Word: patchworking
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...platform shoes with heels that are sculpted in such a way as to resemble the handles of kitchen utensils, the clothes seem irrelevant. You're in Donna's world and everything else falls away. In her world it's easy to imagine breezing down the red carpet in a patchwork chiffon caftan the color of sagebrush. But maybe in reality that would not be such a great idea. I must admit I'm the first to get swallowed up by Donna's desert dream - a place where a draped batik dress or a poplin tent dress can seem so essential...
...make it look totally new. For spring he added color blocking in tomato red or teal and sent out some beautiful breezy coats in cool lacquered fabrics. Derek Lam is also experimenting with the American sportswear vocabulary, drawing inspiration from such sources as Claire McCardell's popover dress or patchwork quilting...
...copied endlessly. Yesterday, with Pachelbel's Canon playing on the soundtrack, he gave fashionistas a poignant and gentle lift on a day where many might have easily questioned the industry's place- with all it's superficial implications - in the greater global picture. Jacobs' frayed tulle bomber jackets, patchwork laces dresses, oversized glass paste stone embroideries and oddball shoes seemed to remind his fans that even on a dark day, it's OK to love fashion, just don't take it too seriously...
...environmental policy, including energy-efficiency standards for appliances and clean-car laws, have started in California, spread across the country and finally been embraced and consolidated in national legislation. So Washington, do you hear us? A national approach is inevitable, and we should start now, before states form a patchwork of 50 different plans. Predictability and consistency will encourage businesses across America to invest in going green. Going green may be the largest economic opportunity of the 21st century. It is the mother of all markets. Going green is the next big thing. And the next generation insists...
When Islamic clerics captured Somalia?s capital Mogadishu last month, it seemed to offer some hope for peace in the war-torn Horn of Africa country. Somalia has had no central government for 15 years, and the country was a patchwork of fiefdoms run by murderous warlords. The rise of the Islamic Courts Union worried the U.S., which says the group has ties to Al-Qaeda and harbors known terrorists, but others saw opportunity: perhaps the Islamists could finally end the bloodshed and bring a functioning government to Somalia...