Word: utilitarian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Comfort and practicality dictate each stitch of the chef pant. From their elastic waist to their tapered ankle to their baggy leg, these products of utilitarian chic can make or break the cooking experience of any nouveau chef. Traditionally made from swatches of dense checkered cloth or European hound's tooth, the pants' durable fabrics hide the tell-tale stains of sizzling sauces, sauteed entrees and crackling oil. Although such traditional patterns do add to the lifespan of any uniform, they also connote a certain type of old-school chef network that many younger chefs wish to move away from...
...imitation of the beaux-arts. Of the two forces blurring the distinction between haute couture and prt--porter, it is the upstarts who are keeping fashion alive. From the beautiful origami poetry of Yohji Yamamoto to the jaw-droppingly precise seduction of a Richard Tyler gown to the eclectic utilitarian sensibilities of Helmut Lang (three designers who have yet to fashion a perfume), these younger collections have proven to be high fashion without the pretentious haute couture label, living proof that fashion will live for another 1000 years...
Rather, Faludi said, "men have suffered layers of betrayal," the deepest of which is the demise of utilitarian society and its replacement by a consumer-driven culture in which "celebrity and sex-value are all that matter...
...left Harvard to serve as master of Trinity College at Cambridge University, presented his listeners with an analysis of utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham's accusation that human rights were nothing more than "nonsense on stilts...
...clip" it. Palm users can visit only participating websites (so far, a few hundred have signed up) rather than the entire Web. While I was at first offended at this idea--the Internet is meant to be open and free!--I quickly appreciated the faster downloads and utilitarian data. If the Palm takes off (did I mention the service is too expensive?), I can even imagine people doing the unthinkable: paying for selected Web content. But not at these prices...