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Animal prints are making their mark everywhere, from living-room rugs to haute couture runways. Barbara Coulon, vice president of trends at Youth Intelligence, says the prints are popular because they "connote being an individual who is sexy and bold." Trendsetters like Kate Moss and Gwen Stefani have been spotted in leopard looks. "[Animal prints] are timeless and fun," says Reed Krakoff, Coach's executive creative director. "People are looking for things like that these days." --By Rebecca Isenberg
Arnold Scaasi dressed his first First Lady in 1958, when he was called upon by Mamie Eisenhower. Over the years, he has maintained a relationship with the White House, most notably as Barbara Bush's chief couturier but also with her daughter-in-law Laura and, on one occasion, Hillary Clinton. In interviews and in his new book, Women I Have Dressed (and Undressed), Scaasi ruminates easily on the comeliness of Mamie's bosom or how Barbara looks in nothing but a slip. Yet there is one topic he considers inappropriate to discuss--with either his Washington wives...
...which had given pause to staff members, was pure fun for him. "I watch Imus," he explained. "I have noticed he lets his guests answer the questions." Bush insisted on being in the studio in person and put in the best performance of his convention. For his effort, wife Barbara called him "a traitor." She turned off Imus years back when Imus said George H.W. had married his mother...
...there's no reason to think they're related." In fact, a 1998 study by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign economist Kevin Hallock, published in the American Economic Review, found no causal relationship between layoffs and CEO pay increases, even though the two often happen together. --By Barbara Kiviat...
Those poor BUSH TWINS. Barbara and Jenna's canned one-liners left more viewers cringing than guffawing...