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...Girlfriends (Mondays, 9:30 p.m. E.T.) has well-written black, white and biracial characters and a sophisticated take on race. Originally a salty, derivative takeoff on Sex and the City, it has matured into a perceptive look into the inner lives of four thirtyish black women. Creator Mara Brock Akil doesn't buy, though, that it's too "inside" for white viewers. "Look at Will & Grace," she says. "That show is so inside about gay culture...
...idealized version of real people, as seen on the Giorgio Armani catwalk, is so much more appealing. "You must create fantasy," said Giorgio Guidotti, director of communications for Max Mara, an Italian clothing company that prides itself on catering to real people as well as fashionistas. And while the idea of a firefighter is something to fantasize about, the physical reality may not be. So no job security worries for models yet. But supermodels and celebrities are another question. At least you can pretend that a nameless model really is a firefighter or a welder or a pilot...
...MARA MELINA/GAMMA...
...patient was shaking the door handle and crying to get out," says Mara Baun, a University of Texas nursing professor who has co-authored 13 studies on the medical benefits of animal companions. "The staff could not get him away from the door. But the golden retriever--who had never been trained to do this--took him by the cuff of his sleeve, and he followed quietly...
...Belgians are frustrating Laura Lusuardi. For the last 34 years it has been her job to find new talent to come and work at Max Mara, the successful Italian label known for mixing fashion with practicality. So far she has fared pretty well: Karl Lagerfeld did a stint in the early 1970s; so did Dolce & Gabbana 15 years later. Today the fashion director scouts the fashion schools because, she says, young designers are already too commercial to be interesting to her. The Flanders Fashion Institute in Antwerp is famous for turning out some of the most creative minds in fashion...