Word: prada
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...Because She Can” is a Devil-Wears-Prada-esque novel chronicling one young woman’s tumultuous trip through the most trying stage of her career, and Clark includes juicy details of the industry’s inner workings. The juiciest is Clark’s villainess, head editor Vivian Grant, who, like Regan—according to the New York Daily News—is reported to have had an affair with a public official...
...elaborate white lace train—that makes her look like an overgrown Victorian valentine. I don’t know why she wants to destroy all of the fashion-addict good will she received after her spunky performance in “The Devil Wears Prada,” but apparently she does. I don’t really understand her, and I am afraid I never will.KATE WINSLETTI am on a crusade against seafoam-green. I hate it. It is for mothers of the bride. Kate Winslett’s Valentino dress was not horrible...
...Milan the Belgian designer Raf Simons registered this change most notably with his pared-down Jil Sander collection of strict capes and coats worn over stovepipe-slim black pants. Miuccia Prada also turned her back on traditional notions of luxury, replacing last year's opulent long-haired furs with shaggy mohair coats and matted-wool twinsets. Even designers who are not minimalists at heart, like Donatella Versace, toned it down with classic black and gray coats and suits punctuated with an occasional flash of turquoise or tomato...
...fall 2004-05 collection, Prada spent three months working with textile mills developing first a very fine thread and then a computer-graphic print that was inspired by images of 18th century ruins. Using pixelated computer screen grabs, she reprinted copies of the original images onto faille and brocade, giving them a moir effect. The final print had a high-tech feeling, but the fabric was traditional...
...other seasons, Prada will return to the authentic way of making a very pure fabric. For years she wanted to develop a traditional gold cloque and lam of the quality that came out of the French mills in the 1960s, but the reproductions didn't have the weight and quality of the vintage fabrics. So Prada dispatched a team of researchers to one of the original mills in France, and 10 days later, using old machines that had been out of service since the 1960s, they reproduced exactly the same fabric with the kind of quality she was looking...