Super stiff hats stand to attention, thick globules of bass roll about like molasses down a hill, wild percussion whips around, well, wildly.
It should lie in soft folds rather than be stiff enough to stand in peaks.
Beside the memorial six stones, bending in the stiff January breeze stand six rowans.
You can eat it with soured cream stiff enough to stand your spoon up in, but you'd better not.
From under the lining he now produced a collection of brilliantly coloured paper figures, several inches high and stiff enough to stand alone.
When the cream is cold, strain it through a tea strainer or small sieve to remove the saffron threads, then whip to thick, soft mounds, but not so stiff it will stand in peaks.
The season's boldest items are a transparent flesh-colored nylon-mesh suit (jacket, $810; skirt, $760) that resembles spun metal and is stiff enough to stand up by itself, and a collection of boxy jacquard suits and shifts in silver-navy and pink (jacket, $1,475; skirt, $1,355).
HAD you seen the gold-embroidered shearling vest or the patent tortoiseshell belts shown this week at Oscar de la Renta, or the Proenza Schouler silk gazar blouse so stiff it could stand on its own, or the thick fur cummerbund at Carolina Herrera, you would probably conclude that designers are not entirely concerned about the likelihood that the country is entering a recession.
(Its name comes from loggers' slang for canvas rain pants. When dried by the fire, they were stiff enough to stand on their own).
