Russian Spy + Black Pearl + Rental of Fashionable Dresses

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(1) Kate Sheehy, Anna Takes Spin on the 'Gat'-Walk; Sizzling spy packs heat as model. New York Post, Apr 6, 2011.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/anna_takes_spin_on_the_gat_walk_YvaufmUFbHEEq3JuHDJBAI
(Moscow fashion show)

Note:
(a) The gat-walk is a play on "cat walk."
(i) gat (n; short for Gatling gun; First Known Use: 1897): "slang: HANDGUN"
www.m-w.com
(ii) Gatling gun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatling_gun
(a forerunner of the modern machine gun; well known for its use by the Union forces during the American Civil War in the 1860s, which was the first time it was employed in combat; by the American inventor Dr. Richard J. Gatling in 1861 and patented in 1862)
(iii) Richard Jordan Gatling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Jordan_Gatling
(1818-1903; born in N Carolina; At the outbreak of the Civil War, Gatling was living in Indianapolis, Indiana. There he devoted himself to the perfection of firearms)

Quote: "After an attack of smallpox, Gatling became interested in medicine. He graduated from the Ohio Medical College in 1850 with an MD. Although he had his MD, he never practiced; he was more interested in a career as an inventor.

(b) hot to trot: "sexually avid, lascivious, as in He's hot to trot and asked her out almost as soon as he met her. * * * allude to a horse eager to get going."
Christine Ammer, American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, 1997.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hot+to+trot
(c) red-faced, or
red in the face, be: "suffer embarrassment or shame"
Christine Ammer, American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, 1997.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/red+in+the+face,+be

In this context, it is "embarrassment."
(d) While reading it, please click "PHOTOS: ANNA CHAPMAN"


(2) Stepehn Miller, Cultured by Luxury Jeweler, Black Pearls Became Chic. Wall street Journal, Apr 7, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704101604576247173123295078.html
(obituary of Salvador Assael)

Quote:

"Mr. Assael was born into a family of Sephardic Jews who fled Italy prior to World War II to settle in Cuba, where they set up shop in the family jewelry business. After the revolution, they relocated to New York.

"Black pearls--more of a dark green-grey according to som--are produced by black-lipped oysters native to the South Seas.

Note:
(a) Tuamotus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuamotus
(b) Black-lipped Pearl Oyster: Pinctada margaritifera. American Museum of Natural History, undated.
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/pearls/marine/black.html


(3) Christina Binkley, Fashion 101: Rent The Runway Targets Students; Site enlists campus reps to talk up the power of designer labels on the party circuit; the Facebook factor. Wall street Journal, Apr 7, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576244952860660370.html

Quote: "The New York City-based Web company—www.renttherunway.com—buys designer clothes wholesale and rents them out, charging between $50 and $200 for two days. That may not sound cheap for a rental, but these are current and recent-season dresses that mostly cost between $400 and $2,000 at retail. Generally, rentals are priced in the neighborhood of 10% of the retail price.

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