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...past few years, Karan has been through significant personal transitions; in 2001 her husband and business partner Stephen Weiss died of lung cancer. She gives yoga much credit for keeping her balanced, and in the past few seasons, she has drawn praise--rather than confused broadsides--for her collections. There are fewer asymmetrically hemmed skirts, more form-fitting and flattering basic pieces in her signature neutral palette. For fall 2003, she showed a group of white dresses, one a goddess-style evening gown in silk jersey patterned after the dress she made for herself the night before her daughter...
Right now there is precisely one first-rank woman architect--the estimable Zaha Hadid--who works on her own, not teamed with her husband or some other guy. But hold on, Zaha--reinforcements are coming. Lindy Roy, 40, is already the most famous woman architect who has just one completed project to her name: the new Manhattan showroom of the Swiss furniture company Vitra, which has become a showcase for Roy too. It's a suavely configured space where display platforms ribbon around corners or morph into mahogany staircases that have embedded steel treads...
Experts are skeptical. "Young people don't need the help," says Rachel Greenwald, author of the best-selling How to Find a Husband After 35 Using What I Learned at Harvard Business School. "The bulk of people needing a matchmaker are women over 30--really, over 40. And for them, there's a problem of supply and demand." She's right. According to the Census Bureau, for those in their 20s and 30s, there are 115 unmarried men for every 100 unmarried women; that drops to 69 for every 100 in the 45-to-64 age bracket. A much better...
...would say his role is definitely overstated, but he probably loves it." LAURA BUSH, First Lady, on the reputation of her husband's chief political adviser, Karl Rove...
Even if the women are young enough to have kids, many have already been there, done that. Diann Lein, 61, a retirement-home employee, met her husband Dale, now 46, when he had two toddlers; her kids were already in their 20s. "A part of me wondered if I was going to be able to handle that because my kids were grown and gone by the time I'd met him," she says. "You go, Oh, no, I don't want to do this again." She decided he was worth it, and says she has a delightful relationship with...