Word: ferragamo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Fashion families Versace and Ferragamo have hit upon hotels as brand extensions, while Island Records founder Chris Blackwell's laid-back Island Outpost retreats in the Caribbean have become destinations in their own right. With help from pals Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz, Andre Balazs, the owner of Los Angeles' fabled Chateau Marmont, recently added the Standard, a retro-kitsch palace for young, hard-partying hipsters, complete with inflatable sofas and an AstroTurf pool deck. Balazs hopes to create a chain of anti-Best Westerns...
...midst of anxious times, some consumers have decided that "dressing well is the best revenge," using high fashion to show they've still got their jobs and station in life. It's called "let your Ferragamos do the talking," says Isaac Lagnado. And many people are doing just that. "Business is booming across the board," says Massimo Ferragamo, president of Salvatore Ferragamo. "Sales are running 55% ahead of last year...
...sellers don't see anything out there that could take the icing off their cake, and they continue to expand. At the Ferragamo men's and women's shop in Manhattan's Trump Tower, demand for such items as $825 zip-top bags and $2,260 leather jackets has grown so brisk that customers may purchase no more than 10 in any one category such as coats or pairs of shoes. Perhaps they'll just have to think of it as sharing the wealth...
...column of figures -- the Democrats' final offer. Lott looked it over and paused. "I guess the only thing left to do is check this with the leader," he said. That would not be necessary. Poring over the numbers with him was a weary-looking blond woman in sensible Ferragamo pumps. Without hesitation she told him, "Dole's O.K. on this...
...Shoes by Ferragamo make an enchanting museum show...