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...move dramatically strengthens the state's hold on the energy sector. Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said that the assets of embattled oil major Yukos would soon be sold off in a transparent, legal way; Gazpromneft seems likely to take the spoils. Luxury Goody Two-Shoes N o loafing here: Gucci has agreed to become the first luxury fashion house to abide by a stringent voluntary labor code, the company confirmed last week to TIME. The leather and apparel firm, a division of France 's Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, pledged earlier this month that Gucci headquarters outside Florence and a nearby production...
Optimism seeped into the clothes themselves in July at the spring 2005 menswear shows, where blazing colors drenched the runways in pinks, yellows and greens. Gucci sent out tops patterned with butterflies; flowers cropped up on shirts and jeans at Dolce & Gabbana and Calvin Klein, among others. Glimmers of hope are also discernible at the cash register. In the past six months, sales have risen 5.6%, the first increase in the sector in 3 1/2 years, according to Marshal Cohen of NPDFashion World, which tracks the apparel industry...
...time to go without buying new clothes (especially since as men age, they also grow, generally going up a size every two years after the age of 35). But it is also being driven in some measure by a group of men heeding another trend from the collections. At Gucci, for example, menswear designer John Ray presented brocade jackets and ornate tunics adorned with beads and coins. At Miu Miu, coats dripped with small mirrors. For this winter, Hedi Slimane at Christian Dior Homme is offering floor-length kilts. A similar sense of indulgence, if not flamboyance, was evoked...
...MILLION Approximate amount Alexander McQueen made when he sold 51% of his business to the Gucci Group...
Ever wonder what was in Tom Ford's first collection for Gucci or where the idea for Donna Karan's signature bodysuit came from? Now is the perfect time to bone up on your fashion history. This fall Assouline is publishing a trio of designer biographies--The Journey of a Woman: 20 Years of Donna Karan (228 pages), Carolina Herrera (208 pages) and Marc Jacobs (80 pages). On the heels of Ford's final catwalk bow comes Tom Ford (Rizzoli; 384 pages), which catalogs the meticulous designer's decade of work for Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. And when...