Word: witness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...combination of 1960s Carnaby Street funk and the locker room, the Kamali sweat look has captured the whimsical and practical sides of the American woman's fancy. "Her clothes have a little wit and a little dare," explains Vogue Editor Grace Mirabella.. But they have their drawbacks too. The exaggerated silhouette and overgrown pants and tops are not for the timid. Moreover, while sweat material is not delicate, it must get special care so it will not shrink or droop...
There is about her the uncomfortable air of a plain girl unaccountably forced to fill in for the homecoming queen. One also feels her pushing, pushing, pushing to fulfill the demands of wit and style that are made on leading women in dramatic comedy. She comes as close as conscious craft can bring her, yet succeeds mainly in communicating her own edginess. What's missing, very simply, is the kind of natural charm an actress like Irene Dunne used to bring to roles like this, an ability to modulate from humor to rue almost, it seemed, without thinking...
...that the best way to get a large audience is to put large breasts on the poster. So Fine has more to show for itself than just the T&A it advertises. What it reveals is not so much skin as careful thought, a clear concept, and even some wit...
...glad for the sharp eye and omnipresent wit of the master evidenced by this book again...
...Foot is Thomas Paine, whose reformist writings, shunned for many years in America, grew so popular in Europe that "he gained an international notoriety such as only pop stars have today." And with his literary heroes, including Swift, William Hazlitt, and Daniel Defoe, Foot's literary expertise and wit are as obvious as his radicalism. At times, Foot appears almost a British William F. Buckley--except with Socialist politics and without uppity pretension...