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...grating habit that has afflicted young writers of the past decade, it is a tendency to define characters not necessarily by their histories or heartaches or small triumphs but, more economically, as a sum of their pop-cultural tastes. Want to show that someone is vacuous? Put him in Gucci loafers. Want to convey sophistication? Mention a character's love of Godard. Want to suggest that a person has developed unrealistic notions of familial closeness? Have her reminisce about watching The Brady Bunch...
...problem? Mirabella's former artistic director, Sam Shahid, doubled as the owner of an advertising and design agency, Shahid & Co. Valentino, Gucci and Anne Klein were some of its clients. "Mirabella had no problem with my running a business," says Shahid. "They liked it-because I had connections to important advertisers." Says June Weir, who has worked as fashion editor of Women's Wear Daily and executive fashion editor of Bazaar: "I think it's a definite conflict of interest when someone owns a business and is also on staff...
...graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Jeff is the father of two and the author of two books-Showdown at Gucci Gulch (co-written with Alan Murray) and The Lobbyists-that are required reading for anyone hoping to understand how Washington operates. His third book, Madhouse, about the workings of the Clinton White House, arrives next year...
...exchange quality for value?" you may ask. At CVS/pharmacy, you can have both Quality Cambridge personal Daily Planners sell for only $19.99, and Liz Claiborne, Pierre Cardin, Drakkar Noir, Polo, Gucci and Anne Klein designer perfumes reside in an elegant glass display case near the register ("ring bell for assistance"). Russell Stover Candies have their own display as well; assorted chocolate boxes sell for a mere $5.75 CVS/pharmacy makes some quality imitations of quality products. Its version of Noxzema skin cream sells for $2.50 less than the original...
Picture a kindergarten of the future as the teacher calls the alphabetical roll: "Armani, Burberry, Cartier, Fendi, Gucci, Hermes . . ." all the way down to ". . . Valentino, Vuitton and Zabar." Instead of superhero lunch boxes, these kids will tote personalized shopping bags. And what about children cursed with parents whose taste in store names is simply too plebeian? On Geraldo, talk-show shrinks will discuss the trauma of low-rent names like Kmart Smith and Shoe-Town Jones...