Word: portering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...problem with pret-a-porter collections is that unlike couture, the clothes are supposed to be worn by people other than the preternaturally skeletal and rich. This isn't as much fun for the designers. Perhaps that's why in Paris last week, fashion's famous let their wilder ideas go to models' heads. At Christian Dior, Oriental wigs covered up the famous tresses of the likes of CINDY CRAWFORD (far left). Givenchy stylists put others in hedge-like mop tops. Issey Miyake seemed to be aiming for the postmodern haystack, while KATE MOSS'S wedge (second from left) almost...
...Porter Square, with a 24-hour Star Market, CVS and Dunkin' Donuts, a more interesting Pizzeria Uno, a Blockbuster Video and novel restaurants is only a 10-minute walk away. The best part: You feel very far away from Harvard when you go there...
Habiby feels that Porter's organization offers an important contribution to research on inner-city problems...
...Porter cites four basic competitive advantages urban neighborhoods have...
Urban residents have said Porter's initiative does not give adequate attention to government-sponsored programs such as Community Development Corporations (CDCs) that for years have been waging the war against poverty on the front lines...