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Luxury designer retailers and fashion houses have taken most of the worst blows, with some, such as Bill Blass, Fortunoff, Christian Lacroix and IT Holding SpA (which owns the Gianfranco Ferre label) either filing for bankruptcy protection or liquidating their assets. Several more, such as Prada, Bulgari, Mariella Burani and Valentino Fashion Group, are treading water under a tidal wave of debt...
...wonder Here's a fashion trend you may or may not want to reel in: stingray chic. Known in the trade as shagreen, stingray skin is making a bit of a splash in the accessory department this season. Cartier is offering a limited-edition shagreen jewelry pouch, and Bill Blass has launched a new line of shagreen-banded watches. "Some customers like [shagreen] because it resembles pavé-set gems," says jeweler Stephen Webster, whose eponymous lines - seen on celebs like Pink and Oprah - feature some shagreen items. But does harvesting stingrays for fashion have an environmental impact? Stingrays...
DIED. STEPHEN SPROUSE, 50, fashion designer and artist; of heart failure; in New York City. Sprouse, who began sketching for clothier Bill Blass at age 14 and designed clothes for Debbie Harry, front woman of the rock group Blondie, made the off-kilter downtown punk aesthetic accessible to chic uptown sophisticates. He also created the high-profile line of "graffiti" handbags for Louis Vuitton...
When Orlean is not sitting down to interview designer Bill Blass or rapper Fab Five Freddy, New York real estate sharks or Hillary Clinton, she’s usually with her Welsh springer spaniel, Cooper Gillespie. In fact, Cooper’s literary pedigree helped him recently score a book deal. His cookbook, Throw Me A Bone, is out in stores now. Cookbook writer Sally Sampson is a friend and wanted Cooper (i.e. Susan) to be her co-writer. On first hearing the idea, Orlean thought, “My God, I barely know how to cook...
Here's a fashion trend you may or may not want to reel in: stingray chic. Known in the trade as shagreen, stingray skin is making a bit of a splash in the accessory department this season. Cartier is offering a limited-edition shagreen jewelry pouch, and Bill Blass has launched a new line of shagreen-banded watches. "Some customers like [shagreen] because it resembles pave-set gems," says jeweler Stephen Webster, whose eponymous lines--seen on celebs like Pink and Oprah--feature some shagreen items. But does harvesting stingrays for fashion have an environmental impact? Stingrays are not listed...