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Chanel, whose hand-sewn shoes take more than two days and 100 steps to make, based its classic two-tone flats on the beige-and-black pumps Coco designed to elongate the appearance of the leg. Now available in countless color combinations, they're sharing the spotlight with brands like Delman and Azzedine Alaďa. And while the traditional quilted suede and toe bows are as popular as ever, embellished adaptations are gaining traction. London Sole, a celebrity favorite, stocks in excess of 400 options, using fanciful materials like glitter and faux snakeskin. New classics include versions from...
Once a thrifty way to mend worn clothing, patchwork is suddenly in the style spotlight. Designers like Derek Lam and Marc Jacobs showed pieced-together looks on their spring runways. And one of Louis Vuitton's hottest handbags was a mix-and-match style that evoked bits of purses past...
...dreamt about it. You remember the countless afternoons spent in the backyard playing out that defining moment. The moment when the spotlight shines solely on you. That singular instance where you realize that you, after the many hours of work and dedication, finally made it. And now, as your mouth is too numb to speak and the joy sets upon you, your index finger, raised high into the air, expresses all that needs to be said...“We’re number...
...recent appointment of Drew Gilpin Faust as Harvard’s next president appears to have shifted the spotlight even further away from general education...
This should not come as a surprise. As Obama has stepped into the bright media spotlight, he has become more like the other candidates who for the most part are “listening to their handlers and gurus and fat-cat contributors,” as Bob Herbert of the New York Times so aptly put it. This is a formula for caution, not courage. If Obama continues with this tempered approach, he runs the risk of losing support to candidates like John Edwards, who has already shown a tendency to take politically bold positions on issues such...