Corset News Archive - 24-Aug-2007
The first time Suzanne Timmins wore her new high-waisted wide-legged jeans, the women at her hair salon went gaga over them. "Every girl there said, `I love your jeans! Where did you get them?'"
Grace Paley, who explored the struggles of ordinary women in pungent stories, was 84.
The feathers ?ew at The Novadown Fashioned Feathers Wearable Arts Show last week, showcasing what the public and the countries leading designers can do with feathers, down, fabric and a whole lot of imagination.
?Becoming Jane? squeezes the modern age into an 18th-century corset. by Wayne Melton Perhaps thinking of the titles of Jane Austen?s novels ? ?Pride and Prejudice,? ?Sense and Sensibility? ? the makers of ?Becoming Jane,? a limply named new movie about the 18th-century novelist, saw double as well.
A jaunty assortment of parlor magician?s tricks ornament this fast and funny production. But the real magic happens when the bad actors take over.
