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...world of luxury, which ranks alongside aerospace as France's primary % export industry, Hermes likes to call itself "a firm apart." It has resisted predatory takeover artists who have swallowed up such venerable family strongholds as Louis Vuitton and Lanvin. It has refused to license its name to sell discount luggage a la Pierre Cardin or mass-produced hosiery a la Christian Dior. But what really makes Hermes different is its stubborn adherence to century-old manufacturing techniques. "Hermes is an anachronism," says Gene Pressman, executive vice president of Barney's, the upscale clothing chain. "It's about quality that...
Karl Lagerfeld, the most aggressive exponent of the skirtless look, had bright, jaunty jackets that were nipped in at the waist. Claude Montana, still smarting from his disastrous debut as Lanvin's couturier in January, produced a rigorous collection dedicated to Andy Warhol. What he took from the painter was Popsicle colors and hard, clean lines. His tops were laser...
...lace-printed fichus, references to Arles, in Lacroix's native Provence. Some expectable hoots were present: bamboo sunglasses, giant hatpins, whimsical buttons. But Lacroix is changing. The collection was better focused than his 1987 offering. And following the advice of his favorite designer, the late Jules-Francois Crahay of Lanvin, he planted some clues to the future. They included high-waisted flowing pants and some variegated lengths. "I am bored with short lengths!" he says. "I refuse to become a prisoner of my image...
...name somehow lacks the imperial grace of such reigning fragrance houses as Chanel and Lanvin. But images can change, and indeed they will have to if Actor Ernest Borgnine, 65, is to become the improbable pitchman for Tova, a semi-namesake scent being marketed by his wife Tove, 41. The Borgnines boldly contend that Tova is "the most expensive perfume to make in the world." The sale price: $55 a quarter ounce (compared with $37.50 for the same amount of Chanel No. 5). Quite a step up for the guy who made his name as a butcher...
There was Heineken (of the beer) in The Netherlands and Rothschild (of the bank) in Great Britain and Lanvin (of the perfume) in France and Agnelli (of the automobiles) in Italy, all of varying language and dress and humor, but comrades-in-arms in their exotic adventure of jets and ships and marketplaces. It is an astonishing experience to dine with this fraternity and learn that a British banker has spent the week in Charlotte, N.C., where he guides a financial institution; a German economic expert has seen more Dallas Cowboys games than most Texans; an Italian industrialist has supped...