Word: leathering
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...SHOE SENSEI According to Hersh, all of L.A.'s serious shoppers have their shoes preselected for them by Lisa Case at Neiman Marcus. "She doesn't work the floor. She's behind the scenes, pulling shoes for her clients." This season it's a pair of chocolate brown distressed-leather Manolo Blahniks...
...Hersh has a soft spot for trendy bags. After all, her discovery of the Jelly Kelly (the rubbery version of the Hermès classic) is what put her on the map. The latest sensation, she says, is the Mio bag, made of dyed and distressed leather. "It has pocket details that I haven't seen before." $580 at shopintuition.com...
...chiffon dresses, beaded psychedelic silk-satin shirts and rhinestone-studded jeans. Stars like Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Lopez and Lenny Kravitz cannot get enough of it. Valentino may be known as the chic one among Italian designers, but Cavalli is the playboy. Dressed in his uniform of jeans and black leather jacket, he's a rugged-looking 65-year-old with a healthy head of salt-and-pepper hair who has the former Miss Universe wife, the beautiful children, the Tuscan palazzo, the yacht, the Ferrari, the helicopter, the celebrity friends and the humor...
...watch the silk-screen-printing process. "The moment I learned something new, I was driving back to Florence to use it." His printing unit grew from one man helping him to a factory of 30 workers in 1967. He was the first to print patterns on suede and leather, a technique that turned out to be lucrative when both Hermès and Pierre Cardin in Paris snapped up Cavalli's materials. By the early '70s, he had the confidence to design his own ready-to-wear collection...
...important," she says. They are the most visible accessory for women in abayas, but for Alanoud they make the outfit. Her recent choices include a cream-colored Gucci bag that she also bought in brown suede. She has ordered two Fendi bags, a Spy with pearls and a white leather Bag It Satchel; the Chloé Paddington; a Marni bag; and some Vuittons. The one big bag brand she doesn't have is Hermès. "I'm going to wait," she says. "My mom's always taught me, even though you can have it, the beauty is to have...