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...regions are known - is clearly not considered a vote getter. Yet for reasons that transcend geography, turning around the south ought to be Italy's most pressing national priority. Youth unemployment in the Mezzogiorno is a staggering 36%; and between 1991 and 2005, according to one recent study, the Interior Ministry dissolved 154 local city councils in the area because of Mob infiltration. These conditions have caused a steady exodus of the region's most promising youth to points north and abroad...
Lovett has caught on to interior designers' latest passion. Photographic murals of nature, distressed leathers and bead-encrusted designs are some of the new styles adorning the walls of homes across the U.S. York Wallcoverings, the nation's oldest and largest manufacturer, has seen a 25% increase in sales of its new line of the trendiest wallpapers this year. "American designers are rediscovering what the British have always known--wallpaper is one of the best ways to bring personality into a house," says John Loecke, an interior designer based in Brooklyn, N.Y., who has recently added wallpaper to homes...
...line and also turned out ultra-luxe patchwork python shoes. At Miu Miu, handbags come in similar scraps of snakeskin. And for trendsetters intent on having a wardrobe that matches their home dcor, Squint's reupholstered vintage couch and Etro's geometric pillows will give any interior that of-the-moment artist's-loft look...
...filling his car at a gas station, a woman crossing the street holding a baby, a sweeping view of the town—to create a superficial sense of security. The exterior goings-on of this “Pleasantville”-esque neighborhood renders its interior discord shocking. “Snow Angels,” while successful in its faithful representation of human relationships, suffers from some heavy-handed production choices that warp the bleak into the boring. Most notably, the ending drags on painfully as the climax gets buried beneath a long series of concluding scenes. Green...
...Higashi Street is like entering an ultra-hip Ian Schrager hotel or some very mod take on a Mark Birley London club. There are no window displays to reveal what awaits inside: a sleek black concierge desk, loungelike purple velvet couches and black Murano glass chandeliers. Designed by French interior architect Laur Meyrieux, Restir Midtown (above) is the latest Japanese retail sensation, the brainchild of Hiroaki Takashita, president and CEO of Restir Holdings, who is revolutionizing the ultra-luxe shopping experience with his unique stores. Ever since 2000, when less-expensive trendy clothing began to flood the market, Takashita...