Eye is a collection by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen for
his fashion house, inspired by the culture of the Middle East,
particularly Islamic clothing, as well as the oppression of women in
Islamic culture and their resistance. The collection crosses traditional
garments with elements drawn from Western fashion. Jeweller Shaun Leane
provided the collection's best-known design: a yashmak made from
chainmail. The runway show for Eye was staged at Pier 94 in New York
City on 16 September 1999, while Hurricane Floyd was threatening the
city; more than 1,000 guests attended. The show was presented on a
runway flooded with several inches of water, dyed black to resemble oil.
A bed of nails rose up from the water for the finale, which featured
acrobats dressed in robes descending from the ceiling, suspended from
wires. When McQueen walked out for his final bow, he dropped his
trousers to display boxer shorts styled to look like the American flag.
Critical response to Eye was mixed.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_%28Alexander_McQueen_collection%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1934:
The Tydings–McDuffie Act came into effect, which provided for
self-government of the Philippines and for Filipino independence from
the United States after a period of ten years.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tydings%E2%80%93McDuffie_Act>
1939:
Members of the German National Movement in Liechtenstein
attempted to overthrow the government and provoke Liechtenstein's
annexation into Nazi Germany.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_Liechtenstein_putsch>
1964:
Royal assent was given to Prince Edward Island's Provincial
Flag Act, which outlined the design of its provincial flag (pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Prince_Edward_Island>
2006:
Hannah Montana, starring Miley Cyrus as an actress whose alter
ego is the titular character, premiered.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Montana>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
turn a blind eye:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To deliberately or knowingly ignore, overlook,
or refuse to acknowledge something, especially when improper or
unpleasant; to look the other way.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/turn_a_blind_eye>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I will tell thee this one thing, that there be many hypocrites,
and, nevertheless, they think themselves to be none, and that there be
many that dread and fear themselves to be hypocrites, and soothly are
none; who is the one, and who is the other, God knows, and none but He.
Whoso will humbly dread, shall not be beguiled, and whoso thinketh
himself secure, he may lightly fall.
--Walter Hilton
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Walter_Hilton>
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