Word: esperanza
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...What those Tokyo girls define as kawaii can be as cute as frilly pink shirts one day and as raunchy as a vinyl miniskirt the next. A year ago, the most popular items in Shibuya were Esperanza's light brown knee-high platform boots and black face paint?the so-called "gal" look. Now it's remade clothes, faded jeans and low-heeled pumps. Why the change? "I dressed gal style because it was popular. But everyone just got sick of it and besides, this new look is much more kawaii," says salesgirl Chie Sakakibara, 22. Hiroaki Morita, head...
...this industry. Tokyo girls, instead of company stylists, helm this multibillion-dollar market. "Once we put the shoe on the shelf, our customers and staff make suggestions and modifications to it," says Mutsumi Tanabe, the thirtysomething managing director of Kobe Leather Cloth Ltd., which owns Esperanza, the most popular shoe store inside 109. "So we remake the shoes, and keep on changing the shoe to meet the desires of our staff and customers." A servile and laborious process, but one that opened wallets across Japan: Esperanza's sales reached $95 million last year, up 20% from...
...more were missing after a 12-m motorized wooden boat smashed against rocks and broke apart 11 km from the Caribbean island of Saint Martin. The victims were believed to be illegal migrants from the Dominican Republic. Two survivors, rescued by a fishing boat, told how the Esperanza foundered after it was hit by a huge wave...
...people; now it is close to 15,000 and growing 8% a year. The new arrivals are already straining the Galapagos' water supply and waste-disposal systems, and they are putting pressure on the social fabric as well. "The newcomers just come here to make money," complains Esperanza Ramos, who arrived with her husband and four children in 1968. Like other residents, she blames the new wave of immigrants, many of whom have not found work, for the prostitution and drugs that have taken root in the isles...
...Esperanza Saturday at noon...