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Further proof that Penthouse is not a family publication: last week publisher BOB GUCCIONE took steps to evict his son and former employee Anthony from the apartment in which he'd been living since 1987. Anthony, who worked for Penthouse's parent company until 1997, claims his Manhattan loft was a gift from his father for graduating from Harvard and joining the family business. But a judge backed Guccione the elder, saying the apartment's stock certificate had never been transferred to Anthony and he had no legal claim to it. Looks as if Guccione pere, who is also estranged...
Last fall, after financial constraints forced Isaac Mizrahi to discontinue his label and Todd Oldham to shut down his high-end line, discussion in the Manhattan fashion world--a group for whom a big-think question is whether or not model Esther Canadas' lips are bigger than Barbara Hershey's in Beaches--suddenly turned weighty. From where, the fashion community gravely wondered, were its future leaders going to come? In addition to the departures of Mizrahi and Oldham, designers Marc Jacobs and Michael Kors were now splitting their time between their own collections and those of the French houses Louis...
Beyond the universe of DKNY, DVF and other acronym wear, however, an independent spirit is quietly thriving. Indeed, the future of American dress seems secure on the sketchpads of a few young Manhattan designers, all of whom have gained a following without the benefit of big corporate backers, eponymous SoHo-based retail monuments or advertising campaigns...
...native Californian, Robinson had planned to follow in his father's footsteps and become a doctor, but instead studied at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan. At 28 he found himself heading Anne Klein's collection line. In 1996, after Robinson had served three seasons to mixed reviews, the company closed its high-end business. Jobless at 30, he decided to start his own label that year...
...seminars also involve guest moderators, such as columnist Ellen Goodman, former member of Congress Elizabeth Holtzman and former Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger--the first woman to secure the Democratic nomination for Mayor of New York City...