Word: turbanator
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...closest he came to the rococo sparkle of English portraiture was in his 1767 portrait of Nicholas Boylston, Boston's biggest luxury-goods importer: blue-chinned, sharp-eyed and relaxed in his morning panoply of damask dressing gown, unbuttoned waistcoat (showing the careless ease of the gentleman) and velvet turban. His ships ply the sea behind him, and his arm rests on an account ledger. As art historian Paul Staiti observes in an excellent catalog essay, Copley's clients liked his style because it was so embedded in the world of substance and inventories that had made them what they...
...across the screen in a form-following sweater. The film's title: They Won't Forget. And they didn't. The "sweater girl" simmered through three decades of movies, mostly for MGM, which was the ideal studio for her high-wattage glamour. Aglow in white shorts, white top, white turban and acres of bare flesh for The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), she bedazzled John Garfield into murder; in Johnny Eager (1942), she helped Robert Taylor live up to his character's name. Her turn in 1957's Peyton Place won her an Oscar nomination. She followed it with...
...Kamal puts it, "I gave one tape to one guy" to kick off their popularity and fame. Despite selling millions of records, The Jerky Boys still manage to seem like a couple of regular guys, sizzlechest, except for Kamal's Tarbash-inspired silver turban and gold cape...
With my heart in throat, I approached her, unsure you eager. "Mrs. Gina?" There was no turban on her head, no hairy moles on her face, and no mysterious crystals hanging from her neck. This psychic could go from reading cards in Cambridge to dealing cards in Vegas. Her jet black hair hung loose, her rhinestone earrings dangled low, and she was wrapped in a clinging black dress with a dangerously plunging neckline. "Come back in five minutes." With that, I left, astounded and confused...
...towels: A thick, soaking wet cold towel, wrapped around your head turban-style, is just the thing to beat the heat...