Word: young
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...much of the past two decades, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan and Ralph Lauren have ruled American style. Although none will retire tomorrow, the triumvirate occupies so much space in department stores, on the sides of buses and consequently in the public consciousness that it has become tremendously difficult for young designers to break through. It says something about the contemporary American fashion scene that one of the most publicized stories of the past few seasons is the re-emergence of Diane Von Furstenberg, who has come back offering the same wrap dress she unveiled...
Beyond the universe of DKNY, DVF and other acronym wear, however, an independent spirit is quietly thriving. Indeed, the future of American dress seems secure on the sketchpads of a few young Manhattan designers, all of whom have gained a following without the benefit of big corporate backers, eponymous SoHo-based retail monuments or advertising campaigns...
...lives with his aunt and uncle, Petunia and Vernon Dursley, and their son Dudley. Is it worth pointing out that the Dursleys are as dreadful as one might expect of people named Dursley--they make that step-family of Cinderella's seem merely ill-tempered by comparison--and that young Dudley is a fat, spoiled bully who keeps breaking Harry's glasses...
...managers, like Jeff Bezos of Amazon and Tim Koogle of Yahoo, Steve Case of America Online and Tom Jermoluk from @Home, has emerged to do exactly that, through aggressive acquisition strategies, massive infrastructure spending and expansion at a clip that would make old-line companies get motion sickness. These young chieftains have shown a true disdain for the next quarter's results. In fact, Amazon's Bezos went so far as to urge those concerned with short-term performance to sell his stock, something no one else has ever done in the 20 years I have been trading...
...Walk on the Moon, set in the summer of 1969, raises similar issues: How young can you get old? And can you get young again? Pearl Kantrowitz (Diane Lane), who is maybe 32, thinks she's an old lady because she has a tepid husband Marty (Liev Schreiber) and a daughter Alison (Anna Paquin) who at 14 is revving up for the sexual adventures Pearl never enjoyed. She says of Alison, "I just hope she doesn't end up like us." Poor Pearl. In a Catskills bungalow not far from Woodstock, she feels she's already come to a dead...