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...ready for big hair. On Dolce & Gabbana's fall runway, actress Chloë Sevigny pumped up the volume Brigitte Bardot--style. Mere mortals can achieve a similar look with new volumizing products like Charles Worthington's Big Hair Thick Quick Spray Gel ($5.99). "It's not about a beehive," says Worthington spokesman Tim Rogers...
...wisps of the atmosphere. Once he turned the ship around, he would surf the currents of the steadily thickening air, fishtailing this way and that until, just an hour or so after the deorbit engines were lit, Columbia's tires would make their smoking contact with the Cape Canaveral runway and the shuttle would come to a rolling stop...
...ground, things were smooth too. At Cape Canaveral the conditions were perfect for landing, with temperatures in the low 70s and a light breeze blowing, well within NASA's wind limits. The families of some of the seven crew members had already been shown to the runway, assembling for their close-up view of the touchdown. The pit crew that takes custody of the shuttle and shepherds it back into its hangar was standing by to claim Columbia as soon as the crowd cleared. In Mission Control in Houston things were similarly routine. "Many of us came in today marveling...
...long, slow glide, and as we approached the island, he went on the intercom: "Mayday! Mayday!" There was no response. He used flares but still didn't get an answer. Finally, he called the tower and said, "We're going to land!" We touched down about halfway up the runway and came to a screaming halt right at the end. Later, we ran tests on the gas tanks. We had about 35 gal. of usable fuel. And 35 gal.-as far as a B-29 is concerned-is immaterial. We were essentially...
...hardness and a romanticism to his work." To showcase those signature qualities, many designers would have recreated the kind of 1950s couture salon setting that recalled the glory days of founder Hubert de Givenchy. Tisci's return to what he called classics went further, banishing scenery, seating, even the runway. A throng of fashion press and buyers meandered through the dusty salons of Givenchy's Paris headquarters to view models in chiffon dresses and embroidered fur jackets posing as if in an avant-garde art installation. Tisci may be haute couture's most recent inductee, but he is clearly plugged...