Word: victoria
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...human traffic without a natural camera style) attach undue reverence to each line of dialogue. Nobody considers that words spoken in a theater may fall flat in a movie house without the ricochet rhythm provided by audience laughter; everybody concerned tiptoes through the property as if it were the Victoria and Albert Museum...
While fake baubles have now become highly fashionable, they have been around for centuries. The first false diamonds, sculpted from crystal, appeared in the 1600s in France. In Britain, Prince Albert's death in 1861 prompted a grieving Queen Victoria to proclaim that only black jewelry would be considered proper, making black glass jewels temporarily popular among aristocrats. French Designer Coco Chanel made a splash by wearing rhinestones and faux pearls during the Roaring Twenties...
...softwear. For those long, coldnights in front of the computer, try a Scottishcashmere sweater and cashmere-lined gloves, $159and $55 respectively, at Saks, while Burberry'scashmere sport jackets retail for $595. For moreintimate pleasures, Victoria's Secrets (4 CopleyPlace) sells a $395 cashmere robe...
...Underwear. The best shoppersget down to basics. Flaunt your spirit with TheCoop's Harvard boxer shorts or panties, $10 and $5respectively. For a lacier experience, try theirgarter belts, $12, teddies $15-28, or silkcamisole and tap pants, $66. Victoria's Secretssells lace panties, four for $12, and laceChristian Dior bras...
...make of an opera about the life and turbulent times of Francisco Goya (Domingo, in robust voice) that omits almost every significant incident in the painter's life? Of a work that concentrates on a historically disputed love affair with the Duchess of Alba (Mezzo-Soprano Victoria Vergara), concluding with a gratuitous mad scene, replete with writhing spirits and fun-house demons? Of a score whose one striking musical device, an insistent, high-pitched whine signifying Goya's deafness, is borrowed from Smetana's string quartet From My Life...