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...past week was studded with Lewis Albert events: first a fashion show and launch party at Chateau Véronique in Brookline, complete with a full open bar to lure a crowd. That was followed by a weeklong trunk show held at the Inn, along with a line-up of private fitting appointments...

Author: By Véronique E. Hyland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Manufacturing Desire | 10/26/2005 | See Source »

...dress, hardly suit the typical college student’s budget, but the beautiful craftsmanship—each garment takes a team of seamstresses and tailors 12 hours to make—is winning over many of the girls at today’s trunk show...

Author: By Véronique E. Hyland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Manufacturing Desire | 10/26/2005 | See Source »

Throughout the trunk show, he refers to specific girls whose personal style seems to exert an influence. Holding up a shirt: "[sizes] 2-10, flat-to-boob, everyone has looked great in it. Hobbs [Ashley R. Hobbs ’06] was wearing it with jeans earlier." Of a rack of suits: "Alexa [L.M. Von Tobel ’06] got a pantsuit and a skirt suit for recruiting." Each mention of one of their friends piques the girls’ excitement, and they grab more from the racks. "Because of your blockmates, there are, like, 70 pieces lying...

Author: By Véronique E. Hyland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Manufacturing Desire | 10/26/2005 | See Source »

...Bees to the suite. The vice president of the club, the “Hobbs” to whom Remele often refers, has tried on almost every piece in the collection. At the trunk show last week, she posed saucily for Polaroids of each outfit so she could show them to her mother when she came up for the Head of the Charles weekend...

Author: By Véronique E. Hyland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Manufacturing Desire | 10/26/2005 | See Source »

...niftiest new hybrids is from Mazda, the Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid concept car. This "tribrid" has three energy sources--gasoline, electricity and hydrogen. The main combustion engine can burn either gasoline or hydrogen, which is fed to the engine from a tank in the trunk. The driver can change between the two by hitting a switch next to the steering wheel. Hydrogen as a fuel burns like gasoline, but it's about 10% more efficient, and emits only water. Throw in the hybrid function (an electric motor) and fuel efficiency rises again. Mazda hopes to have the car available...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Hybrids are Hot | 10/23/2005 | See Source »

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