In Stephen Petronio's "Broken Man" solo, set to music by Blixa Bargeld, a man (Mr. Petronio) is bound by a jacket that is half on and half off, by a square of white light on a dark stage and by a tight-sprung body and clenched and thwarted half-gestures.
Called the DODOcase, it costs $60 and makes the iPad look like on old sketchbook with a leather-bound jacket.
To him, the narrator's pathetic attempt at emigration while sewing her name, address and a note saying "Marry me" into jackets bound for Italy from the clothing factory where she works can only mean that she is guilty of prostitution while on the job, as well as much else he seeks to get out of her.
Many of the opening suits bore a strong resemblance to those Mr. Galliano once created for Dior, most obviously in the way they were styled, with the models wearing wool felt cloche hats and their jackets bound by thin leather belts that were knotted at the waist, rather than buckled.
Mr. de la Renta showed a floral jacquard jacket in a cocoon shape that is common to Mr. Galliano's work, and many of the opening suits bore a strong resemblance to those Mr. Galliano created for Dior, at least in the way they were styled, with the models wearing felt cloche hats and their jackets bound by thin leather belts that were knotted at the waist, rather than buckled.
Politicians and their central bankers purely focused inward, bound by the straight jacket of gold.
Forty years ago the soundtrack to society's collective angst over Viet Nam was found on the radio, when local stations were privately owned and not bound by the straight jacket of major record labels and corporate playlists ordained by focus groups.
Those who want to stick it to the man are generally bound to have a good jacket.
Huey Long's autobiography, Every Man A King, came out in 1933, bound in a resplendent gold jacket bearing five pictures of the Senator.
If you're purchasing from a thrift store, there are bound to be endless choices in the jacket area.
Still bound in the publisher's cloth, with dust jacket intact other than some tearing along the spine, from when the author wrestled with his emotions while attempting to autograph it.
