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...During the Holidays: 10. A Christmas themed sweater. This is just wrong. I know you all consciously know this. Yet the other day I was at a party where not one, but two people were wearing reindeer sweaters, perhaps ironically. Irony is lost on the reindeer, however. 9. A velvet skirt. The last time velvet was acceptable in a skirt was during the Elizabethan era. This is because they didn’t have the advantages of furnaces or insulation. They also enjoyed bear-baiting. 8. High-heeled, thick-soled loafers. This particular brand of perennially scuffed footwear is popular...
...Iowa women even before Oprah's arrival - a November Des Moines Register poll showed Obama topping Hillary Clinton with Iowa women for the first time, with his 31% to Clinton's 26% - and Winfrey's appearance certainly kept up the momentum. When she took the stage in a purple velvet suit, the mostly female crowd exploded in joy. Many women were moved to tears. "Iowa - Hellloo! Hellloo!" yelled Winfrey. "Oh my goodness. At last, I'm here...
...apolitical, thinks that only those with gay friends are positioned to judge homosexuality--and he tinkers marvelously. At 28, he founded a megachurch that threw out the conventional sermon-and-worship service and instantly drew thousands of attendees. He has sold hundreds of thousands of books with titles like Velvet Elvis and Sex God that find the sacred in the profane. And he has created a form of video message he calls Nooma (phonetic Greek for spirit or breath) that may make him to YouTube what Graham was to the arena. "He could be one of the most important 21st...
...bash sought to embody the spirit of hip-hop artist Fat Joe’s song “Make It Rain.” Fliers told prospective party-goers that Pfoho would be “the picture of extravagance,” complete with a red carpet, velvet ropes, a free bottle of champagne for legal-age guests, and stacks of cash—purportedly 180,000 individual bills—with which to “make it rain.” The act of “making it rain” involves bringing large quantities...
Enter Countess Popova (Eve H. Bryggman ’10), a velvet-clad Russian vamp who rents a room beneath the Marcassols. Unable to restrain himself, Gustave quickly becomes more than just the Countess’ landlord. But he is convinced that he can only run away with her if he can secure a suitable second husband for Claudine...