As an example of High Junk at its showiest, look no further than Complexions.
To some, the fatigue with showy looks is reminiscent of the early 90's, when fashion reacted to 80's excess by donning minimalist sackcloth in shades of gray and beige from the Gap.
It would sound terrible if, say, a contestant off The X Factor did that awful thing Louis Walsh persists in referring to as "making the song your own": it wouldn't work if it was decorated with a load of showy look-at-me melismatics.
I wish McDougall would consent to bringing little groups together for weeklong pursuits of the Tarahumara Way, which is to look for a tranquility and calm and ease and fun in running - or whatever - not in some showy, look-at-me way, but with the grin and cackling laugh of a five-year-old running after a cat to go pull on its tail.
To a toddler, those showy shrubs looked like the Rockettes wearing pink and blue bonnets.
For less showy offstage looks, designers are providing smaller-scale denim accessories.
He'd started seeing a new-ish girlfriend and was anxious what level of present to buy her: too showy would look over-keen, he thought, but he had once been given aftershave by a now-ex and wanted to give some hint of thought and effort.
Since 1992, Caribbean reefs have been invaded by lionfish, showy-looking but venomous and barbed Pacific natives.
Set decorating should never steal thunder from actors, nor should it ever be so showy that you're looking at the furniture rather than the action".
As things stand now, the administration is again looking for showy but questionable ways to reinforce Mr. Bush's identity as a wartime president, while ignoring sensible and effective low-tech strategies to reinforce homeland security.
"I don't like to design things to look showy or cool.
