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Want to look au courant this spring? Start planning to reach for the Thigh Master. On Milan's catwalks last week designers kept things supershort with a leggy mix of micro-minis, teeny minis and itsy-bitsy minis. Skirts and dresses like those above from Fendi, Prada and Gucci offered 1960s-inspired silhouettes and hemlines that stopped only barely south of modesty...
...specially among the elderly and J.Lo), this year, fur has become ubiquitous and—strangely enough—PETA has been much less of a bother about it than usual. In Italy, fur was everywhere. The entire top floor of every Italian’s favorite department store, Fendi, was covered in pelts of every size, shape, and color. Fur collars even decorated the tops of suits in Armani shops (though I doubt that will catch on with the males of America). And no one seemed to object to the requisite murder of small animals! Considering that Italy...
...Fendi CEO Michael Burke faced a similar dilemma when he took over the Roman-based brand in 2004. With a mandate from LVMH boss Bernard Arnault to turn the company around, Burke had to find a way to keep designer Karl Lagerfeld in the fold and also massage a better relationship between the designer and Silvia Venturini Fendi, the talent behind Fendi's handbag business. That required yet another kind of nuclear power plant, one that Burke promptly set about creating in the form of Fendi's historic palazzo in the center of Rome, which he renovated in order...
...Fendi's Burke adds the capacity to encourage others to take risks. "A CEO must provide confidence. Designers need to be able to trust us. We're there to support them, especially when they're trying to do something out of the box. That's precisely not the moment to be rational and figure out whether it is going to work. That's the moment to say, 'Yes. Let's go with it.' You back 'em up," he says...
Opposite page, clockwise from top left: Yves Saint Laurent black nail necklace ysl.com) Salvatore Ferragamo bronze calfskin pump ferragamo.com) Fendi calfskin Palazzo bag (Fendi, 800-336-3469); Miu Miu patent-leather wedges with gold baroque heels (Miu Miu boutiques, 888-977-1900); Bottega Veneta antique sterling silver enameled and rock-crystal cuff bottegaveneta.com) This page, from top: Hermès Surun Tapis Volant silk scarf hermes.com) Dolce & Gabbana Motorazr phone (Dolce & Gabbana boutiques, 877-703-4872); Prada vintage Notebook bag with Saffiano leather trim (Prada boutiques...