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Everyone knows you can get a cheap suit in Bangkok. But how about a puffy frock à la Christian Lacroix, or a floor-length silk robe that looks like a find from a Parisian vintage shop? Bangkok has been undergoing a fashion renaissance - but most travelers still don't realize it's home to a coterie[an error occurred while processing this directive] of young, forward-minded designers who are happy to whip up specially tailored creations. Here are three addresses certain to please any style hound hungering for something unique. ENLEVER SES VETEMENTS: Despite its name (take off their...
...Introduction to Western Music from the Middle Ages to Mozart,” should likewise count for Literature and Arts B. Courses that contain both literary and non-literary components, such as the new Foreign Cultures 79, “Historical and Musical Paths on the Silk Road,” should be allowed to count for either category, but not both.The goal of retaining the existing Literature and Arts categories in the place of the proposed Cultural Traditions and Cultural Change category is not to eliminate cultural inquiry from the general education framework. Cultural inquiry needs no designated category...
...corrupt government, and wrote music like “Wine Madness,” which in some versions has a final coda labeled “The immortal exhales his wine.” Though drinking served as a leitmotif during last week’s residency of the Silk Road Project—founded and directed by Yo-Yo Ma ’76—each piece of music was far more beautiful than any drunken reel or inebriated burst of song. The Silk Road Ensemble held an open rehearsal with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO), hosted...
...director after their collaboration on “The Virgin Suicides”), special mention must be given to the film’s unbilled supporting standouts: Versailles itself and a $40 million production budget chiefly represented by mountains of pastries, millions of powdered wigs, miles of elaborately embroidered silk, and of course enough painted, prancing ponies to mobilize a small republic’s national guard. That, and shoes. Many, many glorious shoes (which a discerning eye and a taste for Spanish decadence will surely recognize as the immortal Manolo Blahnik’s own handiwork). All this...
...Silk Road Project’s second annual on-campus festival kicks off today, with a free concert and film screening that spotlight China’s influence on the arts. Eight years ago, cellist Yo-Yo Ma ’76 founded the project, which derives its name from the renowned trade route that traversed Asia. Its artistic and educational programs promote diversity and collaboration of cultural styles. The three-day festival this week, known as the “residency program” at Harvard, is part of the project’s five-year collaboration with...