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...invasive ultra-liberalism that would one day threaten their livelihoods. The young - those most in need of a leg up - heaped scorn on a law intended to help them. Serbian-born Zeljko Stojanovic, 19, joined the march with fellow high school students of foreign origin from the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis. "They want to close off immigration and doom young people to the lousy jobs nobody else will take," said Stojanovic, who wants to be an auto mechanic. "We're the ones who'll suffer if the bosses can just fire people without cause." Privileged university students saw matters...
...population--and more than 80% of the young people whom the law aims to help--want the government to rescind it. The most agitated of them flocked to the Sorbonne last week and hurled anything they could tear loose--metal barricades, a camera tripod and dozens of Parisian café chairs--at the shields of riot police. A Mercedes was flipped over, and a Renault set alight; Minis were tossed about like toys. THE BOURGEOISIE TO THE GULAG! read a graffito. "Maybe you can talk about labor flexibility in England or America, where there are lots of jobs," says Florian Louis...
Together the two brothers have built Tod's S.p.A. into a global luxury group with $450 million in annual sales that includes Tod's, the high-end leather-goods company; Roger Vivier, the legendary Parisian shoe brand; Hogan, a sporty sneaker and handbag brand; and Fay, a casual weekend clothing line. Four years ago, the Della Valles bought the Fiorentina soccer team, a move that has made them famous in a whole new arena?especially among young boys. It helps that the team, which was at the bottom of the league when they bought it, has since risen...
...MENTION PARISIAN JEWELER VAN CLEEF & ARPELS to an expert, and he or she will rhapsodize about the company's enhancement of stones with the minimum use of metal, and its famous clientele, including such style icons as Marlene Dietrich, Princess Grace of Monaco and the Duchess of Windsor. But the real gem of Van Cleef is the craftsmanship?the seemingly invisible settings, and the sway and movement in the designs. Today the pieces are created as intricately as they were when the house, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, opened. All the high jewelry pieces are still made...
...gatekeeper of sales. Gautier thinks of himself as the clients' best advocate and has the patience to deal with the demands of the megarich. He once canceled his New Year's Eve party because of a sudden request from St. Bart's. Then there are the unusual orders: the Parisian who wanted a diamond necklace for her cat and the husband who asked that a bracelet be sealed in a chocolate Easter...