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Fashion?in the form of one of Turkey's oldest brands?is what lured Demet Muftuoglu, 36, back to her hometown. Muftuoglu, who wears curvy Zac Posen dresses and Christian Louboutin heels, was living in New York City when she was offered the art director position at Vakko?loosely Turkey's equivalent of Burberry. She brought New York with her, in the form of seasonal collections for Vakko by Zac Posen. "I think we have even more fun than in New York because of the Bosporus. It gives us such energy," she says...
...like places that tell the real stories of Paris," says Christian Louboutin, sitting in his cluttered office on the rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau. "Hôtel Drouot, for example, is a place where you see people selling their estate, and when they do, you see really their whole life. It's not just an auction house with glamour sales of famous paintings." Among his other usual haunts: a gardening bookshop, a restaurant for the blind and a very reliable Parisian shirtmaker. Here's a peek inside the little black book of one of fashion's greatest footwear designers...
...talk about the "six-pocket" syndrome in which an only child is spoiled not only by his parents but also by both sets of grandparents, who are living longer and are wealthier than ever. In fact, many high-profile women's ready-to-wear brands offer children's wear?Christian Dior was the first, launching Baby Dior in 1967?but they are typically produced under license by outside manufacturers and rely heavily on the brand name and logo. They are very successful in the gift category but offer a limited number of pieces...
...longer relegated to crazy bow ties or oddball shirts, polka dots are the snappy, happy look of the resort season (now one of the biggest-selling seasons in fashion). Christian Lacroix splashed them on slingbacks, and Oscar de la Renta covered a swingy white silk faille dress with them. Crisp and graphic, they have a youthful air but look appropriate on women of every...
...latest in a series of high-design boutiques to open in Tokyo's expensive Ginza district is Gucci. On the tail of Chanel and Christian Dior?which built modernistic marvels of their own in 2004?Gucci opened the doors to its long-awaited flagship, below, earlier this month. The dual-layer glass exterior of the eight-story building lights up at night with an installation by Shozo Toyohisa. Inside, the mood is a vast departure from the hard-edged sex appeal of Gucci's Tom Ford era. The new, less intimidating look incorporates warm color schemes...