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...went through the process, he constantly focused us back on not so much a list of people but a list of qualities and a list of needs and a list of interests that we needed to look for," Hope says. "The search was very much a joint effort,..but Charlie's leadership helped keep us focused on what we were all about...
...advertisers. Ed Filipowski, a managing director at Keeble Cavaco & Duka, one of the top fashion-publicity firms in New York City, says the "lines between advertising and editorial are blurring." What, after all, are friends for? As at many fashion magazines, the advertising department of Vogue produces a "wish list" for its editorial staff. Vogue publisher Ronald Galotti translates: "It means, 'When everything else is equal, please use my client [in a fashion spread].' I'm not going to say that editors pay no attention. They are smart people. But there is a huge difference between that and collusion...
...directors are not the only ones to work both sides of the fence. A-list fashion editors sometimes work as stylists for a runway show or an advertising campaign. The jobs pay between $2,500 and $3,000 a day. "This is a bad phenomenon, and it's been happening a lot," says Patrick McCarthy, executive editor of Women's Wear Daily, which prohibits the practice. "It pollutes your editorial pages. How can you expect an editor to cover a designer objectively if that editor is also getting a paycheck from...
Diplomatic sources are also suggesting that Syrian President Hafez Assad has agreed to begin normalizing relations with Israel-establishing embassies, opening up trade and so on-before the Israeli retreat from the Golan is complete; if true, this would be a substantial concession. The list of major differences is still long. Israel, for instance, wants to continue to maintain early-warning stations on the Golan, and Syria flatly refuses. But at least the two countries are on speaking terms again...
DIED. ISADORE ("FRIZ") FRELENG, 89, animator; in Los Angeles. In 1930 Freleng joined Warner Bros., where he animated the A list of cartoondom: Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam. Freleng won five Oscars for his blend of frenzied action and idiosyncratic characters...