DSquared2 didn't so much show a runway collection in Milan on Tuesday morning as it did four mini-collections backed by a rotating stage backdrop, topped off with a hilarious leather-and-sparkly-spandex dance number performed by a four-pack of male dancers sporting stilletto heels.
The first mini-collection, set against the backdrop of a Scandinavian fishing village, offered up things like roomy cable knit sweaters, scarves, mixed-fabrication light outerwear pieces and a hybrid boat shoe/derby boot.
That was followed by a brief (in more ways than one) trip to the island of Mykonos, which consisted mainly of exceedingly snug swim trunks (some emblazoned with the name of the island across the posterior) and mesh tank tops with a few pairs of walking shorts and light jackets thrown in.
Then it was a romantic Roman holiday with a preppy American sportswear flavor (brightly colored chinos, double-breasted blazers, and red-and-white striped ties), followed by the final mod-rock-themed set piece, with mixed fabrication leather and denim jackets, skinny black ties, tuxedo trousers with silver studding stripes and prints of tigers and stars.
Why four mini-collections? And why the quartet of wildly gyrating, voguing dancers?
It didn't really seem to matter, since the camp theatrics -- barely past the breakfast hour -- make the show one that attendees will remember for quite some time.
2011年6月22日 星期三
2011年3月29日 星期二
Pensioner tied up and terrorised
AN ELDERLY man was assaulted, tied up and left shaken after an aggravated burglary at his home in Timahoe on Sunday night.
The shocking incident occurred at 9.45pm on Sunday 27 March when the man, who was in his 70s, answered a knock on his front door. Two men asked said their car had broken down and asked if they could use his telephone He told them he did not have a phone and the men left.
The homeowner went into his sitting room and gardaí say that just minute later his front door was kicked in by the same men. They "roughed him up a little bit" and started demanding money so he gave them a sum of money he had in his back pocket. However this wasn't enough for the culprits, who then tied the victim's arms and legs with cable ties and continued to demand money from him. They eventually left the scene without any more money. One man was carrying a hammer and the other had a knife.
The elderly man was able to free himself from the cable ties and went to a neighbour's house and raised the alarm. He was described as being "very shook up" following the frightening incident.
Gardaí are asking if there was anyone in the Timahoe, Donadea area between 9.30pm and 10.30pm on Sunday 27 March and saw any car.
The shocking incident occurred at 9.45pm on Sunday 27 March when the man, who was in his 70s, answered a knock on his front door. Two men asked said their car had broken down and asked if they could use his telephone He told them he did not have a phone and the men left.
The homeowner went into his sitting room and gardaí say that just minute later his front door was kicked in by the same men. They "roughed him up a little bit" and started demanding money so he gave them a sum of money he had in his back pocket. However this wasn't enough for the culprits, who then tied the victim's arms and legs with cable ties and continued to demand money from him. They eventually left the scene without any more money. One man was carrying a hammer and the other had a knife.
The elderly man was able to free himself from the cable ties and went to a neighbour's house and raised the alarm. He was described as being "very shook up" following the frightening incident.
Gardaí are asking if there was anyone in the Timahoe, Donadea area between 9.30pm and 10.30pm on Sunday 27 March and saw any car.
2011年3月13日 星期日
West forms federal 'leadership PAC'
He's already a platinum YouTube star, Internet traffic generator and cable TV mainstay. Now
freshman U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation, has formed a federal "leadership PAC" that could
come in handy if he wants to lift his national profile any higher.
Leadership PACs allow members of Congress - including the three other members of Palm Beach
County's congressional delegation - to raise money at up to $5,000 a pop and distribute
contributions to other candidates.
The committees are often used by those with leadership ambitions to curry favor with
colleagues. On his way to becoming House speaker, Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, used his PAC to
hand out $4 million to GOP candidates over the last four election cycles.
The PACs are also useful for officials eyeing higher office. Rookie Illinois Sen. Barack
Obama formed his Hopefund PAC a few weeks after taking office in 2005. By the time the 2006
elections were over, Obama's PAC had raised and spent more than $3.7 million - doling out
more than $700,000 to Democratic candidates and party organs around the nation, spending
about $200,000 on travel and more than $1 million to build a fund-raising network that would
help him win the presidency two years later.
