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...Comes to a not very nice end. This kid's survival skills are about what you'd expect of a nice middle-class boy, who may have read his Thoreau, but who neglected to cultivate a Ralph Waldo Emerson he could count on for a warm bath and square meal when he really needed them. And despite the best efforts of Emile Hirsch, there's something annoying about him, too. He's too secure in his self-righteousness, too smug in his conviction that his is the only viable path to self-fulfillment. A lot of the dropouts he encounters...
...category dubbed "demi-couture" rests between ready-to-wear and couture, with jackets ringing in at upwards of $6,000. Handbags have skyrocketed over the past two years, with the exotic-skin bags of Nancy Gonzalez special standouts. Fur is also flying out of the stores, including a Chado Ralph Rucci chinchilla clearly worth mentioning. And forward fashion, believe it or not, has stepped way up. "Eight years ago, the customer thought of Prada as being fairly avant-garde. Today it's in the majority of our stores and very successful," says Stordahl, a Minnesota native who, overseeing women...
...Ralph Lauren (Rizzoli International Publications) This immense volume of personal images and professional work celebrates Ralph Lauren's prolific 40-year career...
...booming luxury-goods business in Russia has brought Evelina Khromtchenko, 35, to fashion's forefront. She's the clever editor in chief and creative director of the Russian edition of L'Officiel, a fashion magazine with 100,000 readers who can't get enough of Chanel, Dior and, lately, Ralph Lauren...
...perfect moment for Ralph Lauren," Khromtchenko crows. "Russia is changing so much now. Ten years ago, it was the era of mistresses, and now it's the era of wives. Women are looking not only for sexy clothes but also to show themselves as the owners of their world." That shift can be seen in the newfound taste for more conservative clothing from the likes of Chanel and Ralph Lauren. In her own wardrobe, Khromtchenko hoards avant-garde items from designers such as Martin Margiela and Balenciaga and classics from Dior...