text: Brocade or chiffon dresses covered in who-knows-what utterances in beautiful Chinese and Arabic script , or dresses wittily made of paper printed with the New York Yellow Pages , all express a joyful relish in the decay of the written word , a forthright pleasure in the way its meaning has been draining away .
  
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  Dresses made with words printed on the them have shown the increased respect for the written word .