Word: sweaters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bureaucratic." Windowpane Blazer. $225. Too much Bond, I think--a little over the top. So is this, from the same catalog: "Fabiana whistled for the stable boy. He came. She whipped her crop against her boot. 'Saddle my horses.' (Tie-back chiffon blouse. $135.)" Then there is the turtleneck sweater from a "Bohemian aunt...says Dylan Thomas gave it to her at 3 a.m. outside the White Horse Tavern...
...past semester in the company of your professor and TF. No matter what that annoying kid in your section may believe, they are the only authorities in the course. So naturally, when you walk into your final exam and see a large-eared elfish man in a hot-pink sweater and Poindexter glasses who vaguely resembles your junior high substitute teacher, it's hard to take him seriously...
...this is not what I really want. It is still exciting to find the perfect sweater at a vintage store in the dollar box. It's more satisfying to find a fabulous cheap restaurant than be a hipster at the latest over-priced hot spot. It's nice to cook, boil water and make pasta sauce. I don't want to slide down the slippery slope. I don't want to be the proper Harvard graduate and get the right kind of job and eat at the right restaurants and drink the right vodka and have the right brand...
...closer one gets to Cambridge, the harder it is to escape bagel chains and venues of cashmere sweater sets. Stereo Jacks is a slight hike down Mass Ave from Porter, but the CD, record and tape collection is a refreshing change from the hum-drum top-40 adult contemporary hits of Tower records and even the ultra-trendy underground of In Your Ear. Jack Woker, the proud founder of this establishment, has been providing eccentric music-listeners with old favorites like "Fabulous Harmonica played by the Yama Yama Man" and "Serenades for Sex Kittens." In particular, the shop specializes...
...Manhattan's trendy meat-packing district and on the equally fashion-forward La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Ikea and Crate & Barrel have begun producing knockoffs for the mass market. The taste for things '50s-ish has also seeped into fashion (haven't you noticed all those sweater sets and pleated skirts?) and industrial design (wait till you get a look at the finlike taillights planned for future Cadillacs...