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Since his winning debut collection in 1988, Mizrahi had been considered the heir to the American sportswear throne shared by Calvin Klein, Donna Karan and Ralph Lauren. But unlike the holy trinity, Mizrahi, who trafficked in whimsical, feminine, but rarely outlandish garments, never managed to create a signature look. "There were brilliant first collections," notes Richard Martin, head of the Costume Institute at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, "but they became more and more erratic. Calvin, Donna and Ralph all developed something very distinctive...
...editors, buyers and fashion insiders, could have a look at them. Now he's moved his spring show, which takes place in the fall, to September rather than waiting (the nerve!) until November after the London, Milan and Paris shows. Calvin Klein immediately joined the rebellion, as did Donna Karan and several others. It's not unusual for Lang to be copied. He's credited with bringing us the stretchy T, rubber dresses and a whole slew of offbeat new materials. For this fall, tired of being the fabric frontiersman, he worked instead with layering--Can he bring capes back...
This summer core Dead members Hart, guitarist Bob Weir and bassist Phil Lesh--along with Hornsby, guitarist Steve Kimock (from the Bay Area-band Zero), guitarist Mark Karan (who has played with the Rembrandts), drummer John Molo (from Hornsby's band) and jazz saxophonist Dave Ellis--are touring as "the Other Ones," a band that, while not the Dead, is named after a Dead song and performs material from the Dead catalog. Weir, for his part, was eager to play the old Dead songs again but reluctant to tour under the Grateful Dead name. Says Weir: "Without Pigpen [keyboardist...
...Weir, Lesh and Hart together again; they communicate without words--with looks, with licks--and have a connection onstage that can come only from years of playing together. As for the new Other Ones, Hornsby's piano and Ellis' sax add jazzy warmth to the mix, but Karan and Kimock, while competent players, are still learning...
...guests: John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, David Geffen, Streisand's mother, songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman (the only invitees who knew the wedding date well in advance; all others were invited on short notice over the phone), "Tootsie" director Sidney Pollack, designer Donna Karan (who made the wedding dress), music producer Quincy Jones and composer Marvin Hamlisch, who conducted a 16-piece orchestra playing "Here Comes the Bride." Despite one L.A. newscast's report that Streisand's close friend President Clinton planned to cut short his China visit in order to attend the nuptials...