Word: princess
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...just a bit too cool for him, and his down North Face jacket looked like it belonged on a twenty-year-old. But you’ll appreciate Gordon’s personalized teaching style—he sat in on a couple sections, told personal stories about the princess who was his research assistant, and even sent letters to students who excelled suggesting that they take more courses in Japanese history.But do you secretly desire to beef up your knowledge of constitutional history so you can jump straight into the crossfire of your government concentrator roommate?...
...decamp to Paris. It was there that he showed some of fashion's most influential silhouettes, including the cocoon coat, the chemise and the baby-doll dress. His presentations were held a full month after other Paris houses', but that didn't deter devoted clients like Wallis Simpson, Princess Grace and Babe Paley. They were devastated when Balenciaga closed his house in 1968. But the legacy of his architectural silhouettes lived on in the work of several former assistants, including Emanuel Ungaro, Pierre Cardin and Hubert de Givenchy. This season Nicolas Ghesquière, the current designer for the reinvigorated house...
...modern sense, you couldn't ask for a more qualified crown princess than Masako. Daughter of a Japanese diplomat, educated at Harvard, Oxford and the University of Tokyo, Masako was so dedicated to her budding career in Japan's Foreign Ministry that she rebuffed Crown Prince Naruhito's engagement proposal for five years before finally marrying him in 1993. "I thought she was so striking and cool," says Harumi Kobayashi, a fan who has published three books on Masako...
Meanwhile, Masako's demure and traditional sister-in-law, the wife of the Emperor's second son Akishino, seems born to be a Japanese princess. Earlier this year, as conservatives searched for a way to defeat legislation that would allow women to ascend to the throne--a move that had the support of some 80% of the Japanese public--it was Kiko, then 39, who conceived her miracle boy out of pure imperial duty, according to some of her fans. "The Emperor had been worried and depressed that the crown princess had no more children," says Nishiyama. So Kiko...
...even if the traditional Kiko is lionized, the country's plummeting birthrate shows that Japanese women--regardless of their princess preference--are increasingly choosing modern lives. So the big loser in all this could be the baby. As Japan continues to change while the dynasty stands still, the prince may find it surprisingly difficult to find a Japanese woman willing to become his princess...