Word: miniskirts
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...sorties) for purely sartorial purposes. In recent seasons, the fashion flock has adopted the tough footwear as its own form of armor. The style has proved an able antidote to a flowery dress for Sarah Jessica Parker and helped Mary-Kate Olsen bring the sky-high look of a miniskirt back down to earth. With many of the modern incarnations featuring weapon-like stiletto heels, they just may be better suited for combat than the originals...
...luxury executives are jockeying to appeal to the millennial generation. (Gen Y, Nexters, Boomlets: call them what you want?they're the grownup babies of baby boomers.) From Burberry's advertising campaign featuring London It girls like Agyness Deyn to Karl Lagerfeld's recent Chanel Couture show starring the miniskirt and flats?a look only a 14-year-old could pull off on a good day?youth is being served. These millennials may not have 401(k) plans yet, but they have a serious appetite for luxury, and in many parts of the world, they represent a large majority...
...recently organized a gathering for several junior AKP officials in Istanbul. When she offered them a tray of tea, she claims, they refused to be served by a woman whose hair was uncovered. "I felt like a second-class citizen," says Ozkan, dressed in gold lamé heels, a miniskirt and white tank top. "As a woman in Turkey, my freedom is very important. We owe that freedom to Ataturk. I will never give that up to anyone." Later that night, she gets ready for an antigovernment rally in Istanbul, donning a Halloween-style mask of the mustachioed Turkish founder...
...design engineer from Dallas who has built an audience of 1 million for his site Cinemablend by being one of the more cleverly critical fanboys. (Of this summer's Bratz, he posted, "It's kind of like Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants if the pants were a miniskirt worn without undergarments.") Or they're like Berge Garabedian, 33, of Montreal, who put his M.B.A. toward founding JoBlo.com after critics trashed Armageddon, a movie he and all of his friends loved. They're guys who love--obsessively--certain types of movies. "There are a lot more people who identify with...
...Macy's, he became ceo of Ann Taylor and revived the company, which got the attention of Gap founder Donald Fisher. It has all contributed to an almost eerie command of what's happening around him, such as when he comes across a size-2 polka-dot miniskirt and knows an online customer has been looking...