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DIED. BERNARD LACOSTE, 74, who presided over the Lacoste apparel company for 40 years and made its crocodile logo a much imitated global brand; in Paris. After taking over the sportswearmaker--founded by his tennis-champ father René Lacoste, who created the signature polo shirt in reaction to the stifling long-sleeved Oxfords worn by players in the 1920s--the younger Lacoste licensed its logo to manufacturers across the globe and increased sales volume from 300,000 items in the 1960s to 50 million last year...
...DIED. BERNARD LACOSTE, 74, who presided for 40 years over the Lacoste apparel company and made its crocodile logo a much-imitated global brand; in Paris. After taking over the sportswear maker?founded by his tennis-champ father Ren? Lacoste, who created the signature polo shirt in the 1920s?the younger Lacoste licensed its logo to manufacturers across the globe and increased sales volume from 300,000 items per year in the mid-1960s to 50 million last year...
...investors overpaid for everything from Hawaiian beachfront hotels to the Rockefeller Center, the foreign ownership of key domestic industries is promoting a backlash. "Countries are still trying to keep some poles of industrial strength within their economies," says Courtis. "I wouldn't have any problems whatsoever if the British apparel industry was taken over entirely by Bangladesh firms," Wade says. But as for "strategic industries" like energy, water, airports and aerospace, he continues, "then you do have to pay much more attention to the consequences of fast-growing foreign ownership...
...over the country, was judged by internationally accredited officials over two days. The dancers came from a variety of backgrounds and training, and were divided into four different subgroups according to ability and experience: newcomer, bronze, silver and gold. Prizes for the top dancers included gift certificates for dance apparel stores, free lessons, and cash prizes. Many of the more advanced dancers vied for a $3,500 dress that was to be awarded to the wining couple in the gold standard. “The big one is the $3,500 dress,” said James LaFarge, a dancer...
...through his work with prints that Cavalli first came into the fashion business. At art school in the early 1960s, he befriended a fellow student whose family owned an apparel factory. "She said, 'Why don't you do some prints on T shirts?'" An order of 21 T shirts grew to a few hundred, which further swelled to a few thousand, and Cavalli was hooked...