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Haute-couture week used to be fashion's time-out. The pace was leisurely, leaving lots of opportunities for the ladies who lunch to get plenty to eat. The clothes were elegant, the kind of things one wears to the Paris Ritz, darling. The salons were small and intimate, the better to see the craftsmanship. But the gradual rotation of the old guard (out last season, Yves Saint Laurent; out this season, Oscar de la Renta at the house of Pierre Balmain) to the new (first John Galliano at Christian Dior, most recently Julien Macdonald at Givenchy) has transformed...
...generations later from his 20s Gershwin show "Funny Face" ("My One and Only" in the 80s). And on the low end, in the 1974 "Young Frankenstein," Mel Brooks duded up his monster (Peter Boyle) in top hat, white tie and tails to sing an Astaire favorite, "Puttin' on the Ritz...
...Does anyone want to get into the ring, intellectually speaking, with Laila Ali, daughter of Muhammed Ali? In June, her self-help book, "Reach! Finding Strength, Spirit, and Personal Power," written with coauthor David Ritz, will be published by Hyperion. Laila now boasts an undefeated 10-0 boxing record. Personally, Galley Girl prefers shopping to allowing others to punch her in the face, but hey - whatever turns...
...Harvard, where she graduated magna cum laude in East Asian Studies. As the former Cabot House resident—she loved the Quad, by the way—lounges in a spacious conference room on the second floor of the luxurious Ritz Carlton Boston Common, she chats casually about her latest film, Triumph of Love, while reflecting on her unconventional career path. All students with starry visions in their eyes, take notice. Mira Sorvino is living proof that the path of a bonafide Hollywood star can indeed go through Harvard...
...show, the Glimchers asked their friends to host the artists who were being shown. Occasionally, however, they would splurge on a “judicious” risk—to tempt the famed sculptress Louise Nevelson into showing with them in Boston, they put her up in the Ritz...