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...freshness. But the current televised spectacle of kaffiyeh-wearing rebels playing hob with the Israeli army gives the scarves an odd, often ironic resonance when they are worn in the West. Visual continuity suggests a political solidarity that usually comes as a big surprise to the Western wearer. "It's just an accessory," says Kenneth Kaiser, a Boston retail- clothing-store manager. "The ethnic type of look is in right now." "The idea that it's political is ridiculous," says New York City Artist Steven Charny. Comments Mordechai Levy, head of the Jewish Defense Organization in New York City...
Stone Streets also sells seasonal musical ties, which sport Christmas logos and play "Dashing Through The Snow" when the wearer presses a small button on the reverse...
...duds have the aged-in feeling of favored sportswear. Maybe better than anyone else just now, Hamnett captures the roughed-up elegance of the everyday. Everything she makes is a little playful, like her swimsuits, and as homey as a pair of jeans. And her denims, indeed, tempt the wearer to apostasy: they just could be better than Levi...
...official bureaucracy of this nation. The story goes that these men could not wear their hair too long or else it would fall in the soup at exclusive dining clubs they attended. The salient features of this hairdo is that it reveals enough of the forehead to make its wearer look bookish, but not so much that people think he's bald...
...required to be housebound when not at work. To make sure they comply, each wears a kind of futuristic ball and chain: a 4-oz. radio transmitter that is attached to the ankle with tamperproof plastic straps. The device broadcasts a signal to a receiver hooked up to the wearer's home phone, which in turn relays it to a computer at the probation department. If the wearer strays more than 100 ft., the computer spits out a note for the probation officer...