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...great acrobat; yes, he is a marvelous violinist and pianist—how long does this list have to be before you switch off and nothing comes as a surprise any longer? It is somewhat difficult to empathize with a character who is portrayed as a demi-god and acts like it, too. Høeg’s fast and catchy writing skips back and forth between past and present with surprising ease. Though he occasionally lapses into unnecessary repetition, Høeg avoids sounding preachy as he drops tidbits of social criticism into his narrative. When Kasper...

Author: By Anna I. Polonyi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Høeg’s ‘Quiet Girl’ Too Loud | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

...this core customer that the luxury bar rises and sets at Neiman Marcus. And the bar is higher than ever. A flourishing new Chanel category dubbed "demi-couture" rests between ready-to-wear and couture, with jackets ringing in at upwards of $6,000. Handbags have skyrocketed over the past two years, with the exotic-skin bags of Nancy Gonzalez special standouts. Fur is also flying out of the stores, including a Chado Ralph Rucci chinchilla clearly worth mentioning. And forward fashion, believe it or not, has stepped way up. "Eight years ago, the customer thought of Prada as being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magical Thinkers | 9/21/2007 | See Source »

...weeks later, a pricey half-moon of supple leather named the Muse bag was born. That was June 2005. By the end of summer, it was dangling from the arms of actresses and It girls like Demi Moore and Kate Moss, and by fall the mythic house of Yves Saint Laurent had itself a best seller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Her Recipe For French Dressing? | 9/21/2007 | See Source »

...famously liberal in accepting that his ex-wife Demi Moore has married a much younger man, Ashton Kutcher. For this he thanks--and this lets you see how insular fame is--Will Smith. "He was very wise, and I want to give him credit," Willis says. "He told me, 'You put the kids first. As an adult, a couple years will go by, and you're fine.' It was good advice, and I was smart enough to take it. And to pay it forward to my friends." It's hard to believe, but Willis honestly seems cool even when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Bruce Willis Keeps His Cool | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

...both Dior and Chanel invested in full-scale runway shows in New York City and Los Angeles, respectively. Chanel's elaborate presentation at a private hangar at the Santa Monica airport included a host of camera-friendly celebrities like a pre--Memorial Day rehab Lindsay Lohan, Victoria Beckham and Demi Moore, plus two Challenger 601 jets that carried the models right onto the "runway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Third Season | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

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