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...business, they shook their heads and said I was crazy," says Massimo Suppancig, the CEO of Valextra, a 67-year-old Milan-based leather-goods company once famous for catering to the likes of Maria Callas and Grace Kelly. In its heyday, Valextra had been known for filling extravagant custom orders - the Emir of Kuwait once commissioned 14 sets of hippopotamus-skin luggage. But over the past two decades, the business had declined and licensing deals had diminished the name. Enter Suppancig in 2003, a former Hugo Boss and Escada executive who immediately recognized the brand's rich heritage...
...business, they shook their heads and said I was crazy," says Massimo Suppancig, the CEO of Valextra, a 67-year-old Milan-based leather-goods company once famous for catering to the likes of Maria Callas and Grace Kelly. In its heyday, Valextra had been known for filling extravagant custom orders-the Emir of Kuwait once commissioned 14 sets of hippopotamus-skin luggage. But over the past two decades, the business had declined and licensing deals had diminished the name. Enter Suppancig in 2003, a former Hugo Boss and Escada executive who immediately recognized the brand's rich heritage...
...stood and slugged in the style of the bare-knuckle era, he weaved the way Muhammad Ali would later do. Outside the ring, the handsome, savvy and charismatic Johnson prefigured today's celebrity athletes (and polarizing black stars like Kobe Bryant and Mike Tyson). He wore tailored suits, drove custom cars and slept with many women, white women in particular. His boxing wins drew death threats and caused riots, but it was his sex life that most outraged whites, and many blacks. In 1913 he was tried under the Mann Act on charges of transporting a girlfriend across state lines...
...poise. "When you look at most rookie quarterbacks, you see them shuffling around like they just had eight cups of Starbucks," says Jaworski. "When I see Ben, I can see the calm in his eyes. His instincts are just amazing." Roethlisberger gladhands like a vet: he bought a custom-made suit for each of his offensive linemen. "They've been saving my life out there every week, so it's the least I could do for them," he says. "I hope they...
Like trucker caps and Uggs, custom ring tones are so ubiquitous, they're practically passé. If you really want to impress, get a ring-back tone. When someone calls you, the ringing sound the caller hears is replaced by a tune from Alicia Keys, Santana or another artist. TMobile launched the first nationwide service Dec. 8 with about 400 $1.99 music clips. You must be a TMobile customer to buy the tunes, but anyone who calls you will hear them. --By Anita Hamilton