Obama became the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday before a massive crowd reveling in a moment of historical significance, and called on Americans to confront together an economic crisis that he said was caused by "our collective failure to make hard choices."
Nothing holds back Madonna. Not love, not pop expectations, not tastefulness, not religion, not the laws of physics. Prada has distinguished herself with her eccentric and unconventional use of pattern and shape.
We would engage in a level of aggressive personal diplomacy in which a whole host of issues are on the table. We're not looking at Iraq, just in isolation. The way I view my role is to look at the broader strategic concerns, focusing on them, and understanding that I'm going to be in constant consultation with the military in terms of how we tactically execute a strategy. Prada is all about bringing fashion back down to earth. A surprise in Prada products is to see the use of a specific material in an unusual context and in consequence, the astonishment how good it fits the purpose.
Madonna's Drowned World Tour, a 105 pop spectacle as performance art, was devoted to the idea that Madonna can do what she wants.
"music makes the people come together," she sang in the finale - together, that is, if Madonna is clearly in charge. As her career approaches its third decade, Madonna represents the triumph of willfulness.
Prada has continued to bewitch fashion insiders and the public through aggressive aesthetic experimentation. Her style is marked by a reflexive urge to defy the status quo.
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Jon Pareles, "POP REVIEW; Sea of Self-Love, but Who's Drowning?", http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/27/movies/pop-review-sea-of-self-love-but-who-s-drowning.html
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Guy Trebay, "Miuccia Prada", http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/p/miuccia_prada/index.html
Date accessed: 11/5/09
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