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...third floor of a stunt training center in Bangkok, Jaa bobs on the mat like a gymnast lining up a run to the vaulting horse. At the end of the room, a crew member holds aloft a cushion that stands in for a human head. Jaa hurtles down the runway, launches himself like a missile, flips in midair and brings his right foot crashing down on the cushion. The kick sends the cushion?and the unfortunate guy holding it?flying across the room. Jaa lands on his feet and smiles...
...swarming into the Carrousel du Louvre, where Nicole Kidman sat with her favorite director, Baz Luhrmann. They had come to promote the Chanel No. 5 commercial they had made together, which will debut in theaters and on TV before Christmas. As a tribute to the Chanel-Hollywood hookup, the runway was covered in--big surprise--a red carpet. At either end, banks of paparazzi strained to snap a precious photo of the star, seated in the front row in a black couture jacket, a white satin scarf tied coyly around her neck...
...than ever, designers in Milan and Paris woke up and smelled the café au lait. Dior's star designer John Galliano created a standout show, which featured a parade of eminently buyable sculpted jackets (a big hit in the spring collections), boxy handbags and jeweled platform shoes. Galliano's runway, for once, was more about clothes than theater...
...could match Chanel. In addition to hosting Mme. Kidman, Lagerfeld overloaded the runway with 99 models, including vintage strutters Naomi, Linda, Shalom and Amber. Each sported some rendition of the house's iconic tweed jacket, now cut in soft pastel colors, or a whiff of an evening dress in beaded chiffon. Nobody knows better than Lagerfeld that fashion is not about art but about selling clothes. Indeed, it may cost the house of Chanel millions of dollars to pull off the whole Kidman campaign. But why pinch pennies? At a trunk show at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City last...
...look of Native American--inspired jewelryespecially turquoise belts, earrings and chokers, leftfirst returned to fashion on Ralph Lauren's fall 2004 runway. Now designers like Michael Kors are picking up on the trend and using the colorful stone to adorn everything from pendants to stiletto sandals. On Oct. 30, the American Museum of Natural History in New York City will exhibit more than 500 pieces of contemporary and historic Native American jewelry and artifacts in "Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest...