Word: prada
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...five years later, that other America--the quiet gay frontier of Wyoming and other places where cowboy boots and work shoes far outnumber Prada slides--is becoming less frightened. In part because Shepard was attacked here, and in part because of its live-and-let-live ideal, Wyoming has even become something of a national laboratory in which gays and straights are learning--ever haltingly, now a step forward, now a lurch back--to live together...
...detoured to my local Virgin Megastore, subconsciously lured by the red neon lights and DVD sales. While I didn’t always have money for dinner, I was sure to buy such necessities as Coldplay albums and “urban fiction” novels (The Devil Wears Prada being a particular summer favorite). Penned by career women in their 20s and 30s, urban fiction often had its own shelf in bookstores, which quickly became my first destination...
Hollis C. Stephanopoulos ’04 learned that style alone does not a class marshal make, having failed to break through to the second round of voting. “At least I know who my real friends are now,” said Stephanopoulos, clutching her newest Prada handbag and matching purse with affection...
...programmed to read clothing labels for cleaning instructions. But that vision had a setback last spring, when Benetton nixed RFID tagging for its Sisley line because privacy groups threatened a boycott. Benetton is still determined to use RFID for inventory, hoping to replicate a system in place at Prada's New York Epicenter store. Sales personnel there can search inventory without leaving clients, thanks to RFID tags. Next year Prada hopes to roll out RFID in its new Beverly Hills store...
...financial things. I think it will grow very fast. You know we [Jil Sander] went public in 1989. So I was used to the planning, used to putting out an annual report. The market gave us discipline as well as capital to grow. When I did the partnership with Prada, I thought I knew all I needed to know. But we had misunderstandings about how to move forward...