Word: stylish
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...getting the HIV tests done, for starters. But perhaps nothing is more laborious than sorting through all those heavy bridal magazines. Just in time for spring, two newcomers have entered the crowded wedding party, Elle's Ultimate Weddings and a newly relaunched Elegant Bride. Both promise a more intelligent, stylish take on the nuptial rites than the phone book-size old faithfuls. Almost any approach seems to work, however. Even in an ad recession, the bridal mags are thriving; Conde Nast just bought one, Modern Bride, for $52 million. Below, a guide for the bedazzled bride...
...Fast-forward to the present and what do you find? A "kinda" culture. The country's youth these days aspire to little more than to be considered kojare, or kinda stylish. Clothes from inexpensive thrift stores, like mom's elastic-waisted skirts from the late '70s, are the height of fashion. Makeup is unnecessary. Kids get their kicks at cheap eateries, where they can flirt with kogirei (kinda attractive) waiters. Even emotions and sensations are getting a yen-like devaluation. Japanese youth don't work up a proper appetite, they get kobarabeta (a little peckish). The good jobs are disappearing...
Only a few years ago, cell phones were built just for talking. Then along came a company called Samsung Electronics, little known to most Americans, selling us phones that are voice activated, that surf the Internet, that play MP3 tunes. Last year Samsung rolled out stylish models that keep our calendars in color and can pinpoint our exact location. Now the South Korean company is introducing phones with always-on text messaging and wireless video that lets us play games and watch movie clips...
Only a few years ago, cell phones were built just for talking. Then along came a company called Samsung Electronics, little known outside of Asia, selling us phones that are voice activated, that surf the Internet, that play MP3 tunes. Last year Samsung rolled out stylish models that keep our calendars in color and can pinpoint our exact location. Now the South Korean company is introducing phones with always-on text messaging and wireless video that lets us play games and watch movie clips...
Only a few years ago, cell phones were built just for talking. Then along came a company called Samsung Electronics, little known to most consumers, selling us phones that are voice activated, that surf the Internet, that play MP3 tunes. Last year Samsung rolled out stylish models that keep our calendars in color and can pinpoint our exact location. Now the South Korean company is introducing phones with always-on text messaging and wireless video that lets us play games and watch movie clips...