Word: toga
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Sunday morning confession (post walk of shame) just got a whole lot easier. Instead of spending an hour talking to your favorite Father, now you can find Jesus while hustling down Massachusetts Avenue in last night’s toga. The potential absolver of sins is street-artist Hani Shihada, who created a sidewalk mural depicting Jesus and the Virgin Mary in front of the Harvard Book Store. Megan E. Carey ’08, in a slightly less shameful situation than a Sunday morning homecoming, stopped to watch him work. “The image itself is powerful...
Other popular destinations for spring included Rome, with Vera Wang excavating ideas from the city's ancient polycultural society and translating them into toga-like dresses, and Bali, where Diane von Furstenberg found bold floral prints. Japan--specifically its traditional folded-and-dyed fabric-printing technique, shibori--turned up on the runways of designers like Narciso Rodriguez, Proenza Schouler and Thakoon Panichgul...
...action" brings "lasting peace." Ah, yes.) And liberals seek succor from the ancient texts too; it is easy to read Harris' novel on political intrigue in Ciceronian Rome as a critique of the idea that external threats justify politicians taking extraordinary power. But why this sudden thing for the toga-and-sandals set? Quid donat...
...prominence in the Greek world has risen exponentially. But can we expect this philhellene to let down his metaphorical hair now that his position as leader of the classical world is truly solidified? In other words, will we be seeing him going Greek in a sheet at some upcoming toga parties? Most definitely not—Nagy’s view of such ragers is simple: “They’re animal houses...
...Snake” on his cell phone in the other. Along those lines, make sure you know the correct date of the party. I can tell you from experience that it is horribly awkward to show up to a club where you think there is a toga party, only to find yourself attending a Bar Mitzvah. And you didn’t even bring a gift...