Word: zippering
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...move from high fashion to mass market. "Things don't have to be expensive to be beautiful." For inspiration she dove into the company's archives. "I took all the elements that you would normally find on a denim jacket or a pair of corduroys--the buttons, the zipper, the grommets--and used them to make a bag." The spring line of bags, in bright pastels and floral prints, is based on belted trench coats, with adjustable straps. She also plans a line of enameled flower pins that can be sprinkled on the bags "like fridge magnets. I think...
...same pay. Then there are the fruit pickers who have exorbitant housing costs deducted by labor contractors who warehouse the workers in filthy barracks. As for garment workers, they can be paid at piece rates--try three-fourths of a cent per piece to sew in a zipper on jeans--that make it nearly impossible to earn the minimum...
...models parading across this stylish site's home page will put you right in the mood--to spend two or three bills on boots. Click to zoom in on these patent-leather Stand Ups, and you'll get a much better view of the front zipper...
...skimpy schoolgirl outfit. Her music has evolved (thanks, in part, to techno and hip-hop infusions from Moby, RedZone, Ying Yang Twins and R. Kelly, who collaborated with Spears on some of the songs), and her lyrics are clearly crafted for older ears ("Would you undo my zipper, please"). "I think all my albums have been a little sexy," Spears says, "but with this one I'm dealing with stuff that I haven't really dealt with before. Not in a graphic way. On the contrary. The song called Breathe on Me isn't about any actual physical connection with...
Take the other night. Dartboard’s bag has more than a few pockets that he could use to smuggle Harvard’s copy of the Gutenberg Bible past the guard at the checking counter. Does the guard spend the time unzipping every zipper and feeling through every nook and cranny of Dartboard’s bag? Of course not: There’s already a line forming behind Dartboard and a quick glance will do. Dartboard could have had the lost continent of Gondwanaland hidden under his laptop and Security Service Incorporated’s trained professional...