Though I couldn't feel the claws through the thick suede, the weight of the bird brought my forearm down 45 degrees and my body to my knees.
The band's early attempts to conquer the US market were nearly thwarted by American folk singer Suzanne DeBronkart who had recorded under the name Suede and held the trademark.
BBC: NEWS | Entertainment | Britpop stars Suede announce split
Eventually, they group settled on calling themselves The London Suede for their transatlantic fans.
BBC: NEWS | Entertainment | Britpop stars Suede announce split
They have also collaborated with a wide variety of acts, including Dusty Springfield and Liza Minnelli in the 1980s, to David Bowie, Robbie Williams and rock band Suede in the late 1990s.
The impish, blue suede shoes wearing 27-year-old even suggested to reporters that the Jamaican prime minister was his "date for the night" at a State Dinner held in his honour.
In 1992, she launched her own fragrance, called "Cashmere Mist, " the directive for which was that it should smell like "Casablanca lilies, red suede and the back of Stephan's neck, " referring to her second husband, Stephan Weiss.
His shoes don't have a look, he tells me, "because the person who buys custom-made shoes does it for himself, not to show off. (Unless you're a rock star.)" But there's a distinctive sensibility to his work: imagination reeled in by disciplined line--even the model with the partial red-suede upper.
The space also features an iconic box with mirror accents and an ultra suede interior to showcase the new LS F SPORT.
But the plentiful use of natural materials, including a dining room wall covered in brown suede, hints at the humanist bend his designs would take in the coming years.
But the turn of the century saw a downturn in Suede's popularity, with their 2002 album A New Morning only reaching number 24 in the charts.
BBC: NEWS | Entertainment | Britpop stars Suede announce split
Like the Huguenots and Jews, the Bangladeshis started work mainly in textiles at first in the rug trade, later in leather and suede and sewing machines once again hummed in the Spitalfields sweatshops.
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This in turn is fueling sales of skateboarding gear and apparel--cargo pants, suede sneakers and the like.
The headliner was a lush, suede-like Alcantara in charcoal black.
There's even a small suede box that's the perfect size to hold a few macarons.
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Suede, whose debut single The Drowners came out while Blur were on that tour, also celebrated their origins while railing against US influence.
And Pulp, who were getting noticed for wry songs about everyday life, had moved into the same London orbit as Blur, Suede and Elastica.
Magda Chrysaphiades says the chaos and panic she witnessed on Saturday after the announcement reminded her of the Turkish invasion in 1974 when she first moved to Cyprus from the UK to set up a leather and suede manufacturing business with her family.
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Most Americans would not want news of the BP oil spill delivered by a man wearing pink suede shoes or a velvet dinner jacket.
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Suede continued to enjoy success without Butler up until the late 1990s, with hits including She's in Fashion and Electricity.
BBC: NEWS | Entertainment | Britpop stars Suede announce split
Much of the dash is likewise tucked away behind leather, while the headliner is plush Alcantara (a form of durable, synthetic suede).
We are staring at a wall of handsome, hand-tooled saddles: English, Western, and, for the die-hards, a version of a buttero saddle in rich, leather-trimmed suede, filled with jute, horsehair, and hay over a heavy wooden yoke.
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