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...have noted, in the midst of news stories, that Bush struggles through stately European dinners because they begin at his normal bedtime. Apparently no one remembers that Bush peppers many of his speeches with Spanish or that on his trip to China a year ago he donned a blue silk robe, similar to the one worn by Chinese President Jiang Zemin. In these moments, Bush’s latent cosmopolitanism comes to the surface...
...Palm Court does not take reservations for afternoon tea, but when a reporter mentions that her guest will be Mr. Hilary Knight, she is promptly booked. At tea, a waiter brings complimentary glasses of champagne. Knight, a natty, exceedingly polite gentleman in a black silk shirt, still adheres to a rigorous work schedule in his Manhattan home studio. He recalls being summoned to Rome in 1963 to work with Thompson on Bawth: "Unlike the other books, which took a year each, this went on for four years." When Bawth was given its rebirth, no one was more excited than Knight...
...finest batiks are produced in a smattering of shops in the village of Trusmi, five kilometers from Cirebon. Showrooms such as Batik Masina and Traditional Cirebon abound with wearable art that sells for a tiny fraction of the prices tourists pay in Bali or Jakarta, including silk shawls so delicate they are virtually transparent. Both stores welcome visitors to adjoining workshops to watch batiks slowly take form. Patterns are drawn or stamped on cloth using melted wax. Dyes are applied, the waxed areas resist the new color and retain their original hue. The process is repeated dozens of times, creating...
...plenty of critics. The $338 million structures themselves, arguably over-designed and potentially underutilized, have about them the whiff of an architect trying too hard to be clever and a government straining to reinvigorate a slumping economy. The walls of the Vikas M. Gore-led project are lined with silk and hung with tapestries made from human hair, our guide explained, before helpfully adding that a Concorde jetliner could fit in Esplanade's 2,000 seat theater. All this is an eager government's way of saying it cares about art. But the best and brightest who manage Singapore have...
...lowest of the low in the fashion hierarchy. Surrounded by a mountain of ruffles, an abundance of silk and a stubborn rabbit pee stain, I spent my summer as a fashion assistant at Australian Vogue. Fashion assistants are generally held in about as much esteem as tapered-leg pants and Christina Aguilera; in a world where glamor is most accurately measured in units of champagne consumed, I lived the lifestyle of a teetotaller. Similarities between me and fellow novice “fash-mag” employee Carrie Bradshaw end with our riotous hairdos...