Crêpe

the Valley of Ashes, revealing her low class, and dreary reality that she tries to cope with using a facade of upper class status. When coming down the stairs during her first appearance in the novel, “her face, above a spotted dress of dark blue crêpe-de-chine, contained no facet or gleam of beauty but there was an immediately perceptible…

Until I met Brandy, all I wanted was for somebody to ask me what happened to my face. “Birds ate it,” I wanted to tell them. Birds ate my face. But nobody wanted to know. Then nobody doesn’t include Brandy Alexander. Just don’t think this was a big coincidence. We had to meet, Brandy and me. We had so many things in common. We had close to everything in common. Besides, it happens fast for some people and slow for some, accidents or gravity, but we all end up mutilated. Most women know this…

love is equated to wealth and power, rather than passion and affection. (Transition to Quote)(Quote Intro). “... thickish figure of a woman blocked out the light from the office door... [in a] dress of dark blue crepe-de-chine”. This imagery of Myrtle exposes the front she builds. The “crepe-de-chine” material of the dress is that of upper class, but the blue color breaks her facade since the wealthy are typically associated with the color white; this is because the rich have servants to do…

were about 3 blocks away from our apartment and we found a small creperie. It was like a food truck but in a building if that makes sense. There was a window where we could watch him make the crepes in front of us and ordered from outside. I, having an obsession with Nutella, obviously ordered a Nutella crepe. I soon realized that it was a bad decision once I got melted Nutella all over my hands, jacket, and…

Have you ever been to Hawaii? Have you ever been to France? Would you rather go to Hawaii or go to France? Hawaii and France are very different but they are similar in many ways as well. For example Hawaii and France are different because Hawaii is a state but France is a country. They are similar because their both one of the most popular places to visit. Hawaii is made up of 8 islands: Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Kahoolawe, Niihau, and the Hawaiian island. Hawaii is famous for its…

I can say “Hello”. As a fellow Mexican-American, selecting French as my foreign language was not viewed as the norm, but it seemed more challenging and most captivating to my eye. It was not just because my older sister told me that we would have crepe days once a month, the french language always interested me. My French teacher was a foreign exchange student in France in her years of high school. As she spoke of her experiences abroad and the food, religion, history, culture, and language of…

People show judgement when they don’t agree with one's passion. “I would not be alone with him for the world. I wonder he is not afraid to be alone with himself.” This is a moment in life when someone is judging something before they even know what is happening, like they don’t know how to take it so they are just going to assume it is wrong. In the afternoon at the funeral of the young lady when Mr. Hooper appeared still covered in the black veil, it was now an appropriate emblem.” Now that…

fun!” (313). Dorian’s vocabulary is full of flowery words and he tends to insert at least one in every sentence. His interest in things that are not usually associated with gay men, “Isn’t that wild? It’s better than all of that tacky crepe paper. I did buy some crepe paper, but nothing I could do with it satisfied me” (316), also illustrate how comfortable he is with saying things that might not be accepted in other places in the U.S. Additionally, his flamboyancy with his sexual orientation…

unique hand craftsmanship influenced by designer Ivie’s Nigerian culture: detail such as embroidery work and hand beading. At the Initial stage, Ivie Liberty will start with a collection of 12 outfits made from fabrics like double stretch crepes, wool, bonded crepes de chine and silk. The first collection will feature the symbolic use of creative pattern techniques and seamless use of bright colour pallet to maginify the skillful arrangement of patterns on each garment. Also the collection…

In "A Red Dress-1946", by Alice Munro, the red dress symbolizes non-conformity and giving in to the way of society. In the beginning of the story the narrator's mother is sitting in the kitchen sewing her daughter a dress. The material she chooses is very hard to sew and is very bold, the author writes, "The red velvet material was hard to work with, it pulled, and the style my mother had chosen was not easy either". The reason the mother chooses theses bold choices is because herself, being a…