Sentence examples for chic to use from inspiring English sources

With fashion in a deep retail rut, and other designers suddenly forced to make dubious claims about "a natural and honest chic" (to use a phrase from the Yves Saint Laurent show notes), Chanel's sense of élan is remarkable.

It is chic to use reclaimed wood: Calvin Klein used some in an apartment in Miami, Julian Schnabel did the same in his West Village apartment, and, most famously, Bill Gates's Seattle house (built in the 1990s, ahead of the curve) is made almost entirely of reclaimed wood.

She immediately convinced her husband not only to allow the crew to use their chic Paris apartment for some scenes, but got him to invest money in the production.

Rule No. 1: Don't pay for chic you're not going to use, which means we don't even look at places like Aspen, with their gilded prices.

"I am always on the go and I need a phone that is easy to use, and of course chic as well!

First-timers may opt to use a tour service, such as the one offered by Chic Inspiration.

Aside from the geek-chic factor, there are many practical benefits to using a second monitor.

Besides that, he added, "It's chic to make a martini using really beautiful things, standing at a great cart — the suave entertainer making a cocktail for everyone".

For 2 euros you can see the frescoed chapels at the Kaisariani Monastery (30-210-723-6619; 8 a.m. to 3 p.m .. 2 p.m. 13) HARBOR CHIC Athenians used to turn up their noses at Piraeus, the blue-collar harbor city, but scenesters are staking it out again, especially the yacht-lined Mikrolimano harbor.

Local indie rock favourites Hop Along also played the creepy chic room, which used to be home to Philly boy turned global superstar DJ Diplo's  Mausoleum dance raves.

Julio Espada's show today for Emilio Pucci, his first since being named design director, brought to mind that sense of chic that women used to have in places like Rome and New York in the 1960's, when they could wear a silk turtleneck shell and skirt, or maybe a hot little minishift with a cord belt, and look like a million bucks.