Word: stylish
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...heeding conventional wisdom. As Vogue's Wintour says, "Donna quite enjoys breaking the rules." Before Karan, for example, most designers' second collections were watered- down versions of their high-priced lines. Karan did something entirely different when she opened her second line, DKNY, in 1989. She offered stylish, casual and affordable clothes without cannibalizing her main collection. Under the direction of Karan's advertising guru, Peter Arnell of the Arnell/Bickford agency, the new line was shrewdly marketed with a portfolio of black-and-white cityscapes that emphasized its distinctive urban persona. Its revenues should hit $185 million this year...
...Cecilia Bartoli, a stylish Roman of 26 who is a rare creature in the musical world: a coloratura mezzo. The coloratura refers to her extravagant ease with ornamentation; the mezzo gives her a lush tone, darker than a soprano's, and keeps her from ever -- perish the thought -- squeaking. "I have a natural facility for the coloratura," she says. "It was born in here," she adds, pointing to her chest...
...slightly over the hill people on the Hill. I am not willing to lie down and have my rights violated by a bunch of selfish, toothless, gray-hairs. Of course, with the amount of money they're pilfering from the national trust, I'm sure they can afford stylish hair dye and super-adhesive dentures, especially since the rest of us pick...
...with Ravi Shankar's greatest hits: ragga. It sounds like reggae on mega-vitamins, bulked-up and bass-pummeled, and it has its origins both in the Caribbean and in an aggressive black awareness. The music is punchy, insinuating and prime for export. Those dreadlocks in Tokyo may stay stylish a while longer...
...STYLISH, WELL-HEELED CROWD packing the aisles of the second Santa Fe Wine and Chile Fiesta knew a hot trend when they saw it -- and tasted it. Between sips of Chardonnay, about 2,000 "chileheads" dressed in pepper-print shirts, skirts and ties spent four days sampling chile dishes, taking "chile tours" of the New Mexican countryside and listening to experts like Paul ("Mr. Chile") Bosland dispense advice on how to grow just about every member of the family, from the mild-mannered bell pepper to the Mexican habanero, the world's hottest. The chile mania "has really turned into...