Word: somberly
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...Elbaz of Lanvin and Narciso Rodriguez are trading in last season's brights for severe black cocktail dresses and structured suits. At Yves Saint Laurent, designer Stefano Pilati dressed his models in black bowl-cut wigs and black lipstick to give his simply spliced jackets and tunic dresses a somber, graphic edge. Even Christian Lacroix, famous for his flamboyant use of color, opened his fall show with a parade of models in all black...
More recent films, like Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd, have also inspired the somber palette. "We're seeing a lot of dark movies these days, and they definitely influence the color story," says Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. "Black is always the color people rely on most often in tough times, especially if they're going to spend on big-ticket items." Eiseman, who prepares an annual color forecast for the fashion and home markets, says black will most likely be included in Pantone's selection of the top 10 colors of 2008. "Psychologically...
...Baghdad as Michael G. Ignatieff and Kanan Makiya sat having drinks in a Cambridge restaurant. It was March 19, 2003. The ultimatum President George W. Bush had given Saddam Hussein—leave Iraq or we invade—had just expired. The mood of the two friends was somber. Both men were humanitarians who had become prominent advocates of war in Iraq. That evening, they had participated in a panel discussion at Harvard’s Institute of Politics on “War in Iraq: An Advance or Setback to Middle East Peace?” Both...
...Some people want to end this game in the seventh inning, and I don't think that's right," Strickland said. "This campaign is not over. Not by a long shot." As the television cameras moved away, Governor Strickland ruminated on the weather, then struck a more somber tone. "It's going to be a very close election," he said. "If she loses Ohio, she'll have to re-assess. I'm just trying to postpone such thoughts until we see what happens tonight...
...pregnant with meaning. In several shots, Mary and Anne wear the same dresses in different colors, which transforms them into a strange sort of yin and yang. The actors are repeatedly viewed through the lattices of windows and gates, as if they are trapped inside against their wills. The somber gray of the castle walls further highlights the painful directness of the lines. After spending a night with the King, Mary’s uncle asks matter-of-factly, “Did he bed you?” Then, “More than once?” Beneath...