Most leadership PACs operate on a much smaller scale. U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar,
raised $69,000 and spent about $45,000 through his PAC over four years. U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney,
R-Tequesta, raised and spent less than $20,000 with his PAC for the 2010 elections.
U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton, formed Together Electing Democrats PAC (TEDPAC) shortly
after winning a special election last year and spent about $32,000 on 2010 races.
West, who raised more than $6.4 million for his own campaign last year, plans to use his
Guardian Leadership PAC to support other conservative candidates, West Chief of Staff
Jonathan Blyth said. Asked if West has any larger ambitions, Blyth said, "his focus is on
representing the people of the 22nd District."
* Democrat Patrick Murphy, who plans to launch a campaign for West's seat this week,
worked the crowd at last Tuesday's labor/Democratic/anti-Rick Scott rally in West Palm Beach
with consultant Eric Johnson. Murphy said he fully expects term-limited West Palm Beach Mayor
Lois Frankel to enter the race.
* Diana Demarest, campaign manager for losing West Palm Beach city commission candidate
John Cohen, has filed a Florida Elections Commission complaint accusing rival Keith James of
breaking the law by describing himself as a "Life Long Democrat" and including a Democratic
donkey symbol in campaign literature for the nonpartisan race.
James and Diane Cantone face each other in a March 22 runoff.
Florida statutes say a nonpartisan candidate is "prohibited from campaigning or qualifying
for election or retention in office based on party affiliation."
The state Division of Elections told a nonpartisan candidate in a 2003 opinion that "you may
not publicly represent or advertise yourself as a member of any political party." But the
opinion says it's OK to list partisan experience, such "executive committee of ____ party,"
because that "would simply be providing information."
freshman U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation, has formed a federal "leadership PAC" that could
come in handy if he wants to lift his national profile any higher.
Leadership PACs allow members of Congress - including the three other members of Palm Beach
County's congressional delegation - to raise money at up to $5,000 a pop and distribute
contributions to other candidates.
The committees are often used by those with leadership ambitions to curry favor with
colleagues. On his way to becoming House speaker, Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, used his PAC to
hand out $4 million to GOP candidates over the last four election cycles.
The PACs are also useful for officials eyeing higher office. Rookie Illinois Sen. Barack
Obama formed his Hopefund PAC a few weeks after taking office in 2005. By the time the 2006
elections were over, Obama's PAC had raised and spent more than $3.7 million - doling out
more than $700,000 to Democratic candidates and party organs around the nation, spending
about $200,000 on travel and more than $1 million to build a fund-raising network that would
help him win the presidency two years later.
Most leadership PACs operate on a much smaller scale. U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar,
raised $69,000 and spent about $45,000 through his PAC over four years. U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney,
R-Tequesta, raised and spent less than $20,000 with his PAC for the 2010 elections.
U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton, formed Together Electing Democrats PAC (TEDPAC) shortly
after winning a special election last year and spent about $32,000 on 2010 races.
West, who raised more than $6.4 million for his own campaign last year, plans to use his
Guardian Leadership PAC to support other conservative candidates, West Chief of Staff
Jonathan Blyth said. Asked if West has any larger ambitions, Blyth said, "his focus is on
representing the people of the 22nd District."
* Democrat Patrick Murphy, who plans to launch a campaign for West's seat this week,
worked the crowd at last Tuesday's labor/Democratic/anti-Rick Scott rally in West Palm Beach
with consultant Eric Johnson. Murphy said he fully expects term-limited West Palm Beach Mayor
Lois Frankel to enter the race.
* Diana Demarest, campaign manager for losing West Palm Beach city commission candidate
John Cohen, has filed a Florida Elections Commission complaint accusing rival Keith James of
breaking the law by describing himself as a "Life Long Democrat" and including a Democratic
donkey symbol in campaign literature for the nonpartisan race.
James and Diane Cantone face each other in a March 22 runoff.
Florida statutes say a nonpartisan candidate is "prohibited from campaigning or qualifying
for election or retention in office based on party affiliation."
The state Division of Elections told a nonpartisan candidate in a 2003 opinion that "you may
not publicly represent or advertise yourself as a member of any political party." But the
opinion says it's OK to list partisan experience, such "executive committee of ____ party,"
because that "would simply be providing information."
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