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...boisterous Brit, have split. After six months' betrothal, plans for nuptials at the Malibu home of Josh's father and stepmother Barbra--that would be Barbra Streisand--were shelved. The prospective mother-in-law, reports say, had written a song for the couple and was pushing favorite designer Donna Karan for Driver's dress (friends reportedly said that Driver preferred Vera Wang), along with a pricey celeb-studded bash, while Driver wanted something small. Smiles were left behind. Driver's spokeswoman says that any rift between Babs and Minnie is untrue; she adds that the breakup was "a mutual decision...
...self-resuscitators are also being helped by the increasing popularity of vintage clothes. The everything-old-is-new-again trend means wearing Pauline Trigere is cooler than wearing Donna Karan. Old Chanel is better than new. In which case, Texas Pacific Group may have hit the mother lode in the somnolent 150-year-old Bally, which it bought late in 1999. Bally has a reputation for expensive, well-made shoes that register zero on the Richter scale. But the new creative director, Scott Fellows, has something most designers don't: a Harvard M.B.A. (He also attended the Fashion Institute...
...self-resuscitators are also being helped by the increasing popularity of vintage clothes. The everything-old-is-new-again trend means wearing Pauline Trigere is cooler than wearing Donna Karan. Old Chanel is better than new. In which case, Texas Pacific Group may have hit the mother lode in the somnolent 150-year-old Bally, which it bought late in 1999. Bally has a reputation for expensive, well-made shoes that register zero on the Richter scale. But the new creative director, Scott Fellows, has something most designers don't: a Harvard M.B.A. (He also attended the Fashion Institute...
...GRIEVANCES From left, boxy green suit: "She has a beautiful figure!" raves Scaasi. "The biggest change will be in the proportion" of her suits. Red Inaugural gown: "Didn't hate it, didn't love it," says Bloch, who'd prefer to see her in "cool, hip" American designers, like Karan or Klein. Blue Inaugural coat: "That blue is pure Washington," says Bloch. "There is no blue like that in nature! Achh!" Purple plaid suit, worn to meet Hillary Clinton: "Fire whoever put you in that!" snaps Bloch. Off-white gown, worn to Jacqueline Kennedy exhibit at the Met: Should have...
...Recession Chic Bowl America If you thought those unemployment figures were bad, here's a new set of depressing numbers, written in big red numerals on the backs of one's heels. Bowling shoes are back in style?not the kind Prada and Donna Karan sell, but the kind bowling alleys rent out by the hour and lose to petty thieves. The last time rental bowling shoes were hot was in the early '90s, the grunge era and the depths of the downsizing of America's corporations. Now, as the U.S. economy slides, lane operators from Phoenix to Milwaukee have...