Word: dapper
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...hero is back to his dapper self in Fantastic Mr. Fox, directed by Wes Anderson, co-written by Anderson and Noah Baumbach and animated, in gloriously anachronistic stop-motion, by Mark Gustafson. In his corduroy suit, Mr. F. is a woodsy gentleman crook, a raffish Raffles specializing in chickens. When his wife (voiced by Meryl Streep) becomes pregnant, Fox retires to write a newspaper column and help raise his underachieving son, Ash (Jason Schwartzman). Yet the artist in Fox yearns to pull off one last heist: raiding the farms of Franklin Bean (Michael Gambon) and two other big landowners...
...have forsaken him over the election debacle. As he tries to mend ties with the American public through a barrage of TV interviews, a more chastened, statesmanlike Karzai has emerged. It won't take long to discover whether this transformation is genuine or another piece of theater from the dapper Afghan President. For Obama, it may be worth the wait to find...
...former Hollywood film producer, Dominick was a creature of parties and a confessed name-dropper. With his horn-rimmed glasses and wonderful suits, he personified the word dapper, but there was an almost impish quality about him too. He made friends with everybody and wanted to know about every little thing. The last time we spoke, he told me about being in a hospital with Farrah Fawcett and how brave she was. Even on his deathbed, his curiosity was insatiable...
...what I love." This season the owners summon their New York roots with the arrival of Brooklyn-made suits designed by Urbinati and Albert Hammond Jr. of the garage band the Strokes. The small collection is made with classic fabrics and vintage 1940s styling. "Albert is incredibly dapper and passionate about suits," says Urbinati...
...beyond ironic that Kaplan, who died Aug. 23 at 90, became one of the central figures in the American meritocracy. The system was set up by reformers, but reformers from deep within the starchy education establishment. Kaplan, a dapper little man, the son of uneducated immigrants, was a complete outsider. He had gone into test prep only because he couldn't get into medical school...