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...trick, most often, is simplicity. What may be difficult is the attitude that the clothes need, and indeed can instill, once they are on the body, making with every movement of the arm or arch of the hip shapes full of gentle, sensual surprise. Miyake clothes on women are a revelation. On men, they are a relief. If most conventional clothing is, as the designer says, "a package," then wearing Miyake feels like being unwrapped at Christmas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Man Who's Changing Clothes | 10/21/1985 | See Source »

...censor records" before launching in- to his classic Walk on the Wild Side. Live Aid may have been slicker and more elaborate, but FarmAid had the edge musically. There were frequent appearances throughout the 14 3/4-hour event by Co-Organizer Willie Nelson, whose heavy responsibilities never weighted the sensual ease of his vocals. There were also high-spirited performances by CoOrganizer John Cougar Mellencamp, Bonnie Raitt, Loretta Lynn and Emmylou Harris, and an incendiary set by Bob Dylan, whose remarks at Live Aid about American farm troubles, says Nelson, "put the idea (for FarmAid) in my head." Perhaps the fleetest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Songs From the High Ground From Farm Aid to Apartheid, Rock Wrestles with Big Issues | 10/7/1985 | See Source »

Older audience members seemed content with the purely sensual poetry, but students in the audience had various criticisms to offer on the format. While Vivian Wong of the Harvard Advocate thought its was a generally good idea to get poetry out into the public spaces, she felt" the program could use a little more structure"--some unifying theme. Sheila Melvin was more direct in her criticism. Referring to the almost condescending nature of the selections, she said that "poets shouldn't come to the people, people should come to the poets...

Author: By Thomas M. Doyle, | Title: Poetry in the Park | 9/26/1985 | See Source »

...struggle in composing one's ad is to be distinctive and relentlessly self-confident. What woman could resist the "rugged rascal with masculine determined sensual viewpoint"? An ad should not overreach, however, like the woman who began: "WANTED: One Greek god of refined caliber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Advertisements for Oneself | 9/2/1985 | See Source »

...evening, Galanos likes a little Dynasty-style flash--and so do his customers. For daytime, he is tasteful to the point of fusty, although he uses colors more often seen in combination on the flags of developing nations: acid green, orange, black, purple. The great Galanos secret, the almost sensual connection between him and his clients, is the inside of the clothes. Seams are bound, linings finished, and zippers and buttonholes hand set in ways even the grand couture of Paris rarely attempts today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Scene in Texas: Ostentation Meets Elegance | 5/13/1985 | See Source »

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