Word: platformization
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...each year but also drive trends in hemlines, hair color and heel height from Singapore to Shanghai and beyond. In less than a decade, Maru Kyu has given birth to some of Japan's most potent trends, like 1999's Ego Girl Look (sleeveless tops, form-fitting skirts, 5in. platform sandals and cross pendants). And it has been the launching pad for some of the country's hippest labels, such as Coco Lulu, LB-03 and Moussy...
Tsutsumi says his role is to ensure that the right designers find the right consumers at the right time. When it works, fashion phenomena are born, as in 1996, when the stylist for pop-music sensation Namie Amuro picked up some miniskirts, white platform boots and long coats in Maru Kyu's boutiques. Before long, Amuro's devotees were flocking to 109 to snap up the signature totems of what became known as the Amuler Boom...
...look to LOGO to be only a platform for hot-button issues like gay marriage. Sure, some shows like My Fabulous Gay Wedding can't help but be political. But Graden says that the cable newcomer won't be strident or in-your-face. "The fact that we even exist is a statement that advances the political dialogue...
...NEED CONCRETE PLANS FOR HOW Kerry would improve things. Many conservatives and moderates are not overly pleased with Bush's record of decision making. Kerry's platform, however, isn't a reasonable alternative. He has reinforced the perception that his strongest point is that he's not Bush. On Election Day there may be very few votes for Kerry but a lot of votes against Bush...
...however, was that its emphasis on formal qualities did not amount to genuinely granting a work of art autonomy when discussing meaning. True, formalist critics had thrown out social conventions of meaning in favor of formal analysis, but they then proceeded to use their discussion of form as a platform for the construction of abstract interpretations. Consider what happened with one of the classic formalist darlings, the painter Jackson Pollock. Formalist critics raved about his explosively gestural drips and splashes, but only so that they could begin talking about those marks as vehicles of existential self-expression. Likewise, formalists loved...