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...perhaps the best traffic driver of all? Giveaways. Each month new items are up for grabs for those who register for a flash sale, with lucky winners being chosen at random. The next item scheduled to be given away: a Christian Lacroix satin clutch, originally priced at $1,437. Not bad for a freebie...
...sometimes the whole thing comes unglued, as it did last year when she posed for Vanity Fair clutching a satin stole to her bare chest. Then it seems as if the fault lines in the culture run right through her. Reactions to the photo ranged from outrage on her behalf to outrage against her, along with told-you-sos and no-big-deals. A 16-year-old can hardly be expected to grasp the nuances of such tempests, so it's understandable that Cyrus sounds coached on the subject: "I'm here to be a role model...
...pair could be a poster couple for cross-cultural understanding. The motherly Fahmy is passionate about Cairo's old souk and its Islamic motifs. In his white jacket, satin shirt and suede shoes, Macdonald looks ready for a night of clubbing. Eager to push herself as an artist, Fahmy approached Macdonald with the idea of working together in 2006. Macdonald jumped at the chance. Since then, Fahmy has released two Azza Fahmy for Julien Macdonald collections in London and the pair are discussing further collaborations. "It was ambition," Fahmy explains above the music. "For me, jewelry is a love affair...
...dominatrix who leaves her S&M dungeon after she falls for a client mid-whip. She shies from the camera, her black hair brushed over one eye. By her side, “Violette Nozieres” stares wistfully at the ground. Her head is decorated with a black satin band, her face delicately concealed by a piece of lace. The accompanying biography explains Violette’s tragic life: raped by her father in her teens, she was sentenced to death for killing him several years later. Violette’s tale is not alone in its violence?...
...mist. Not every performance was as stunning, however. As the Sugar Plum Fairy, Larissa Ponomarenko was very pretty and precise, but a bit too elusive, and her chilled rapport with Roman Rykine as her Cavalier did not help. Nevertheless, there is something about seeing a glittering pink tutu and satin pink pointe shoes amidst a cornucopia of confections, delicacies, princes, and enchantment that never fails to win one over, no matter one’s age, gender, cynicism, and overall faith in the existence of magic. In a world full of not only civil strife but also...