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Back in the late 1960s, when Yves Saint Laurent was shaking up the stuffy Parisian couture world with his radical street-inspired looks (think motorcycle jackets, pea coats and beatnik sweaters), the idea of wearing a safari shirt laced up the front yet open to the navel was considered completely cutting edge...
...July, Polet, 49, became CEO of Gucci Group, the world's third largest luxury conglomerate. He comes from an unlikely place--Unilever, where he was head of the frozen food and ice cream division--and has a tough mandate: sail Gucci, fix Yves Saint Laurent (where losses widened to $135 million in 2003) and mesh both of them with half a dozen younger businesses into a profitable whole. Here Polet talks with Sarah Raper Larenaudie about barnstorming Gucci facilities to meet and greet--and reassure...
...Journey of a Woman: 20 Years of Donna Karan (228 pages), Carolina Herrera (208 pages) and Marc Jacobs (80 pages). On the heels of Ford's final catwalk bow comes Tom Ford (Rizzoli; 384 pages), which catalogs the meticulous designer's decade of work for Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. And when the edifying is done, these books work even better on the coffee table than by the bedside. --BY KATE NOVACK
...Developed in France by top sommelier Franck Thomas and enologist Laurent Zanon, the Clef du Vin's alloy (the combination is a trade secret) acts as a catalyst to speed up the oxidization process. The metals are precisely gauged so that dipping the tool into a glass of wine for one second will mimic the effect of a year's aging. Dipping it for two seconds simulates the effect of two year's cellaring, and so on. The key does not leach into the wine, and therefore is not harmful to drinkers...
...SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING Nicole Cargill, Regina, Sask. Erin Chan, Calgary Jessica Chase, St-Laurent, Que. Jessika Dubuc, Montreal Marie-Pierre Gagn?, Montreal Fanny L?tourneau, Deux-Montagnes, Que. Shayna Nackoney, Calgary Anouk Reniere-Lafreni?re, Montreal Courtney Stewart, Unionville...