Word: wools
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...said of J. Press’s business. “People have always come in for advice on what is good taste, what is appropriate, and what is not. They come for the tradition.” Tradition at J. Press comes in the form of tweed suits, wool scarves, and the pièce de résistance: silk ties, in every color. After all, there’s nothing like neckwear embroidered with tiny baseball players, cocker spaniels, or clowns to encourage people to take you seriously. All patterns, even the hipster-approved skull and crossbones...
...Just an hour into the event, so many non-Harvard students had smuggled themselves in, we felt like we were in an introductory algebra course at the Extension School. Just smelling these commoners made us want to run home and take a shower in rubbing alcohol with a steel wool loofah...
Sitting in the living room at Balmoral, knitting and nattering in their plain wool sweaters, caring more for their pets than for their children, the royal family of this film seems a parody of the pettiness and insularity of the English middle class; they might be the Monty Python gang in drab drag. Yet despite their sternest efforts to keep up the moat bridge, Elizabeth (Helen Mirren) and her blinkered clan are about to learn how little they understood the appeal of the woman who, they think, betrayed them...
...royals in The Queen, the first impression the movie gives is one of cool, devastating satire. Or perhaps Elizabeth and her family really are as drab as the film paints them! They don't aspire to glamour; they renounce it. Cloistered at Balmoral, knitting and nattering in their plain wool sweaters, caring more for their pets than for their children, the Royal Family seems a parody of the pettiness and insularity of the English middle class. They might be the extended clan of Wallace and Gromit or cousins of Mrs. Proposition and Mrs. Conclusion, the shrill suburban housewives from Monty...
...Renaissance and rock 'n' roll, fall fashion runs the gamut, including high-neck taffeta dresses like the one opposite by Chanel (Bergdorf Goodman, 888-774-2424). Chanel brooch (Neiman Marcus, 888-888-4757) and Wolford Velvet de Luxe tights (Wolford, 800-965-3673). This page: Louis Vuitton Shetland-wool pocket top, fox-fur skirt, wool hat and Babouche pump louisvuitton.com) Model: Doutzen Kroes for L'Oral Paris...