Word: leatherizing
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...atmosphere was redolent of Radical Chic, the social posturing he himself was about to immortalize. Radical Chic, he writes, "invariably favors radicals who seem primitive, exotic, and romantic, such as the grape workers, who are not merely radical and 'of the soil' but also Latin; the Panthers, with their leather pieces, Afros, shades, and shoot-outs; and the Red Indians, who, of course, had always seemed primitive, exotic, and romantic." And yet while supporting her cause, the Radically Chic hostess has also to maintain the proper apartment, the proper address, and, of course, the proper servants. At best, the "radicalism...
Miller says that while the emblazoned black leather jackets, the names and genre may have disappeared, the youth gang is still around, in changed form...
...week more than a thousand guests thronged to opening night at Le Drugstore, gaping at its chic decorations, examining the wares in its boutiques and sampling the wines and food in its three restaurants. They gulped champagne by the Jeroboam at the most popular attraction: a mahogany and ostrich-leather bar. 'That bar is soft and sensuous," explained soft and sensuous Caroline Solovei. 27, the wealthy beauty who is Le Drugstore's president. "It's just like everything else here. It sums up our total look...
...handsome, gilt-edge executive on TV's new detergent commercial sits at a desk with shelves of leather-bound books behind him and a red-white-and-blue box of laundry detergent in front. As the camera dollies in, he removes his half-moon reading glasses and there is former Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall himself, saying, "I believe that Sears' new Phosphate-Free Laundry Detergent is a real breakthrough. For our water's sake, I hope you use it." Ecology-Freak Udall says he will make other commercials, as well as speeches, pitching...
...tenants themselves are confused and unhappy, not knowing if they must leave or stay. "I'm not going. They'll have to force me out in court," said Artie Dyer in the Leather Design Shop at 1 Mt. Auburn Street. He hasn't received a notice, but everyone around him has and he's worried...