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...lookout for pieces for designers. And though she won't name names, she will offer a glimpse of what could be on the way: "One designer called recently and wanted Cleopatra jewelry. Another was looking for anything with a starfish theme--bags, belts, shoes." Another asked for "Chanel-like things, but a little crazier...
...liners created a craze for fashionable trunks. Vuitton's idea--to make them stackable and waterproof and, later, to cover them in logo-stamped canvas--was a hit. Soon a Who's Who of well-heeled world leaders was buying up Vuitton bed trunks and wardrobe cases. Even Coco Chanel couldn't resist, ordering one of the first Vuitton handbags. Today it's hard to walk through an airport or down an avenue without spotting an LV logo...
Male designers are well known for their visions of female sexuality and glamour, but for decades the behind-the-seams story of fashion has been the influence of women not as models, but as makers and marketers of clothes. Designers like Coco Chanel, Elsa Schiaparelli and, later, Donna Karan and Jil Sander conjured entire fashion universes and great fortunes with ideas that revolutionized the way women dressed. Madeleine Vionnet reshaped the silhouette with her bias cut one seam coiling around the body and enhanced 1930s screen stars' sex appeal. Claire McCardell's Popover dress answered the sartorial prayers...
Ever wonder how Emanuel Ungaro became part of Ferragamo, or the swimwear company Eres became part of Chanel, or Nina Ricci became part of Puig? Just ask Karine Ohana, the mastermind behind these deals...
...want this to be just like every other boutique," says Ines de la Fressange, a former Chanel model who has taken over the direction of the relaunch of Roger Vivier's eponymous line of couture shoes. Vivier, who is credited with inventing some of the greatest footwear of his time--stilettos, thigh-high boots and the famous square-toed pump that Catherine Deneuve wore in Belle de Jour--believed in exceptional craftsmanship. So when Diego Della Valle, owner of Tod's shoes and bags, among other luxury labels, bought the Vivier name and decided to reinvent it, he hired designer...