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Article: Cross culture. (Mark 8:31-38) (Column)
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- The Christian Century
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- February 16, 1994
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CROSSES ARE this season's most voguish fashion accessory. In a New Yorker cartoon, two avenue trend-setters notice the pectoral cross on a bearded Orthodox patriarch and comment admiringly, "Fantastic crucifix!"
To investigate this "huge fashion thing" the magazine's "Talk of-the Town" writer visited a new boutique at Macy's--improbably named "Cross Culture." A clerk explained that "crosses are a fashion statement. This counter used to have silk starves and evening bags. That's gone. Now we're doing trend-type crosses here .... We have one of the best selections in New York City, but honestly, I'm a little low on crosses right now. They're flying out the door."