Word: satin
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...gold gowns and Nefertiti headdresses piled high with crystals, pearls and gold-plated glamour, the stylists were thrilled by the sight of model Liya Kebede in a slick silver dress at Chanel (for Nicole, perhaps?). And they scribbled furiously as a Stepford-style Donatella look-alike in crystal-encrusted satin came down the catwalk at Versace (undoubtedly...
Short panchi paama (kinky-permed) hair, mustache, goatee, sideburns, a bright red, shiny satin jacket with a gold embroidered dragon, matching red polyester jersey pants and sandals?this is classic yakuza garb. If you are unlucky enough to come across someone like this in Shinjuku's back alleys, the best advice is to avoid eye contact, hold your breath and keep walking...
There is a constellation of cigarette burns near the right-hand pocket of my new winter coat. Someone has reaffixed its buttons with coarse, dark thread; someone has worn its satin lining, the color of plums, fuzzy at the shoulders. When, sliding my hand into the right pocket, I finger a cigarette burn, I imagine the coat’s previous owner, gesturing with a cigarette, its tip bright in the early winter twilight. When I button the coat I imagine a button detaching under her hurried fingers and tumbling to the ground, imagine her pocketing it so that...
...with-a-twist that worked so well last time around. But this time the items were off-the-shoulder jersey shirts, slouchy jeans and shorts. The looks that really got the audience going were the evening ones - long gowns in chiffon or tulle that flowed off a pant leg, satin and chiffon tiered column dresses, sexy blouses - what Snoeren called: "Our attempt to make glamour modern." Viktor & Rolf say their transformation took place during the recent development of their menswear line. "It was liberating to have the restrictions of menswear, and we thought it'd be good to have...
...imagery is as much a part of the fabric of fashion as silk, satin and thread, the imagemakers of the fashion business bring something immaterial to the cloth itself. Call it what you want; like all creativity, it's hard to define. We can feel it as an aura of allure or fantasy, the mysterious fever of the cool...