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After an almost two-year hiatus, Roberto Menichetti, former creative director of Burberry and onetime Jil Sander designer, is back on the runway with a collection that will debut during New York Fashion Week. Expect a focus on distinctive fabrics--developed exclusively for Menichetti--subtle colors and a mix of luxury and affordable pieces. The eponymous line includes menswear, womenswear and accessories...
...recalls that Dior requested that the building be feminine, elegant and intimate. With her partner, Ryue Nishizawa--with whom she runs SANAA Ltd. (Sejima, Nishizawa & Associates)--Sejima carried out the directive by drawing on a ball gown embellished with tulle ribbons from Dior designer John Galliano's 1997 debut collection. The building, with its beautifully structured drapes behind the glass wall, is the ultimate version of Sejima's work...
...Martha's mess is staggering. As well as "Down Under Martha" (Hay), there's "lowbrow Martha" (Semi-Homemade's Sandra Lee), "pioneer Martha" (MaryJane Butters of Moscow, Idaho), "Gen X Martha" (Katie Brown) and, following the launch of her Kmart clothing and home collection, Thalia Sodi, who will debut a magazine this month that will crown her "Latina Martha." There's even a host of "anti-Marthas," including Dan Ho, whose Rescue magazine is pitched to those in "Martha recovery." While they all tout their own particular niche, what they share is tricks to fake the painstaking perfectionism that earned...
...credibility, and CBS is the most watched network on TV largely because it has rejuvenated its audience with edgier shows. Survivor is MTV's The Real World redone as a game show, and 33 million people watched the post--Super Bowl debut of Survivor: All-Stars, with the return of player Richard Hatch, who spent much of the episode nude (albeit pixelated). CSI, TV's most popular drama, may be the goriest show in broadcast. So what's a ratings-greedy mogul...
...sells packaged vegetables - is still tiny. It has about 150 employees and reported just $31 million in revenues and $14 million in profits in its last fiscal year. Other signs of overheating: shares of China Life Insurance, the country's largest insurer, are up 56% since their Dec. 18 debut, while gold-mining company Fujian Zijin Mining Industry saw its stock price surge 73% in its first day of trading, Dec. 23. In the short term, such suspension of disbelief can be highly profitable, but it can also be an excellent way of losing money fast. "Some of the investors...