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...also belonged to a handful of outsiders who have come to New York to strut their stuff. Tia Cibani of Ports 1961, a label based in Xiamen, China, showed a soft, pretty collection inspired by the gauchos of Argentina. And Diesel honcho Renzo Rosso pumped up the volume with his 1980s-style high-waisted skinny jeans and blousons - all in white and gold. Finally a trio of California surfer dudes who go by the name of Trovato presented their collection of preppy chic polo shirts and cotton canvas clam-diggers in a tableau vivant that was meant to evoke...
...leather-goods businesses such as Lambertson Truex. Department stores like Italy's La Rinascente are swallowing Printemps, its competition in France. And established names like Valentino are diving into such emerging markets as India. Last month the Gucci Group was rumored to be eyeing the London-based Alice Temperley label. Next thing you know, parent company PPR will be purchasing Italian jeweler Bulgari. Beauty conglomerates like Estée Lauder and L'Oréal are once again hunting for acquisitions, armed with multimillion-dollar checkbooks...
Robert Burke, who heads his own consulting business in New York City and was previously with Bergdorf Goodman, says a single salesperson there writes several million dollars' worth of orders for the label each season. Burke even mentions Albert Kriemler, whose name is still far from well known, within the designer superleague: "Albert is unwavering in who he is appealing to. You look at the great designers?Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Giorgio Armani?and what links them is they stick to their own aesthetic, they stick with their customer...
...more stylish than any other in the world," he declares, in English less fluent than his French. "She understands the power of good style and has the confidence to feel comfortable." In 1989, inspired by what he saw on the streets of Southern California, he founded a modest contemporary label named after the saying bon chic, bon genre, Parisian slang for "good style, good attitude." Today he is chairman, CEO and designer of BCBG Max Azria Group, a $1 billion fashion powerhouse with 16 brands and a retail and wholesale network of more than 5,200 global points of sale...
BEYOND FURNITURE Charme relaunched the historic Scottish cashmere label Ballantyne in 2003. The company repositioned the brand, creating a fresher ad campaign and opening three flagship stores...