Word: flea
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...questions inescapably conjured by his work, but he insists that the research go on, for people like the paralyzed husband he met last year. "The medical value and potential of this is immeasurable," says Hwang. "Halting all related research would be like burning down the stable to catch a flea...
...doesn't wash the jeans, only dry-cleans them, so that the wear and tear is natural. She restitches them when they're broken in, and replicates the look as a new style for the masses. "You want to make it look like you found them in a flea market and they've been on your body for 20 years," she says. --By Nadia Mustafa
...nerve center of H&M's design operation, the so-called White Room in the company's Stockholm headquarters, is where Van den Bosch, 61, holds forth when she's not scouring flea markets in London or fabric fairs in Paris. She took the top design job at H&M in 1987 and functions more as a soft-spoken den mother--as opposed to an edict-issuing tyrant--to her team of 90 designers (mostly women...
...bags, among other luxury labels, bought the Vivier name and decided to reinvent it, he hired designer Bruno Frisoni to add a touch of modernity to Vivier's great classics. Among the shoes on display in the charming Faubourg St.-Honore shop (where 18th century commodes are mixed with flea-market finds in Vivier's eclectic style) are gold alligator Grecian sandals, pink leopard-print boots and green satin stilettos with red chiffon roses. Although the collection can be found only in the Paris boutique, clients can custom-order shoes. "Vivier really invented the fashion accessory," says Fressange...
...want his real name used. "It's no different than working with terminally ill patients." Because of client confidentiality, HLS declined to elaborate on exactly what was being tested on the puppies, but acknowledged that the majority of substances tested on dogs were pharmaceuticals, veterinary medicines, flea collars or agrochemical products. New compounds are first screened in nonanimal tests, then on rodents, then on dogs, pigs or monkeys. None is for use in cosmetic products. While much of the vivisection debate focuses on dogs, cats and monkeys - animals that are either popular human companions or more like us than fish...