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Most brides spend months agonizing over The Dress. Not so Bangkok-based expatriate Jayne Dalmer, who turned up for her first fitting five weeks before her wedding?and two weeks after giving birth to a baby girl. Her designer-dressmaker, Rachata Supasanapiwat, didn't bat an eye.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Deal: Tailor-Made | 7/14/2003 | See Source »

The Byzantine drop-off rules at Goodwill or the Salvation Army can stymie would-be donors who want to clear their closets of ill-fitting, outdated or frayed clothes. Donation times are often limited to just a few hours on designated weekdays. But there is an alternative: the brightly colored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doing Business in a Box | 7/7/2003 | See Source »

Indeed, Battle Royale unfolded like a video game with a perverse premise: a rising tide of teenage rebellion prompts the government to pass a law stipulating that every year an unlucky junior-high-school class be sent to a remote island. There, students are issued weapons from a sadistic arsenal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Royale Terror | 6/30/2003 | See Source »

Detroit automakers are jumping on the bandwagon, fitting concept cars like this year's Dodge Avenger with gargantuan 20-in. wheels. But carmakers know that if the wheels are too big, they can screw up the power steering or transmission. Hence the industry's slow shift to 17-in. rims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Car Parts: Hot Wheels | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

Another customer this morning, Liora R. Halperin ’05, walks with a handful of hangers into the bathroom, which doubles as the fitting room. The dresses are too big, but she starts talking with King Licorish about which colors she prefers.

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala and Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Taking Care of Square Business | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

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