Word: leatherizing
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...capsizes, and the two wobbly whippersnappers are flung into the river, washed over a waterfall. When at last they struggle ashore, pup and cub are alone in the great north woods, far from human help but entirely too close for comfort-they are tied together by a six-foot leather leash...
Designers' colors for winter sound like a low-calorie diet-carrot, eggplant, prune, cherry and mint. Fabrics range from ordinary reversible wools, suede and leather to delicately worked jerseys, crepe, chiffon and much velvet. The favorite by far is fur-Maggy Rouff shows an all-beaver skirt, Patou an all-nutria dress, and Balmain (a sort of latter-day Gregor Mendel) crosses persian lamb with tweed for a hybrid stadium plaid...
...Penguin" (the pouch-backed shape), shows shiny black spaghetti-fringe collars and olive-green fur linings. Albertina's boutique features knit suits and coats made without cutting or seaming and guaranteed to be sagproof, and Roland-who must have seen The Wild One-spotlights a skintight, all-black leather ensemble...
Private Paper. Other occupants of the White House may have been eminently satisfied with its Board Room Baroque décor of overstuffed sofas and roomy leather chairs. Not Jackie. Determined to make her new home a "period house" crammed with such artifacts as James Madison's medicine chest and Andrew Jackson's inkwell, Jackie formed a Fine Arts Committee to help her transform the White House into a "museum of our country's heritage." Rich committee members put up the cost of the antiques out of their own pockets. As thousands of letters poured into Washington...
...setting that even the Medicis might have envied. The golden carpeting for the 17th floor executive offices came from Hong Kong. SOM designed tables to conform to the disciplined lines of the building; the chairs ranged from Mies van der Rohe's elegant Barcelona model to the stubby leather swivel chairs designed by Ward Bennett-who also advised on color and office appointments. Many of the textiles used are handwoven, come from as far away as Thailand...