Things changed in 2002, when a Navy Seal turned entrepreneur sent Mr. Baldwin a test model of the TRX system, a suspension gadget made of a pair of straps with handles joined by a metal clasp ring.
The subtle balance included gilt chains worked as belts, pockets and as a teasing pair of straps holding up one of the snow white evening outfits, where the bodice was cut with twin rounded curves.
It was difficult to perceive the charm (or anything else, for that matter) in this epicurean gloom, so one Christmas I gave her a pair of strap-on headlamps.
Personally, I would love to see delegations unfurl the rainbow flag during the Parade of Nations and have Anderson Cooper report it bare-chested while wearing a pair of strap-on angel wings, but let's face it: Neither is likely to happen.
The power density, about 8 MW/m2, for a given maximum voltage in the circuit is maximized using poloidally short straps and the resilience to fast varying RF loads by matching pairs of straps by a so-called conjugate-T.
Unlike the dance belt, these supporters have a pair of elasticized straps that meet the bottom of fabric at the front.
Survivors cluster here, among them a pair of identical, strapping young men in loincloths, blindfolded, their mouths open and screaming out in agony.
Perhaps an equivalent to I Modi or Fifty Shades of Grey or the Pamela Anderson sex tape will come along and thrust it into the limelight, and all the streets will fall dead because everyone will be stuck at home manically abusing themselves with a pair of goggles strapped to their face.
Welwitschia, restricted to extreme deserts (less than 25 mm [1 inch] of rain per year) in a narrow belt about 1,000 km (600 miles) long in southwestern Africa, is an unusual plant composed of an enormous underground stem and a pair of long strap-shaped leaves that lie along the ground.
Here, the actress Charlize Theron keeps a lithe form in all-black and a pair of T-straps; the singer Rihanna slips into a pajama suit with what look like bare feet (her shoes are that discreet); and the actress Kate Bosworth illuminates a flirty frock with sparkling, metallic heels and a fresh lip.
Well, actually, I've discovered Ross, where I bought a $20 pair of T-strap Aerosoles.
