Still, a season built exclusively on tabards, A-line tunics and stripped-down leathers would be chilly and forbidding were it not for the madcap frills that lend it its glamour — and inimitable character.
It's the show of choice for industry executives, but for all its glamour, it's a relatively cheap day out for British car fans too.
Even espionage loses its glamour when it becomes indentured labor.
Yet even if it has lost its glamour, the orchid still has a reputation as a diva of a houseplant that's hard to keep alive for long.
The Pera has not lost its glamour, even if it is a bit Chelsea Hotel these days.
All the while, its glamour was growing: it was ancient, shamanic, a supernatural tether to otherworldly visions.
IF I needed proof that travel has lost its glamour, I got it by watching the first few episodes of "Airline," A&E's new reality series.
The 64th Cannes Film Festival is not unlike the 63 that came before it, but after a few years of movie industry woes and the economic downturn, it may be flexing its glamour.
Not known for its glamour or luxury, it makes the list for reasons having little to do with its mainstream popularity.
The fact that it was Chanel only added to its glamour.
The hip, with-it, ever-ahead-of-the-curve N.F.L. saw two of its glamour teams befuddled by a formation that is more than 100 years old.
