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...drama 300 triumphed at the box office last weekend. Director Zack Snyder's adaptation of the graphic novel by Frank Miller (Sin City) pulled in $70.9 million, the highest domestic gross for a movie released in March, and third best for an R-rated film. Since sword-and-sandal epics tend to do much bigger business abroad (Gladiator 59% of its theatrical take, Troy 73%), the upside for 300 is enormous...
Mirror, Mirror This page, from top: Manolo Blahnik Thymesli slingback ($565, 800-937-9146); Salvatore Ferragamo patent-leather sandal with mirrored heel ($690, 212-759-3822). Opposite page: Fendi Crossword bag ($1,440, 800-FENDI...
Were Jesus to come today and attempt to throw from their temples the modern Philistines who preach the gospel of wealth, they would most likely accuse him and his disciples of being Middle Eastern, sandal-wearing, gay hippie terrorists out to undermine the American way of life...
...Bonito, Italy. The 11th of 14 children, Ferragamo had always dreamed of creating the perfect shoe. He traveled to Boston, where he joined his brother working at a footwear company, before hitting Hollywood in the 1920s and opening the Hollywood Boot Shop. There his cowboy boots and Roman sandals were often used on movie sets, and soon celebrities came calling for custom orders. But it wasn't until 1936, when the use of leather and steel was restricted in Italy, that genius really struck. Desperate to replace the rationed materials, Ferragamo came up with the idea of filling the heels...
Heavy on the Metals This page: Bottega Veneta Fenice bag, $3,850 bottegaveneta.com) Paco Rabanne by Patrick Robinson python sandal with rope detail, $738 pacorabanne.com) Opposite page, from top: Giorgio Armani spectator shoe, $875 giorgioarmani.com) Yves Saint Laurent anthracite Muse bag, $895 ysl.com) Bottega Veneta Intrecciato sterling silver charm bracelet, $1,200 bottegaveneta.com) Story styled by Rachel Haas...