June 2004

Nina Rowe and Glenn Hendler

The couple arrived in a Volkswagen Beetle painted like a New York checker cab and exchanged $4 mood rings under two birch trees.

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Unfazed by the Law, Pocket-Bikers Roll On

The latest thing on two-wheels to explode in California is the pocket bike, a mini-motorcycle that can be bought for as little as $200. The problem is, they're unlicensed.

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Surprise Hit in Hollywood: The Action-Figure Governor

In barely eight months, Arnold Schwarzenegger has defied the naysayers and found an elixir more potent than Botox for an aging action star: political success.

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A Down-to-Earth Briton on a Stage of His Own

Christopher Bailey, the Burberry designer, recognizes that for clothes to look cool today they can't be lumbered with references.

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Bond: Playing Their Tune

One Tuesday evening at B.B. King in Times Square, the four young women in Bond were trying flat-out to impress, showing off clavicles, tossing manes, flashing white teeth.

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Georgetown Unbuttons

Blue Gin, a new nightclub in Georgetown, just might refute the adage that Washington is a sleepy Southern backwater.

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In India, the Deity to Know

The textile designer John Robshaw, who frequently does business in India, says that the Hindu elephant god Ganesha is easy for foreigners to understand.

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Letters

Becoming a Statistic.

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The Pain Principle

Is the feeling that a product is working more important than whether it actually works?

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For the Clintons, a True Makeover

Is this new image real, or is it manufactured for the next (or the permanent) campaign?

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The Secret Power of Lesbian Style

Far from being frumps, lesbians are a powerful presence in fashion, in both predictable and unexpected ways.

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