Word: poshli
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...picked up French and Spanish early in his continent-hopping cosmopolitan childhood—he was renowned for his erudite, highly refined, and idiosyncratic prose, often ridiculed by detractors as “sesquipedalian.” The son of an oil-baron millionaire, he attended posh private schools in Paris, London, and New York, and graduated from Yale a talented and ambitious young writer...
...booked Porchester Hall, a grand Victorian edifice built for public functions, which ought to have been roomy enough. Pop star Elton John celebrated his birthday there with a few hundred of his closest friends in 1994, and the complex has regularly accommodated large-scale awards ceremonies and posh parties. The Dems had arranged volunteers to man the registration desks, and more to serve refreshments. (Even the press were treated to Hostess cupcakes and Twinkies.) Valda Aviks, a doyenne of musical theater most recently seen as Zandra the Crack Whore in a production of Jerry Springer-the Opera turned her considerable...
...Clinton field office feels posh by comparison. Set across two floors above a pizzeria, its carpeted waiting area is furnished with a glass coffee table and a leather couch. Mat-framed quotations from Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston adorn the walls. During lunchtime, a team of about two dozen volunteers worked the phones in the glow of a wall-mounted flat-panel TV. Here, too, a steely resolve is palpable. "There is an excitement in being able to participate in the democratic process," says Lynne Hertzog, a Clinton volunteer who spent two days canvassing door-to-door...
More success for the Gucci brand had seemed unimaginable when Ford stepped down as creative director four years ago. Ford transformed the posh but petrified label into a global megabrand, resurrecting the company to the tune of $1.8 billion (from $500 million) and ushering in an era of stone-cold sexiness. Gucci's image, not to mention its stock price, soared. But in late 2004, Ford left the company abruptly after clashing with management. The Gucci Group hired three designers to replace him; two seasons later, the then 33-year-old Giannini?who had been plucked from Fendi by Ford...
...Andrews in Scotland, where Prince William, heir to the British throne, was also studying. The Prince made every effort to be a normal student, adopting the rather hopefully democratic moniker "William Wales" and even frequenting a popular student pub called Ma Bells (pronounced "marbles" in his Highness' posh accent). My friends and I enjoyed his company. And why not? William was followed by a bevy of would-be princesses...