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...compressed automobiles, Claes Oldenburg's Store with its huge floppy pie and ice-cream cone, the aluminum-foil recreation of Andy Warhol's Factory - signals that this is a show to be experienced rather than just observed. Similarly, the inclusion of consumer products - from Yves Saint Laurent's Mondrian dress to plastic radio bracelets and Star Trek-like chairs - turns the exhibit into an exercise in pop-cultural archaeology, akin to opening a time capsule or poking around your mother's attic. The greatest irony, as this show demonstrates, is that an era whose credo was "forever young" now belongs...
...Yves Saint Laurent Like many of the developing fashion stars of tomorrow, Yves Saint Laurent came to fame by designing for somebody else. He had been at Christian Dior for only two years when the legendary founder died of a heart attack. The reins were quickly passed to Saint Laurent, 21. His first collection for Dior stuck closely to the house's legacy - and was a smash success. "Saint Laurent has saved France!" read the papers the following day. But with his next collections he strayed further from the Dior traditions, to the consternation of many - especially the house...
...That's hard to do when you're designing 14 collections a year." In the plans is his own haute couture collection, to be shown in Paris; and a new store concept that will debut in Milan. Gucci has given him the space currently occupied by the Yves Saint Laurent store. "The company behind you should be solely interested in what you're doing," says McQueen. "Gucci Group is a fashion-based group. It's not investing in everything including the kitchen sink...
Botterill comes from a family with deep hockey roots. Her mother is a former Olympic speedskater and her father is a noted sports psychologist. Her brother Jason won the 1996 national title with Michigan and is currently playing for the Saint John Flames...
...least 15 people drowned and 20 more were missing after a 12-m motorized wooden boat smashed against rocks and broke apart 11 km from the Caribbean island of Saint Martin. The victims were believed to be illegal migrants from the Dominican Republic. Two survivors, rescued by a fishing boat, told how the Esperanza foundered after it was hit by a huge wave...