But the buzz at her Midwestern agency -- and in the fashion buyers' offices of New York and the garment factories of Hong Kong -- is that the current specifications for every size, from 1X to women's 8 to men's medium, may soon be sent out for alterations.
The New Yorker, March 27 , 1948P. 19 A Brooks Brothers customer who had bought a suit there last summer, put on some weight and sent the suit back for alterations.
A Brooks Brothers customer who had bought a suit there last summer, put on some weight and sent the suit back for alterations.
In two other letters sent in May 1990, USACE requested alterations to the project, detailing further concerns about destruction of a unique type of wetland near the turnpike's planned intersection with Yale Avenue, OTA's plan to temporarily drain Mill Creek Bridge Pond, and emergency access to homes only accessible by crossing the pond on a wooden bridge.
Nakama created multiple versions of the piece and sent them to Hamauzu, who performed alterations and made the final choice.
One potential obstacle that will face online publishers is the requirement that a submission "depict its original publication on the Web, not its subsequent update or alteration" (submissions must also be sent along with any corrections, updates, and dissenting letters, but these don't appear as part of the main body of text).
Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) currently offers its customers free personal stylists, beauty stylists, wedding stylists, onsite alterations, style boards (hand-picked recommendations sent to your mobile phone) and gifting services.
One letter, though unsigned, bears what must be Margaret Thatcher's distinctive, handwritten alterations to the text of a message sent through an MI6-mediated "channel" of communication to the IRA.
Coates writes: The text was duly sent to Mr Lansley's office with instructions to keep alterations to a minimum.
As each chapter was finished, it was sent off to New York, and that typescript, with very few alterations, became the final text of the novel.
The wafers were sent from place to place on the floor to undergo endless chemical alterations, washings, and inspections — all done by machinery.
