Word: gucci
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...jacket pocket. The pitch: Why buy a regular protective case when--for less than $100--you can get one that will double as a keyboard? Says Bernard Gander, a Logitech vice president: "After this goes into production, we can print different designs on the cloth, perhaps even Gucci or Louis Vuitton versions...
...decide to salve my pounding head with a shopping spree (and half a bottle of aspirin). I skip the overpriced stores of Shangxiajiu and go to Dongshan district for cheap, brand-name Western garments. I then proceed to go mad, spending $106 on clothes, including a $7 leather "Gucci" wallet the clerk assures me was made in Italy?which must be what they're calling Shenzhen...
...about just sneakers anymore; it's about style, which is why the glossy fashion magazine W featured Christian Dior clothes with Vans sneakers in its February issue. It's also why high-end labels such as Gucci and DKNY intend to win over fans by peddling shoes that look perfect for the amateur athlete and are priced for the full-time debutante. Prada, for example, has a line of sneakers, made of canvas with tread soles and laces, that still sport the Prada logo. So who cares if they offer little boost on the basketball court...
MALEVOLENT: (while forcing indentured servants to spit polish his Gucci loafers...
...Rive Gauche and cosmetics arms of Yves Saint Laurent were sold to Gucci in 1999. The designer has not embraced the collections of the label's new head man American Tom Ford, but the public has, and sales more than doubled the first year. Saint Laurent hung on to control of his first love, the couture house, which ran at a loss of $11 million a year. It will not continue beyond him. Couture has been pronounced dead many times before, but his departure may be the coup de grace. With an emphasis on the grace...