They were also more likely to have at least one off-line confidante -- a parent, a friend, even several friends -- who knew about their sexual orientation and accepted it.
But since Karl Lagerfeld created his one-off line for H & M in 2004, exclusive and short-lived collaborations between top designers and discount stores have become fashion events breathlessly anticipated and promoted on social media.
Elbaz has said of the collection, "ninety-five percent of women cannot afford [Lanvin] so let them have a taste", and he isn't worried that bringing out an affordable one-off line will cheapen Lanvin's high end image.
But in the United States, Mr. Valli has only recently come into his own, perhaps best known for a one-off line that was briefly sold as part of a Macy's collaboration last year, or the occasional red carpet appearance, like Emma Stone's red dress at the Oscars this year.
Lagerfeld will create a one-off line of limited edition women's fashion that will be sold in about 250 Macy's stores as well as online in September.
The best jokes often fly by as one-off lines or gags that seem to have been wedged into whatever spare cracks were letting the light through.
It will also echo Lidl's popular trick of selling one-off lines that are typically only expected to be available for a week.
I asked Jurvetson about how he aced out the Tesla founder and he told me a neat vignette .People were writing checks very early to get one of the first Tesla sedans when there was just a hint of a sedan coming out," Jurvetson started off cagily, "but Elon had stated that the first person who wrote a check after the price was officially set on the sedan would get the first one off the line.
He also contains directors suffering from verbal diarrhea by applying a three-stage approach: first, direct confrontation in the boardroom; second, a one-on-one conversation off-line; and third, another one-on-one with an offer of professional help paid for by the company.
I have that one off-hand line, 'She's going to win.
In an attempt to prove the debatable point that there is a "new offensiveness" in comedy, Logan quoted that one off-colour line and nothing else.
