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...never incorporated his main business, and is now vulnerable to creditors' claims on his personal assets. A high roller, Connally has begun to retrench. While he still maintains his Floresville ranch and his $960,000 home in Austin (with his and hers Jacuzzis), he sold his house in Santa Fe and put a FOR SALE sign on a penthouse condominium on South Padre Island in the Gulf of Mexico. His treasured racehorses were the latest to go. A man who never seemed to doubt himself, Connally still believes he can ride out his troubles. But this time he may well...
Duded-Up Fantasy American Cookery could have been the title of the book by Jeremiah Tower, the over-celebrated chef and co-owner of both the Santa Fe Bar and Grill in Berkeley and Stars in San Francisco. But with no false modesty, he chose to call it New American Classics (Harper & Row; $25). Translation: the bizarre California-style dishes Tower created for his trendy restaurants. There is a windy self-congratulatory text, a double-page spread reproducing the author's signature and some superfluous vista photographs a la Falcon Crest. Inevitably, there are many of the California cliches...
Things went far more smoothly with his Rough Wear collection, which featured clothes for would-be mountaineers and fishermen. The response was also favorable for his Santa Fe designs, which included such exotica as a ruffled pink suede blouse (price: $778) and a hand-beaded Navajo-patterned women's top (about...
More often, Lauren manages to find a lucrative combination of what he likes and what will sell, a spectrum that has ranged from Polo shirts to his Santa Fe collection. In terms of his standing in the industry, he has become fashion's equivalent of an old-time movie mogul who creates, directs and lives out his own view of high style. Lauren possesses the financial and personal clout to put his name on just about any product, or roomful of products, he pleases...
...later got a job in Sante Fe with the New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee. There he reportedly had close dealings with workers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where top-secret weapons research is done...