Word: fabricating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sybilla's fancies include ball gowns with little metal fish falling from the folds; ear-shaped buttons securing, with just a hint of discretion, a sexy blouse; a shawl with fabric flowers sprouting from the shoulders. Sure, some of this is stuff you wear on a dare. But be warned: high spirits can be contagious, even at these prices (around $850 for a slinky silk Sybilla with a woven metallic shawl; $1,000 for a suede, fringed Bikkembergs jacket). Moreover, it may still be something of a challenge for fashion fans in the U.S. to find things by Sybilla...
Working with unusual urgency, experts at a British army ordnance laboratory in Kent took only days to determine the cause of the crash. From wreckage recovered near the devastated rural town of Lockerbie, they examined a ripped suitcase, fabric from some passenger seats and fragments from a metal bin in which checked luggage was packed and then rolled into the cargo hold of the Pan Am 747 at London's Heathrow Airport. Two pieces of the container's framework were pitted and showed other signs that a "high-performance plastic explosive" had erupted near them. Scotland Yard's antiterrorism branch...
Terrorist technology is outpacing the ability of authorities to guarantee security. The powerful plastic explosive Semtex, a gummy substance that is generally rolled into thin sheets, is difficult for both dogs and machines to detect. So are the relatively new "woven plastic" explosives, which resemble swatches of fabric and could conceivably be carried in a shopping...
...season's most exotic and original fashion book is Issey Miyake (New York Graphic Society; $40). Japanese designer Miyake's particular genius is with fabric and shape. Here are lilting cascades of pleats, riffs on the jumpsuit that really leap, whirling fantasies on samurai gear. Seen through photographer Irving Penn's daring aesthetic eye, the clothes have a drama that nearly engulfs the imagination. The affable accompanying essay is a reminder that these duds are wearable...
...pastoral mode was harder to decipher than religious or historical painting. There is not much narrative precision in Watteau's fetes galantes: these little societies of the elect, privileged folk in their shining taffetas are not exactly allegories; they are elaborations of mood, in which every pleat of fabric on a woman's turned back seems to carry its aura of psychological subtlety. And in Giorgione's Tempest, to this day no one really knows what the nude woman, young soldier and lightning flash are doing there...