Word: romanticized
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Years ago, it would have been unthinkable for a Harvard president to date a professor. The University’s draconian nepotism rules proscribed a vast number of types of romantic relationships where conflicts of interest might arise. Once two-professor couples became ubiquitous in academia, these rules were relaxed...
Eddie Zaratsian, who runs Tic-Tock, a Los Angeles floral store, can produce a genteel centerpiece, but perhaps due to his vast clientele in the film industry, he is inclined to create something dramatic rather than traditionally romantic: say, a small, distressed-wood chest filled with mossy greens, chocolate-colored...
According to Li Edelkoort, a trend watcher based in Paris who produces the sumptuous periodical Bloom ("the only trend magazine for flowers and plants"), there is currently a vogue for combining flowers of dissonant colors and textures. "Florists are crossing borders, mixing food and flowers, savage and romantic, dead wood...
Avi Adler and David Stark, who run the Avi Adler studio in Brooklyn, N.Y., use a whimsical theatricality for large-scale events. Hardware such as metal Christmas balls and other objects found around the home or garage often appear in their designs. The two also like to bunch similar flowers...
And fashion isn't the only field where the past is important. It's a vital part of every form of art. People would be shocked to see the Christmas card I got from the contemporary artist Tracey Emin. It's a beautifully drawn bird--very romantic. The work of...