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With the global economy out of shape, some designers have decided to play it safe. Others, however, have chosen to experiment with 3-D patterns and metallic cutouts that add a retro-futuristic touch to last season's graphic trend. For his spring collection, Oscar de la Renta embroidered navy stripes on formal dresses in a modern harlequin design. Armani Casa's printed armchair and Verner Panton's rug appear to have been cut from the canvases of Victor Vasarely's Op art paintings from the '60s, while armored Coach bags and caged boots from Yves Saint Laurent showcase...
...Oscar de la Renta silk faille dress ($5,990; saksfifthavenue.com...
British filmmaker Ken Annakin, 94, directed a variety of movies, from the 1960 family classic Swiss Family Robinson to the 1965 Henry Fonda war epic The Battle of the Bulge. In 1966 he received an Oscar nomination for co-writing the screenplay for Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines...
RETIRED Boxing's "Golden Boy" and 10-time world champ, Oscar De La Hoya, 36, announced his retirement on April...
...which grossed $9.7 million. Retelling the story (already aired on 60 Minutes) of a homeless, schizophrenic cellist befriended by a Los Angeles Times columnist, it's the sort of serioso uplifter that usually gets released in December and garners major awards. Its stars have been in aisle seats on Oscar Night: Jamie Foxx as the musician, Robert Downey, Jr., as the newspaperman. But The Soloist was pulled from a late-year release, to be dumped in the no-man's-land of late April. And though the film nabbed respectful reviews, audiences were quick to realize it was neither Iron...