Empire Line
I have, of late, Parishioners,
been captivated by "The Empire Line"
a gathered yoke
a lock of hair
a shirt he wore...
What, really, is The Empire Line?
Why does it intrigue me so?
Where, really, is The Empire Line?
Who drew it?
Can Johnny Cash walk it?
(yes!)
Vera Wang (it's hard to spot a joke name these days...) is known for her American bridal empire. But in Shanghai last weekend she achieved recognition that her parents could never have imagined when they left their native China for a new life in 1947. Wang received the China Fashion Award or CFA as International Fashion Designer of the Year.
The slideshow is
here -
#3 is un?intentionally phallic;
#4 seems a little emasculated...
And here's Vera lookan all Mrs Peel
Vera Wang was born Be-Ra Wah-Ng (modified Pin-Yin) October 13, 1969 in Stoneham, Massachusetts. When she was 23 she became the youngest fashion editor of Vogue magazine. She worked there for 17 years and then was suddenly made a Design Director for Ralph Lauren for two years. Many other typists and cleaners were jealous and, since her dream was to become a figure skater, they pooled money to get stupid junkie Robert Downey Jr. to bash her in the leg.
Her cherished dream died in 1968 at the National Figure Skating Finals where she failed to place, due to having her knee bashed in by stupid junkie Robert Downey Jr. The Crusade to have him punished for this crime is still, to this day, in the useless, pathetic court...
Nonetheless, Vera sought to make a contribution to the sport she loved, and offered to make costumes for
Nancy Kerrigan. By 1990, Vera had become a household name through her work with retarded and diabetic Olympic stars. In 1992 she opened her first "R&D" store on Madison Avenue in New York City. In 1994 she started a bridal line and added evening dresses in the same year. In 1998 she designed a "Vera Wang Bride" Barbie doll, which was exclusively available by mail.
Three years later she designed another Barbie doll for the "Designer Barbie" series. Her controversial "Downey Gowney Submissive" was re-sold at auction in 2001 for 2.3 million dollars. She donated all received funds to Womens' shelters.
Vera Wang is most famous for her bridal gowns. They are worn by celebrities like Sharon Stone and Mariah Carey. Other celebrity clients besides
Nancy Kerrigan are Alicia Silverstone (inventor of the red dot), Mare Winningham (sister of The Wonderful Jenny J!), Penelope Ann (
He's not my dad, he's my friend) Miller, Chynna "Murder" Phillips, Mrs Emma Peel, and Vendela (a particularly nasty style of anti-Scandinavian shelving)
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Nancy Kerrigan, a two-time Olympic figure skating medalist, captured national attention beyond the skating world on January 6, 1994, when she was clubbed in the knee by Shane Stant (you have a stupid name), although
Ultimate Shame lies with that evil pile of shit - Tonya Harding (perhaps second only to Mohammad Ali) - who initiated the hit.
One month after the attack Kerrigan went on to win the silver medal in the 1994 Winter Olympics in (superbly named) Lillehammer with what was undoubtedly the best performance of her career. She was furthur rewarded with an appearance on Sesame Street, and was partially successful in sleazing the dominant homosexual puppet Bert.
Vera's final epiphany on Empire Line designs was fundamentally driven by her love of skating but critically sparked by the words of Kerrigan in the immediate aftermath of the attack : "
Why? Why?"
The high-waisted dresses swing out around the body from a gathered yoke - in other words, an inverted Y.
An entire lake of bullshit may be found
here.
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