She tries to get a waitressing job for a while -- I mean, she's looking for a while before she finds Coyote Ugly -- and it's hard to get a waitressing job in the city.

CNN: Piper Perabo

But many of the objects exhibited are clunky, ungainly, garish, ugly or, stunningly uncomfortable-looking, like Kamsai Yamamoto's (for a "British Design" show, ever so slightly anomalous) knitted-wool stage costume for David Bowie.

WSJ: Design Innovation in Britain | 'British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age' at the V&A