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...call it the bye-bye-to-Britney look," says Teen Vogue editor in chief Amy Astley, referring to the scantily clad pop princess Britney Spears. In its back-to-school issue, the magazine showcased (gasp!) high-waisted jeans, kilts and tweed blazers. Seventeen advised readers to opt for below-the-knee skirts and higher-waisted pants. The look is in full force in stores, with Old Navy pushing Argyle tube tops and ballet flats and H&M stocked with modest blouses that Paris Hilton wouldn't be caught dead in. Even perennially preppy retailers like J. Crew are taking...
...justifiable excuse. No individual possessing even an ounce of humanity would execute such orders. But the American soldiers did. Bush would have us believe that those troops do not represent American values. Yet they do show a moral black hole in the American psyche. Oke G. Pamp Tweed, Canada...
Jerry McNamara sits on a ledge set into the platform wall, an accordion resting on his lap and a gray tweed hat hiding his downward-cast eyes from the pedestrian traffic. His fingers fly over the keys of his instrument as he embellishes a medley of holiday carols, tapping his foot beside a case scattered with coins and bills...
Dressed up like a Scottish country gentleman with sideburns, tweed hat and walking stick, Barth sat at a table with 10 empty cups of tea and narrated the story of his sister’s life in full Scottish accent...
Thomas Meehan is sipping coffee by the rooftop pool of the tony Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills. From the ankles up, he's obviously a visitor from the Northeast, swathed in a tweed jacket despite the sunny skies and warm temperature. But on his feet is a dash of West Coast: a brand-new pair of brown suede New Balance sneakers. "Mel got me these," he explains. "He said I looked too much like a New Yorker in my black dress shoes." The munificent Mel is Mel Brooks, and the bond between Meehan and Brooks has been that much stronger...