It is an overwhelming story, and despite everyone knowing the ending, it is as gripping as a thriller: Kapadia has fashioned and shaped it with masterly flair.
The cotton frame, designed to knit fine, fully fashioned goods, shaped for improved fit of such items as hosiery and sweaters, is fitted with automatic narrowing and widening devices.
It could be shaped like a purse or be decorated with high heels or items of clothing, or shaped like a fashion runway.
Made of copper and steel, the spinning pieces are fashioned in shapes from pinwheel to nautilus to double helix and range in height from 5 to 27 feet.
Their fashion sensibilities shaped by reality shows, aspiring Rachel Zoes are paying $80 for one of Rachel Pally's five-in-one convertible dresses for Target, which can with a few deft adjustments morph from a halter or swingy skirt to a strapless party frock.
Every now and then, she would refer excitedly to a group, showing how they worked well together, fashioned fresh shapes and patterns, and instinctively knew which colour blocks to choose and use.
All are standards of a style of Japanese cuisine known as yoshoku, or "Western food," in which European or American dishes were imported and, in true Japanese fashion, shaped and reshaped to fit local tastes.
After three and a half years in office, though, her greatest legacy has been the remaking of American diplomacy in her own fashion, shaped as much by her own personality and fame as by a guiding philosophy.
Early on, Parks was well aware of how fashion and design shaped ideas about femininity and desire.
