Word: stylistics
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...ribbon theme for everything from belts to tank tops. Whether tying them in bows or leaving them to dangle like streamers, designers use these broad bands in every color--including, of course, basic black. "Details like ribbons make women feel playful and young," says Amy Tan, a fashion stylist and clothing designer whose line, Amy Tangerine, which can be found at boutiques such as Fred Segal in Los Angeles, features T shirts woven with satin ribbons. "Looking and feeling feminine--being girly--is really in." Elly May Clampett, the bow-bedecked daughter on The Beverly Hillbillies, would feel right...
...cell phones, iPods--have been heard by the world of fashion. "Manbags," handbags for men by designers like Montblanc, Louis Vuitton, Fendi and Marc Jacobs, are being embraced by some men as not only fashionable but practical. "Stuffing pockets ruins the lines of your pants and jackets," says celebrity stylist and TV host Robert Verdi, who uses manbags. In the recent past, manbags have met with ridicule: Jerry was teased in an episode of Seinfeld for carrying one. The latest resurgence is being greeted with fewer snickers. "[It's] a fashion accessory that helps simplify...
...Cubby, making Bond a family business meant a personal touch--cooking spaghetti for cast and crew or flying an actor's hair stylist in on the Concorde. "He was a Big Daddy figure," says Lois Chiles (Holly Goodhead in Moonraker). But the Mr. Nice Guy routine stopped at the office door. "You felt that he was on your side," says Lois Maxwell, who played Miss Moneypenny in the first 14 films. "Except when it came to the money. Then he'd fight with your agent for every last penny...
...Some critics consider Norman Mailer’s Armies of the Night a valuable historical document. Others see it as an important glimpse into the mind of an innovative stylist. I use it as a spooge...
...that I would never myself become a full-fledged fashionista became painfully apparent as time wore on. Flashing the Vogue card always felt a little pretentious and slightly phony. For one thing, everyone who forges a career in fashion magazines is always immaculately groomed. At the whim of a stylist, who envisaged a “boho-chic” shoot surrounded by red desert sands, we drove 15 hours from Sydney to a town in the middle of the Australian outback incidentally made famous as the location where the drag-queen epic The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen...