Word: cachet
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...Most directors with a left-field mega-hit would instantly crank out another picture in the same genre. Not Damiano. He used his cash, and cachet, from his silly porno comedy to make a super-serioso drama. Reading the script of Devil in Miss Jones, Reems told his friend: "Gerry, it's a steal. This is No Exit in its thinnest disguise." To which Damiano replied: "Well, what do you expect? I wrote it in a weekend." Though Devil was a substantial box-office hit, Spelvin notes that "it was not really a very successful porno film. I mean, guys...
...does the greater academic cachet betray the community college's original mission to provide a refuge for remedial undergrads and midlife career switchers? The honors college at Miami Dade uses less than $1 million of the school's $643 million budget. But its approximately 400 students, who all get scholarships, enjoy an enviable student-professor ratio of less than 15 to 1, compared with about 25 to 1 for regular students. And while more than 80% of Miami Dade's honors students are black or Latino, students in similar programs at other community colleges have been predominantly white females...
...material that cost 100 euros [$134] a meter," he says. And that was for ready-to-wear. But he is playing both ends of the market, designing couture and ready-to-wear for Chanel as well as collaborating with H&M, where last fall he brought his cachet to the masses with collections of T shirts, pants, coats, blazers and sequined jackets, some retailing for under $50. "The most inexpensive things can be well designed," he says. "Instead of paying too much money for something not exciting, you should buy two or three things for fun from...
...says. And this was not even for one of Chanel's haute couture collections; it was for ready-to-wear. Lagerfeld is playing both ends of the market, designing couture and ready-to-wear for Chanel as well as collaborating last fall with H&M, where he brought his cachet to the masses with collections of T- shirts, pants, coats, blazers and sequined jackets, some of which retailed for under $50. "The most inexpensive things can be well designed," he says. "Instead of paying too much money for something not exciting, you should buy two or three things...
Much of the appeal of such clothing is that each item reflects the caring hand of its creator and has a unique story to tell. Professional designers understand that. Both Marc Jacobs and Prada have added handwrought cachet to their spring collections by embellishing them with crocheted elements. The Wrangler jeans company recently hired Wendy Mullin to design a new line called Wrangler 47. Mullin made her name as a downtown--New York City designer who created custom guitar straps for rock stars and then took her flair for making clothing and filled a whole store with hipster wear...