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...while the sexiest figure poultry purveyors bring to mind is Colonel Sanders, magazine editors are embodied on screen (see Annette Bening, Candice Bergen, Vanessa Williams and, in the upcoming Shopaholic, Kristen Scott Thomas). And who can forget Meryl Streep's portrayal of a Wintoury editor in The Devil Wears Prada (whose character, by the way, managed to avert a managerial coup)? (See the best magazine covers...
...things here which you cannot get in Oslo and they are cheaper," she says. In its first three weeks, Westfield attracted 2 million visitors with its mix of haute couture and mass-market outlets, but on this particular midweek afternoon business is visibly slow, with security guards in Prada's Miu Miu store outnumbering customers by two to one and sales assistants outnumbering security guards by the same margin. The neighboring Rigby & Peller shop, offering the classic lingerie styles reputed to find favor with the Queen alongside racier, French maid-themed numbers, is also deserted, but two perky salesgirls claim...
TORONTO While browsing Bloor Street, sartorialists snap up Prada's Saffiano...
...Miuccia Prada planted the seeds in her spring 2007 collection, sending down the runway two satin dresses the moody purple-blue of Van Gogh's irises. Since then, fellow designers Marc Jacobs and Zac Posen have filled their lines with shades of it. Nike, the Gap and even Cadillac are sporting its finery. And Michelle Obama certainly got the memo. She wore it to her husband's nomination ceremony and final debate and on Larry King Live--as did, come to think of it, Mr. King...
...That's little consolation to Ümit Boyner. The Boyner family's retailing business includes many of the world's top brands, from high-end names such as Prada and Bottega Veneta to more affordable ones like Benetton. Along with their competitors, the Boyners have been on a roll. New shopping malls have sprung up across the country, especially in Istanbul, where some of the most recent examples were deliberately aimed at upscale, upwardly mobile clients. The Boyners have fully participated in this boom; for luxury goods alone, they doubled their retail space over the past two years...