It is a hue that looks stunning in stiff canvas trimmed with burgundy leather and made into a valise outfitted with brass feet instead of wheels ($1,250 for the thirty-one-inch Packing Case).
Surprisingly, this year, a number of them are on the same wavelength, telegraphing several trends we are likely to see in the coming season: scarf prints, often on simple square-cut tops; safari jackets and other nods to the 1970s, like Bakelite accessories and raffia trims; and stiff oversize T-shirt tops made in luxury fabrics.
A crisp white shirt was adorned with spikes on the collar, tartan skirts were worn suitably askew, and Malaika Firth landed the best outfit of the collection, a sleeveless leather jacket with white taped trim over a stiff gray skirt made with origami pleats.
The jacket sometimes has a stiff, standup collar and is trimmed with braid or silver buttons.
Stephen Frears's new venture into period drama, stiff with formal costumes and lightly trimmed in anecdotal charm, feels impossibly distant from the mischief that he once made, and the emotional devastation that he charted, in "Dangerous Liaisons" (1998).
Stoddard et al. prospectively examined the effect of trimming nasal vibrissae (the stiff hair in anterior nares) on subjective and objective measures of nasal obstruction in 30 healthy individuals.
With demand for some of its products expected to droop in the face of stiff competition from generic rivals, Pfizer is trimming its R&D worldwide.
"They either came in and said, 'Give me the Ann Richards look' -- short, stiff, hair-sprayed -- or they never let you trim more than half an inch off," Mr. Rodriguez said.
Since trim panels are often made of light-weight and stiff composite materials, this actuation strategy will enable the creation of active trim panels for interior noise control without using heavy duty structural actuators.
His example suggests that America may be saved from fiscal ruin, not by politicians who trim their sails at every opportunity, but by lawmakers with stiff backbones and unwavering convictions.
