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...company. Two years later when the French house of Chloé rang and asked if she'd succeed Karl Lagerfeld as designer, she replied with a resounding yes and gave up her own label. McCartney, famous for tight jeans and sexy tops ("She's the Diane Von Furstenburg of our generation," said designer Jeremy Scott), dramatically increased sales at Chloé. Now, at age 30, she's ready to launch the Stella McCartney label again - this time with a little help from her friends at Gucci...
...work has its critics. Some challenge her results directly. University of Pennsylvania professor Frank Furstenburg Jr. claims that "the overall effect of divorce is modest to moderate." Others, noting Wallerstein's lack of a control group, wonder whether her subjects are any more miserable than the kids from troubled but continuing marriages she didn't track. A lengthy University of Virginia study recently found that children of divorce were better off than those of highly dysfunctional marriages, and family historian Stephanie Coontz is worried that Wallerstein's "scare tactics" may cause mismatched mates to "stick it out for the kids...
...tend to think we're going to have to gear our admissions policy towards letting less affluent students know that financial aid is available," said Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenburg...
Filipino Massage. The book-described by her husband last week as "a straightforward approach to narcissism" -is saturated with beauty tips and tidbits, both from the author and her friends. Model Mirella Haggiag, for example, recommends going back to sleep after the breakfast tray arrives: Princess Ira von Furstenburg prefers dinners alone (a man is sure to order "pasta or curry with rice, and how can one resist?"). Mrs. J. Paul Getty Jr. imports vegetarian pté from Holland to London, uses no eyeliner but the pure kohl she collects in Marrakesh. Emilio Pucci is high on massage ("I have...
...Manhattan-based Obolensky makes a living. When Alexander's department store in Manhattan decided to compete with rival Ohrbach's in copying original Paris dresses, they automatically turned to Obolensky, who pulled off a smash fashion show using models named Baroness Fiona Thyssen and Princess Ira von Furstenburg. "They were such good girls to do a favor," says Obolensky...