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CLEARLY THAT PROBLEM is in the past. The womenswear under the Boss Black label being shown tonight, designed by Ingo Wilts, a German who has been promoted through the ranks, is sleek and sexy. Boss Orange, designed by Andrea Cannelloni, an Italian who has been with the company in Germany since 1998, is more casual. Tonight's finale showcases the Hugo label, the brand's most avant-garde offering, and marks the debut of Belgian designer Bruno Pieters, the first major creative appointment Boss has made outside the company since the Milan fiasco. Pieters' collection of compass-cut coats, jackets...
...succession. While the company name dates back to the 1920s, the foundations for today's business were put in place at the end of the '60s, when brothers Uwe and Jochen Holy started to manufacture menswear under their grandfather's name. By 1985, Hugo Boss was listed on the German stock exchange, and today it is part of V.F.G. International N.V. (Valentino Fashion Group S.p.A., named for Valentino Garavani), which is majority-controlled by private-equity firm Permira...
...began his day playing on the company soccer team says it is time to leave. Despite the festivities taking place around him, Sälzer knows the caricature of a German is one of boring efficiency, "so we have to both exceed the cliché and be even more creative. We do much more than anyone else to excite our own people so they take [that energy back] to Mexico or Sydney or wherever they go," he beams. After all, he points out, every man has a suit, a shirt, a tie. Any company can have a show...
...they might be used in the future. "The government can collect information about the average citizen without any concern for their rights, but the citizen can't find out what the government is doing, and that's inimical to government of we the people," says the ACLU's German. So far, that argument hasn't convinced the people...
...despite the pledges, E.U. leaders still face some tough decisions on how to implement the agreed measures. Industries have complained that they will have to bear most of the burden, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned she will not sacrifice the German car industry on the altar of emissions cutting. A last-minute change to the summit conclusions said emission targets should be introduced so as to "avoid excessive costs for member states," potentially opening the door to backsliding. Mahi Sideridou, a Greenpeace policy analyst, said the agreement had offered little beyond "some misplaced protectionist language to appease heavy...