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...ever wear, save the misguided celebrity or mega-rich socialite.Case-in-point: a voluminous black coat of brushed Mongolian goat fur and leather bustier by Alaia. Galliano’s French Revolution-inspired collection for Dior is even more theatrical: Dramatic red coats with oversized collars and giant belts stand against a mirrored red background.The last room of the exhibit is the only one that truly delivers, featuring three heavyweights of the Paris fashion world: Valentino, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, and Christian Lacroix.Unlike Galliano, Valentino’s clothes are not conceptual; they focus instead on feminine details like ruffles...
...undergrad here. I like Winthrop’s subterranean dining experience. I even am growing to like the eight by eleven shoebox I share with another person and call a “bedroom”…even if we both can’t stand in there at the same time...
...Software’s hyper-violent computer game “Doom” infamously, and speciously, named as a contributing factor to the Columbine school shootings by media commentators—but incidents of violence directly related to in-game feuds are a comparatively recent development. They stand as an unwelcome testament to the runaway success these games have had in creating an alternate social universe just as real and urgent as the one we wake to each morning...
...book is difficult to summarize holistically, because Minsky’s style presents what famed philosopher Douglas R. Hofstadter has called “a stunning collage of staccato images.” Indeed, the chapters, and even the subunits of the chapters, seem to be able to stand alone, almost as in a textbook...
...decision not to take a salary was purely personal,” Bok wrote in an e-mail. “Although I stand by the article I wrote in the Chronicle of Higher Education, my decision was not intended as a statement of any kind...