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McGrath's range is as varied as the colors she uses. Four years ago, Giorgio Armani, the master of understated elegance, tapped McGrath to help create his namesake cosmetics line. That's an assignment head snappingly different from her runway work, particularly with designer John Galliano. At his spring 2003 ready-to-wear collections, an homage in part to India's Bollywood film industry, Galliano created an outrageous, exuberant circus with models in sky-high headdresses and 6-in. platform heels. McGrath drew on the deep pigments associated with India, covering models' faces--and any body part not concealed...
TAKE ME TO FUNKYTOWN Left to right: Chiffon trousers and top by Giorgio Armani; chiffon dress by Gianfranco Ferre; scarf by Giorgio Armani; vintage jewelry from Boucheron's Talitha Roman collection; caftan by Pucci; vintage gold, diamond and pearl necklace by Cartier; chiffon top by Christian Dior; pants by Chanel; vintage gold tiger's-eye diamond bracelet by Boucheron. On table: Venetian-glass-beaded bag by Bottega Veneta; beaded bag by Giorgio Armani...
...wait just a darn minute. Wouldn't you trade a little interaction for a little selection? "Retail comes down to how you shelve and hang things. That's all you can do," laughs Michael Gabellini, head of Gabellini Associates, who designs stores for Giorgio Armani, Salvatore Ferragamo, Ultimo and Jil Sander...
...Royal Bank of Scotland on Savile Row, into a soaring yet soft retail space for Jil Sander. In the same vein, he created a modern shop in a 19th century building on 57th Street in New York City. In Milan he developed a 100,000-sq.-ft. emporium for Giorgio Armani, draped in soft blue hues, that complements the muted elegance that is the designer's trademark. "We're designing luxury retail spaces that don't feel commercial," he says. "They're being thought of as grand, modern homes...
Weisberger isn't the only assistant spilling the beans about fashion biggies. In her novel Diary of a Djinn (Pantheon), Gini Alhadeff, former features editor at Elle, portrays a fashion sovereign who resembles Giorgio Armani, once her boss. In Full Bloom (Dutton), Caroline Hwang, a former editor at Glamour, tells the story of a Korean-American woman climbing the fashion-magazine ladder. And there's another--Bergdorf Blondes (Miramax), by Plum Sykes, a Vogue editor. Leaks at Conde Nast? There's an absolute flood...