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...advises. “Contrasting a sporty, functional item with something sleek looks extremely cool. If there’s a blizzard outside and you’re wearing an enormous parka, you might try super-slim jeans or thick wool tights with boots and a skirt to add an element of femininity.” Alternatively, she says, “Try wearing a hoodie underneath a blazer or double-breasted coat. It will keep you warmer and add some edge to the coat...

Author: By Kathryn M. Goldsmith, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Chilly Chic | 10/16/2003 | See Source »

Neill is also a Divinity School student working on a doctoral dissertation about feminist theories and the body, in light of new reproductive technologies. She arrives at FM’s designated meeting place looking decidedly un-Divinity School in cranberry lipstick, a coordinating plum top and skirt and flats. She may look cute, but inside she is all business. Her mission—organize the closets of Harvard students...

Author: By Véronique E. Hyland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Closet Case | 10/16/2003 | See Source »

...Queer Eye and Jon Stewart. Then there's Johnny Depp. My 14-year-old daughter and I are totally eye to eye on that one (as long as I don't remind her that he's closer to my age than hers). Luckily, we've been able to skirt such deal breakers as tattooing and body piercing. So far. But my self-image as a relatively cool mom unraveled like a cheap slip last month in the lingerie department of Lord & Taylor, where we were doing some back-to-school shopping. The bottom-line point of contention: underwear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Thing About Thongs | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

...middle of the Calvin Klein show, a model turned on her heel to exit the runway, and her skirt ripped up the back, slashing the mood of ease the clothes were trying to evoke. Klein arched an eyebrow but was generous afterward about his successor's debut, slipping backstage to congratulate Costa. "I'm thrilled for him," Klein said, "I feel great about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: She's Pretty, But Antsy | 9/29/2003 | See Source »

...1930s. The young artist's red-orange beard provides a perfect Nabi foil in the Octagonal Self-Portrait that opens the show, paired with shocking yellow hair to frame his half-shadowed face. The small Elegant Woman is a masterful bit of minimalism - a column of black skirt, a blob of pink blouse and a swish of black hat with carnation-red sprigs against a brilliant yellow and orange doorway. But Vuillard was a Nabi colorist more out of friendship than conviction, and even the dramatic Grandmother Michaud in Silhouette, with its imposing seated figure silhouetted against a carmine table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paris Collections | 9/28/2003 | See Source »

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