Word: plaid
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Fleming returned from the intermission wearing a floor-length plaid stole of mixed Scotch-Italian influence, and began a Debussy set with a soaring note in “La Flute de Pan.” The pensive, worried mood of this piece soon segued into the sublimely happy—and rather seductive—love song, “Le Cheverlure.” The third Debussy song, “Le Tombeau des Naides” had a few trills here and there, but was not outstanding overall...
...musical clubs, Fink Fank Funk (FFF) will perform an hour-long set at The Middle East (472 Massachusetts Avenue) in Cambridge. The band, which has been in existence for three years, boasts a repetoire of both covers and original songs and a ten-member entourage decked out in plaid on top of stripes on top of floral prints, hot pink tie-dye polyster shirts and zebra-print pants. The high energy and loudness of their mode of dress is only slightly indicative of the quality and finesse of their performances...
...president and CEO of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Hawk quickly mobilized a team of veterinarians, police officers and pet psychologists to escort pet owners through the dead zone to their former apartments. Wearing a green A.S.P.C.A. T shirt over his plaid shirt and chinos, Hawk listened to their stories and calmly vowed to help. He was on hand to reunite Leslie Long and Doug Murray with their two cats, which had survived for 48 hours on little more than toilet water. Their apartment was coated with several inches of filth, with only a trail...
...seems inconceivable that there was a time when Prada and Gucci were considered dull, cheesy or both, but with some effort, it's possible to recall a world in which the distinctive tan-red-white-and-black plaid of Burberry was thought to be appropriate only for the lining of Granddad's raincoat. It was three years ago, to be precise--before Burberry underwent radical image surgery and made a plaid raid on everything from bikinis to bags to little doggy coats and on everyone from Kate Moss to the wife of the British Prime Minister. Now such sensible...
...really that easy? Burberry has had triple-digit growth since it started its makeover, but the creative director who was applying the hipness lift left last month by what the company described as "mutual agreement" and was replaced by a designer from Gucci. The signature plaid has been knocked off more often than a milk bottle at a carnival booth...