Word: tuxedos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Tony Vo, manager of Classic Tuxedo on Bow Street, doesn't think a cane comeback has much of a chance. "People are too violent," he says. "If they brought canes, they would hit each other." Nevertheless, he has a stockpile of canes in the back room of his store. His personal pick is simple in its elegance--black with white tips--resembling most closely a magic wand. Keezer's near MIT also offers a similar selection at a slightly greater hassle...
Still, if a trip to India is not in your near future and/or you missed last Sunday's Mass. Ave extravaganza, but you still want to be a trendsetter, gentlemen, it's off to the Cambridge tuxedo joints. For $8 you can be David Copperfield for as long as you want--on that thought, maybe you should just rent a funky vest...
There's Cambridge Cleaners, Felix's, Arrow and, of course, HSA. But the only problem is, mention any of these dry cleaners to a group of friends, and some-one's bound to reveal a horror story of a crushed tuxedo shirt or lost black pants. Moreover, when they do come back, it's a mystery whether or not they were actually cleaned or just placed in the plastic bag on a cheap hanger. Who knew of these problems back at home...
Cassidy and Korn then chided Jackson for the "cussing" he did in his movies and asked him to wash his mouth out with soap and a toothbrush. Jackson willingly complied before spitting the mixture into Korn's tuxedo pocket...
...stranger to the White House or to the Clintons. Daughter of former vice president Walter Mondale, Eleanor started raising eyebrows at an early age. As an outgoing 17-year-old, she first hit the headlines after President Carter's inaugural ball in 1977, where she turned up in a tuxedo. Her four years as the Second Daughter, she said later, "changed my life forever" -- but as the middle child of a Minnesota politician and a patron of the arts, who had been acting since the age of three, the teenage Eleanor was more than equal to her new position...