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That's why Gwyneth Paltrow wore custom-made, 6-in. (15 cm) Alexander McQueens at an Iron Man premiere and Sarah Palin donned Naughty Monkey Double Dare pumps at the Republican Convention and former Lehman CFO Erin Callan navigated Wall Street in skyscraper spikes. Because heels are the perfect shoes for negotiating the complicated landscape where authority meets beauty. Think of them as a peacock's tail--if each feather were also a poison dart...
...footage now being endlessly replayed on local cable channels and on YouTube, Palin is seen rising to introduce herself as Zardari, dressed in one of his signature flashy tailored suits, enters. As custom demands, the two grip each other's hands and shake them animatedly before the cameras. But it is the remarks that follow that got Zardari into hot water back home...
Inside, the hotel offers a similar blend of old and new. Rooms have iPod docks and wi-fi, but also sturdy oak beams recycled from abandoned factories, hand-cut Italian terra-cotta tiles in the bathrooms, and custom-made furniture inspired by early 20th century designs. A stay also grants you access to perhaps the hotel's truest luxury: its subterranean Shibui spa and pool. Low lit and nearly silent, the space contains an original 18th-century bamboo home from Tokyo, meticulously reconstructed onsite...
Edison had his lightbulb, Ford had his Model T, and Jan Vinzenz Krause has his spray-on condom. Inspired by the mechanics of a drive-through car wash, the German sexual-health educator designed a custom-fitting male contraceptive using liquid latex and some materials from a hardware store. "I felt a little like MacGyver," he says of building the contraption...
...waistband part of the suit to make it cling more precisely on his body. "That really helped the fitting for me," he says. That modification was eventually incorporated in the standard model which is being used by many of TYR's 200 sponsored athletes; others opted for custom-fit suits, an option that was offered...