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...Kelly in 1966. As Ford was churning out the label's black-on-black nightclub vibe, Giannini splashed the happy flowers onto Gucci's bags. "There were so many people who said, 'Maybe it's too pretty for Gucci.' But to me, it was such an important design. So light in a way, but with a good energy," Giannini says. The Flora became one of the most successful products in Gucci history, a fact not lost on Gucci management or industry analysts...
...Asians," Ho says. Not all of Lucasfilm's talent in Singapore is homegrown. Canadian Kalene Dunsmoor, 27, was designing motorcycle decals in Toronto when she sent her portfolio on a whim to a Lucasfilm recruiter. Now she works in Singapore, collaborating with Lucas' iconic special-effects shop Industrial Light & Magic to add computer-generated imagery to films including the Harry Potter and Indiana Jones series. "They were willing to take a chance even though I didn't have conventional experience," Dunsmoor says. "I was willing to travel far from home for that...
...Lincoln Own Slaves? gamely and even-handedly answers the titular question?no?and many, many others (readers are supplied with Lincoln's worst photograph and least-funny joke), but it doesn't shed much light on the question of the Lincoln compulsion. For that you might turn to This Republic of Suffering (Knopf; 346 pages), Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust's new wrenching study of how the mass deaths of the Civil War changed America. At the time, Lincoln's death was fused with Jesus' in the popular imagination?people needed Lincoln to be more than human in order...
...cause. Eli Manning stars as Luke Skywalker, the reluctant hero with a slow learning curve who realizes his true potential just in time to lead his team when it needs him the most. The part of Han Solo—the cocky and selfish talent who eventually sees the light and develops into an essential contributor to his team’s success—falls into the sure hands of wide receiver Plaxico Burress.While it is often tempting to root for the Dark Side, most of us relate better to the redeeming qualities of the underdog who compensates...
...voice was hoarse. His cheeks were splotched with wine-red daubs of what looked like clown rouge. He seemed a bit disheveled, wearing a light gray-green suit and a garish yellow tie, a costume more fitting for a used-car salesman than a former President. An aide told me that Clinton had pulled a Clinton the night before. Unwilling to stop campaigning after his last event, he had gone to the cafeteria at the University of South Carolina. About 15 kids were there, and they started texting their friends. Pretty soon several hundred kids had gathered, and Clinton held...