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Time to toss the gilded crocodile??handbags and the flashy sequined fishtailed numbers. After enduring a one-two fashion punch, obvious luxury is looking a little frayed. On Oscar's red carpet the sober styles worn by actresses like Reese Witherspoon and Maggie Gyllenhaal had the most modern vibe. And across the ocean, on the fall 2007 runways of Paris and Milan, designers are striking a serious pose with a less-is-more look reminiscent of the early 1990s. It's a subtle shift away from the pile-it-on look of fur and python and paillettes that has defined...
...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...
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