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...someone who lunges to glory swathed in a get-up resembling a bee-keeper's outfit, French fencer Laura Flessel-Colovic has had no problem establishing herself as one of France's most chic and photogenic sports personalities. Since first grabbing attention with a pair of gold medals at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, she has wowed sports fans with graceful and tenacious swordswomanship, adding three world championship titles to a list of international laurels. Away from her foils, the stunning 28-year-old has enhanced her celebrity status with flourishes of wit and charm that have made her a star...
...creatures of taste, fated always to favor the era we grew up in? The work of Nicolas Ghesquiere, the 29-year-old French designer who has brought Balenciaga back to cult status while reviving that skinny-panted, big-shouldered, tough-chic '80s silhouette, above, would certainly seem to suggest so. Ghesquiere, who will show in New York City for the first time this fall, for the Italian line Callaghan, has already become a darling of local stylists. Who can blame them? It's hard not to get excited by a fashion designer who so resolutely marches to the beat...
...Alvarez, 25, and her comrades ticked off a smorgasbord of corporate malfeasance, Jason Mark, 25, and three others left discreetly in two sedans, destination Hollywood. "There's going to be a party tonight for Terry McAuliffe, chief pimp of the Democratic Party fund-raising machine," says Mark, half threadbare chic and half Rat Pack cool. "It's hosted by Patton Boggs, this big law firm, so these are Public Enemies No. 1 and 2. Check out their website." (To wit: "Patton Boggs was among the first national law firms to recognize that all three branches of government could serve...
First came a youngish, chic woman pushing a stroller. "That might be her!" yelled Rae--until she strolled by. Then a short, fat woman with a baby tied at her stomach. "There she is!" yelled Rae--until she got on a bus. Then a pretty, petite woman in yellow with an infant in a baby carrier. "I know that's her!" yelled Rae--and lo and behold, the woman quick-stepped into the coffee shop across the street...
...plans to make available on the Internet. The project is expected to take up to 15 years and cost in the neighborhood of $400 million. For all that, it won't be the first: the entire New Testament is already online in MP3 format at www.audiotreasure.com C'EST CHIC, LE GEEK Strange bedfellows Levi Strauss & Co. and Philips Electronics have teamed up to produce a line of high-tech, high-fashion clothes that come with electronic devices sewn right into them. The new threads, which Levi's has dubbed ICD+, were created by Massimo Osti, and will debut next month...