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...horrible things you see coming from Paris at the moment," he says, referring to the theatrics of John Galliano and Alexander McQueen. On the impact of grunge: "It was stronger than anyone wishes to admit." Beene believes the look led to an unceasing fascination with clunky, cumbersome footwear. "The one thing that could define this decade is those ugly shoes," he says. "I can only hope they disappear." And the rest of us can only hope that Beene's vision of chic never does...
...Footwear aside, Stone says he is proud of many of the characteristics he feels Texans share, specifically their friendliness to strangers and acquaintances alike...
Forget the catwalks of Paris, Milan and New York City; watch the fashion runway at the N.B.A. play-offs--the sidelines where spiffy coaches in designer suits patrol the hard court. Players may have fancy footwear contracts, but many coaches have their own clothing deals. The trail was blazed by Pat ("the Peacock") Riley (1) of the Miami Heat, the sleek Supermodel among N.B.A. coaches, who has a deal with Giorgio Armani. Now a host of others are coming out of the closet. Herewith some coaches and their fashion allegiances...
...that Nordstrom stores have wrapped up the title for top-of-the-line customer service. They will take back returns with a smile, hail you a cab and send out a salesclerk and tailor with armloads of clothes if you're too busy to go shopping. If it's footwear you're after, Nordstrom's vast shoe sections boast up to 150,000 pairs from sizes 4 to 21. "I really like Nordstrom," says Kelly Chandler, 28, a marketing specialist at a Seattle radio station who has shopped at the fashion retailer's flagship store since she was a teenager...
...some lean years. And next to fleet-footed Nike, its problems glowed in the dark. But management got back in training and since 1995 has cut expenses, sold the underperforming Avia division, bought back 23% of outstanding stock and embarked on an ambitious new-product campaign. Its backlog of footwear orders is now up for the first time in two years...