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...Dior Initiales patent calfskin rain boot ($440; for locations, 800-929-DIOR...
They were geniuses of not caring. When Duchamp died in 1968 it was discovered that he'd been secretly working for two decades on a complicated installation with sparkling light, an invisible motor and a nude woman made of plaster casts of body parts covered in calfskin. (She was modeled on the wife of a Brazilian diplomat in New York, with whom he'd had a long, clandestine love affair.) But for years, Duchamp, who lived in a modest, $40-a-month apartment in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, told his friends he'd given art up for chess and philosophical...
...string bag (which I still use) to carry my groceries in, explaining how deplorable it was to waste all those plastic and paper bags from the market. Notwithstanding the silliness of the label-conscious, how could anyone buy a reusable bag (Hermès') that stows in a calfskin case? The suffering that calves go through for the production of this vanity item is unconscionable. Nancy Pennington, SEATTLE...
Opposite page, clockwise from top left: Yves Saint Laurent black nail necklace ysl.com) Salvatore Ferragamo bronze calfskin pump ferragamo.com) Fendi calfskin Palazzo bag (Fendi, 800-336-3469); Miu Miu patent-leather wedges with gold baroque heels (Miu Miu boutiques, 888-977-1900); Bottega Veneta antique sterling silver enameled and rock-crystal cuff bottegaveneta.com) This page, from top: Hermès Surun Tapis Volant silk scarf hermes.com) Dolce & Gabbana Motorazr phone (Dolce & Gabbana boutiques, 877-703-4872); Prada vintage Notebook bag with Saffiano leather trim (Prada boutiques...
...different pieces. Down the hall, the modelist carves up each style's last by hand, a technique few manufacturers actually have in-house. Finally, the leather pieces will be chosen by the company expert, Antonio Ripani, who presides over more than 20 million sq. ft. of hides?calfskin, anaconda, gazelle, ostrich, crocodile?in a giant storeroom alongside the factory. After the patterns are cut by hand with an X-Acto knife, the shoes will be stitched and molded and blown dry on a special rack...