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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...breeze. tel: (60-3) 2142 6368 Sao Nam: One of the most popular restaurants on the Tengkat Tong Shin row, Sao Nam serves up southern Vietnamese cuisine with a contemporary twist. Diners can choose the alfresco area on ground level, or troop to the dining room upstairs, scattered with retro Indo-Chinese furniture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colonial Cool | 10/21/2004 | See Source »

...women, who made up 63% of the adult audience in the first two weeks. So it's hard not to see the show's success as a comment on TV, and maybe society. Reality shows like The Bachelor and The Swan - one area of TV targeted to women - are retro, happily-ever-after fantasies, even if women watch them ironically. Desperate Housewives is an unhappily-ever-after story. Single mom Susan (Teri Hatcher) was abandoned for another woman. Lynette (Felicity Huffman) is abandoned at home with her bratty kids by her business-traveling husband. Gabrielle (Eva Longoria) is abandoned emotionally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fury of Women Scorned | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

...Retro ladylike fashions are ruling the runways, and Twiggy's doe eyes of the '60s haven't been left behind: false eyelashes, currently offered by cosmetics companies like MAC, Shu Uemura and Sephora, are back. Once considered too gaudy for all but show girls and drag queens, fake lashes were a fashion faux pas in the '80s and '90s. But after Jennifer Lopez showed up at the 2001 Oscars wearing red-fox-fur lashes, the idea began to come back into vogue. "Makeup artists have been using false lashes for fashion shows and on celebrities for the past few years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Style Watch | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

...furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Retro ladylike fashions are ruling the runways, and Twiggy's doe eyes of the '60s haven't been left behind: false eyelashes, currently offered by cosmetics companies like MAC, Shu Uemura and Sephora, are back. Once considered too gaudy for all but show girls and drag queens, fake lashes were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Faux Lashes Redux | 10/14/2004 | See Source »

...just started banging them out, but we needed a clever package for them, too.” Keeping in mind the company goal of making everyday things beautiful, Rich, Kahn, and Harris immediately set to work on designing their product, Oral Fixation mints, in sleek metal packages resembling retro cigarette cases. They also launched a well-designed website, www.oralfix.com, which has helped to drum up interest in their aesthetically pleasing products...

Author: By Wendy D. Widman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Get Fresh (and Hip!) | 10/14/2004 | See Source »

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