator and microwave for heating up muffins or evening snacks. Themed decors are popular, with billowing paisley-fabric-covered windows, flower gardens with plants, wicker furniture, and Lucite etched with cloud formations. In researching an upcoming book on baths, fashion designer Diane Von Furstenberg even found a bathroom with two tubs, "so that people can talk to each other while they're getting clean...
Graffiti is a bridge to nowhere, unless you consider another safari through Prince's quasi-mystical subconscious a trip worth taking. Shot entirely in Minneapolis, mostly on the sound stage of Prince's $10 million music- and film-production facility, Paisley Park, the film looks like a skein of rock videos strung around a badly frayed plot line. It has something to do with Prince's falling in love with an angel. Also something to do with Prince's playing his music his way and with his vanquishing the forces of musical vandalism...