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...will strike a familiar chord. But mainly, Helm's script might have been confected to answer a Hollywood mogul's call, "Give me a Charlie Kaufman script, but make it adorable. The movie answers that call. With busy, doesn't-miss-a-trick direction by Marc Forster (Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland) and supporting performances, including Maggie Gyllenhaal's as the mandatory love interest, that underline all the appropriate gags and emotions, Stranger Than Fiction demands to be hugged. And comes close to getting...
...Chapman and runway newcomer Karen Craig of Marchesa trained their eyes on the celebs who wear their clothes (and sit front row at their shows), such as Sarah Michelle Geller and Mischa Barton, with lots of light airy goddess dresses. Or, in the case of Marchesa, several short puff ball dresses in cotton candy colors...
...Then there's Benhaz Serapfour who gently tweaked her vision of neat, tailored dresses with sparkly gold sequins and a few puff ball skirts. The strongest show came from out-of-towners Kate and Laura Mulleavy who brought their chiffon mille-feuille frocks to New York from Pasadena. These two sisters, who have no formal fashion training but a healthy dose of imagination, presented their first runway show, and their vision, although a bit quirky, was strangely captivating. What all these designers have in common is an airy, romantic notion of what women should wear...
Competing for our attention, on the table is a giant, 33-lb. version of the company's new star product, the Xilion, which in its oversize form suggests a fortune teller's ball. The commercial version is pea size, perfect for necklaces and dangling earrings. True, it's brilliant, throwing off hundreds of sparkles?but unique? Exactly how unique can a rhinestone...
...every deal hits the ball out of the park; fashion remains a risky go-with-your-gut business. Every six months the creative cycle has to rev up again, and God forbid the brand doesn't hit the right trend one season. The result can be costly, with stores filled with unsold merchandise. The potential for failure is great, "but the upside opportunity is also that great," says James Hurley, who follows the luxury market...