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Bargain hunters headed for Bangkok's cheap-clothing markets and custom tailors can now add designer maternity wear to their shopping lists. The city's one-year-old Amayi boutique has become a magnet for mums-to-be, thanks to the fashion sense of founder Nida White. Disappointed with the clothing choices she faced during her pregnancy, the onetime political-science student decided to establish her own clothing line, trading on a combination of trendy design and the kind of luxe fabrics not usually associated with maternity garments (goodbye spandex!). "Everybody wants to look good all the time," says White...
...last seminar is in midtown at Ketchum, a global public relations agency. Ann Marie Sabath, the founder of At Ease Inc., a business-etiquette firm in New York City and Cincinnati, Ohio, that advises such corporations as Procter & Gamble and American Express, is the lunchtime speaker...
...could be based on anyone's life." Sure, and Citizen Kane wasn't inspired by the life of William Randolph Hearst. Guru's plot frequently references Dhirubhai's life story. And unlike Kane, this movie dispenses with the muckraking for hagiography. The Ambani estate is protective of its founder's legacy, but at least two members of the family gave their blessing to Guru's stars: Dhirubahi's son Anil Ambani, chairman of Reliance Capital, attended the Ash-Abhishek engagement party with his wife, the former Bollywood actress Tina Munim...
...Guru is another fictionalized bio-pic, this time taking inspiration from the career of Indian business executive Dhirajlal Ambani. Known as Dhirubhai, Ambani rose from rural nobody to towering tycoon without the usual benefits of family wealth, education or connection. He was the founder and chairman of Reliance Industries, manufacturer of the polyester that clothed India (and in the 70s lent its kitchy style to tight-pantsed Bollywood actors like Amitabh). By Dhirubhai's death in 2002, Reliance was India's largest corporation, a leader in petrochemicals and a dozen other interests and the largest corporation. A Times of India...
Bargain hunters headed for Bangkok's cheap-clothing markets and custom tailors can now add designer maternity wear to their shopping lists. The city's one-year-old Amayi boutique has become a magnet for mums-to-be, thanks to the fashion sense of founder Nida White. Disappointed with the clothing choices she faced during her pregnancy, the onetime political-science student decided to establish her own clothing line, trading on a combination of trendy design and the kind of luxe fabrics not usually associated with maternity garments (goodbye spandex!). "Everybody wants to look good all the time," says White...