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...Above these scarred, drugged-out creatures are their bosses, wealthy mobsters who are still middle management in the giant organization. And to the side, but never out of firing range, nonviolent types like the master tailor who, to make some extra money, agrees to tutor seamstresses at a Chinese garment factory across town. That too is punishable by death...
...Energy was America's competitive advantage. While Paris was bursting with ideas, New York was getting them built. The Paris furniture and fashion designers who were setting world standards began to find their masterpieces knocked off by New York department stores and the emerging Seventh Avenue garment district. A dressing table by French designer Léon Jallot is a riot of color and molded wood - oops, that's the copy made in New York for Lord & Taylor's department store...
...people who were recently liberated from slavery. The book also focuses on human trafficking, which is the most prevalent form of American slavery today. According to data from the Central Intelligence Agency, around 50,000 people are trafficked into or transited through the United States annually as sex, domestic, garment, and agricultural slaves. McCarthy, lecturer of Literature and Arts A-86: “American Protest Literature from Tom Paine to Tupac” and a Quincy House senior tutor, described the book as informative, descriptive, and broad. “One of the things that the editors have done...
...Dance, Sweet ’n Nasty, and Make it Rain are all awesome. It’s like Halloween every weekend! The themes give you a reason to play dress-up like when you were little, giving you an excuse for a shopping trip to the Garment District. Plus, they play all of your favorite songs. If you don’t like Bruce Springsteen, you’re un-American. And best of all, you get to watch freshmen awkwardly grope each other, unsure of the proper etiquette for grinding on a stranger. It’s almost...
...Baird’s garment impressed judges for elements of its construction. “I really liked the V-seam in the front,” notes Wang...