Word: silk
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Lovett's music blared thorugh the speakers during the next set of songs, a toe-tapping and high-stepping piece called "Nine Lives." Much well-deserved applause was given to costume director Nong Tumsutipong, who clad the men deliciously in tight jeans and sweat-stained silk shirts, and the women in colorful and daring leotards pieced together in geometric shapes. The latter fashion statement looked somewhat odd and misplaced next to the hip-swaggering cowboys, but it was dazzling nonetheless...
Scott's Hamlet is simply too genteel. Wearing Allison Reed's stylish costumes--black silk pajamas replace the ripped stockings that Ophelia describes--Scott unintentionally makes it seem that Hamlet's tragic flaw is vanity. The Prince cannot kill anyone; the exertion would mess up his hair...
When the Shops by Harvard Yard opened two years ago, we thought they were filled with services and goods largely irrelevant to students. We still think so. A $50 handblown vase or a silk tie may be a nice investment, but we don't need pricey kitsch outside our front door...
...collection seemed meager (Lagerfeld produced 84). Perhaps Galliano is simply a rigorous editor, but the kind of exhilarating riffs that Saint Laurent and Lagerfeld can spin out--six or eight variations on a theme--were missing. Least satisfactory was a foray into blatant color for evening. Harsh chartreuse-green silk spoiled a group of prettily shaped party dresses. Deep orange costumes suggesting India were more effective, but does one go to Paris for a sari...
...year search, as a possible incarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama, who died in 1989. The urn was turned several times, and then a senior monk withdrew a marker bearing the name of Gyaincain Norbu, 6, who was quickly ushered into the room in golden robes and a yellow silk hat. Norbu was hailed by the monks and by a man dressed incongruously in a Western-style suit: Luo Gan, a senior Chinese official dispatched to oversee the ceremony. Luo later bent forward, shook the boy's hand and said, "Love the country and study hard...