Word: cobbler
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...Khodorkovsky's prison experience turned bloody last Friday at 3 a.m., when the tycoon's nose was slashed with a cobbler's knife by a fellow prisoner, later identified as Kuchma. "I wanted to cut his eye out," Kuchma said, when interrogated by the camp administration. "But my hand slipped." Kuchma said he assaulted Khodorkovsky because he was afraid of an imminent transfer to a different barrack, where he would have been in trouble with other prisoners - he hoped the assault would result in his being placed in solitary confinement until the transfer situation dissipates. After the assault...
...generations, at least since Dorino, Diego and Andrea's father, set up shop in Casette d'Ete in the 1940s and later began manufacturing shoes for private-label department-store brands in addition to designers like Calvin Klein and Azzedine Alaļa. Dorino's father Filippo was a local cobbler whose workbench still sits in a corner on the second floor of the factory as a kind of reminder of the family's more humble beginnings...
...ICON This artsy cobbler (iconshoes.com) has printed photo stills and details from Geisha sets-including bamboo doors and wall hangings-on a range of shoes and bags...
...wonder based its blend of Sencha tea and cherry essence partly on scenes in the book. BANANA REPUBLIC The casual-wear company (bananarepublic.com) cites Memoirs as an inspiration behind its new collection. Look for kimono-style tops, velvet chinois jackets, tassel necklaces and quilted purses. ICON This artsy cobbler (iconshoes.com) has printed photo stills and details from Geisha sets - including bamboo doors and wall hangings - on a range of shoes and bags. FRESH The cosmetics maker (fresh.com) based the look of its bath and beauty collection on a kimono belonging to Sayuri, the film's protagonist. The set includes Fresh...
...undisputed doyenne of Hamburg's new crop of fashion designers, Anna Fuchs, has set her seal of approval on Marktstrasse, selecting the street as the location of her flagship store, tel: (49-40) 4018 5408. But rising talents are also drawn to the area. Across the street, cobbler-designer and Hamburg native Inga Thomas, tel: (49-40) 4319 0471, is quietly making a name for herself with bespoke heels and ballerina shoes fashioned from colorful organic hides. Also new (in fact, the paint is barely dry at her tiny atelier) is Evangeline Van Niekerk, the proprietor of Krefeld...