Word: fashioned
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...Small Business Administration. "When the SBA verified that women were in fact the most dynamic portion of the small- business community," says Whitaker, "I knew I was on to a good story." The result: this week's special report on women entrepreneurs, who these days are running everything from fashion conglomerates to asphalt-paving firms...
What is the de rigueur fashion accessory intended for outdoor use but often worn indoors, made famous by celebrities seeking anonymity but now flaunted by just about everyone? Sunglasses, of course. Last year Americans snapped up 189 million pairs (sales: $1.3 billion), from retro-1950s plastic shades to space- age wire rims with mirrored lenses. When it comes to protecting the eyes, however, the emphasis on style may be shortsighted. A cheap $5 pair of sunglasses picked up at a beachside stall may do a better job than those $200 movie-star specials. What's more, the quality of your...
...losing momentum. After replacing the publisher and art director, Newhouse and Liberman sent for Wintour. A mediocre student who is said to have lost all interest in academics after a teacher upbraided her for wearing a miniskirt, Wintour never went to college and instead plunged into the world of fashion. She arrived in the U.S. in 1976 and put in stints at Viva and New York, before being named creative director of American Vogue in 1983 and editor of the British edition in 1986. In London her brusque approach to redesigning the already successful British Vogue earned her the sobriquets...
Whether she will succeed with HG is not yet clear. Critics who are concerned that she is moving the magazine away from design and into fashion now refer to it as House & Garment. Wintour has little affection for the traditional, glossy spreads of uninhabited interiors so dear to many subscribers. Her first week on the job, she summarily rejected some $2 million worth of inventoried photos and articles. "She destroyed House & Garden in 2 1/2 days," bristles a former editor who was fired shortly after Wintour arrived. Wintour explains that rather than showing "empty rooms," she prefers to bring...
Most important to insiders, however, is the question of what Brown and Wintour ultimately want. Wintour is said to prize the top spot at American ! Vogue or perhaps even Liberman's post as editorial director. Brown's long-term interests, on the other hand, seem to lie outside fashion journalism. "She has a fascination for Hollywood that has not begun to be exhausted," says Vanity Fair Contributor Dominick Dunne. For now, however, both women claim that it is challenge enough to run their shops efficiently and try to make it home to their children by dinnertime...