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...things we've been seeing is that the edge has gotten incredibly predictable--I don't think it's very fresh anymore, because it's so focused on itself." She mentions a couple of the sturdy warhorses of cool: indie actress Chloe Sevigny and edgy fashion label Imitation of Christ. "When you really look at it, what trends are they really setting? Whereas if you go to Wal-Mart and you've got the Olsen twins with a billion-dollar business, you know there's something clearly going...
Matthias' success has taught mainstream designers an important lesson: there's money in maternity. "Business school 101 is find a need and fill it," says Julie Chaiken, whose eponymous high-end fashion label introduced Chaiken with Child two years ago. "A good percentage of our customers are pregnant, and we don't want to lose them for nine months." At the request of special clients like Cindy Crawford and supermodel Vendela, Chaiken began creating a maternity version of its signature pants--with elastic in the waistband and an emphatic lack of ugly front pouches. Scouts at high-end department stores...
...want to be an overnight sensation in classical music these days, you'd best look the part. You can be moodily romantic like long-haired Argentinian guitarist Dominic Miller (signed up by BBC Worldwide to launch their Inversion label), sulkily sexy like the all-girl string quartet Bond (2 million albums sold and counting). Skittishly sexy is also fine, a la Myleene Klass, the English Popstars siren turned classical pianist (also signed by Universal, reportedly for €1.4 million-plus). Smoldering sulkiness is equally bankable, as bad-boy Croatian pianist Maksim is finding out (EMI has signed him for five...
...with the classics. Commercial potential: $$ Artistry: Too soon to tell Dominic Miller Argentinian session guitarist and a favorite collaborator of Sting, he hit the classical charts earlier this year with Shapes - pop reworkings of classics by Beethoven, Bach, Elgar and Albinoni. When his album launched BBC Worldwide's Inversion label, rivals feared the label's built-in media access would mean unfair playtime. Sales might have more to do with model looks than the inoffensive muzak. Commercial potential: $$$$ Artistry: ... Tony Henry...
...first album last year, a rich collection of favorite songs like Schubert's Der Wanderer and Finzi's Rollicum-Rorum, won him the Gramophone magazine award for best newcomer. Although EMI are cagey about the figures, it sold tens of thousands - extremely good for an unknown singer - persuading the label to sign him to a five-year contract. His triumph in New Zealand music competitions led famous judges Sarah Walker and Tom Krause to recommend him to London's Royal College of Music, where he won the college's gold medal. It's not only Lemalu's vast, rolling bass...