The holidays are often full of fashionable forks in the road: What in the world does “holiday festive attire” mean? Does Santa’s workshop have better inventory of Christian Louboutins or Jimmy Choos? How short is too short for the company Christmas party? This year, however, presents and parties can seem excessive, as even Marc Jacobs […]
Karlie Justus
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Change (of clothes) we need
change (chaynj): 1. v., To make different. Also see alter, modify, transform. Change is the buzzword on the tip of every pundit and politician’s tongue, igniting heated debates on its meaning, timing and enforcement. You can’t flip past any news channel or sit through a traffic light without spotting the word in a campaign speech […]
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Summer sport
About 3,000 years ago in ancient Greece, when this summer’s must-have gladiator sandals were reserved for their burly, bloodthirsty namesakes, “Olympic fashion” was a bit of an oxymoron. As one legend has it, foot racer Orisippos of Megara was the first competitor to run naked in Olympia after getting tangled up in his athletic shorts, […]
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N.C. State’s Art to Wear show is a homegrown success
(Photos Jeremy M. Lange • Music Felix Obelix • Production assistance Kathy Justice and Bruna Zacka) Blaring, thumping music. Rhythmic thuds of three-inch heels. Occasional “oooohs” and “aaaahs” from a captivated audience. N.C. State may be best known for its programs in technology and engineering, but fashion students have been changing those perceptions with their […]
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Giving back is the new black
Of all the seven deadly sins, it seems vanity gets the worst rap. Just ask Lucifer, Narcissus or Eve. But with fall’s “more is more” mentality, stuffing your closet full of this season’s wide-leg jeans, rope necklaces and oversized envelope clutches can be almost as tempting as that infamous shiny red applewhich, by the way, […]
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Report from ideaSPARK
Artist Meghan Melloy’s “Fear Bracelets” hangs in a dark corner of a downtown Raleigh warehouse, beside 87 other interpretations of art dotting the black walls. In a note beside the piecethree cloth bracelets pinned onto a frameMelloy explains her cathartic practice of wearing her fears on her wrist, spelled out in crude, pastel embroidery: Intolerance. […]
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Visual art
September The Ackland Museum in Chapel Hill opens the fall season of the Chinese Year of the Pig with SPIRIT OF THE BRUSH: CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY AND PAINTING. Using works in its collection, the mysterious and revered Asian discipline is demystifiedif only a little bitwith the inclusion of the paper, paperweights, ink stones and brushes used […]
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Stereotype me!
We North Carolinians love a good rivalry. Eastern versus western barbecue; the mountains versus the beach; Mike Nifong versus, well, everyone. But no intra-state debate’s ferocity comes close to that of the Triangle’s rabid battle between its three ACC universities and their fans. In our first corner we have Duke University, getting a last-minute pep […]
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Styles of the thrift and famous
On a particularly interesting (read: grossly disturbing) episode of the reality TV show Sunset Tan, a mom pushes her daughter into a salon to prepare the girl for her upcoming elementary school pictures. Nodding her head like a puppet, the girl agrees yes, she does want the $1,300 Lindsay Lohan spray-on tan package. “Make sure […]
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Let’s get serious: Sexual assault
One in four women is a victim of rape or attempted rape during her college years, according to the Women’s Center at N.C. State University. In the Triangle, where thousands of college women live, that’s a chilling and disturbing statistic. So where can you go if you or someone you love is a victim of […]
