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...three years' experience working for fashion designer Stephen DiGeronimo, Lange rented a room above a New York City restaurant and began peddling trimly cut $200 stretch-cotton shirts and $400 cashmere twin sets. Despite predictions that mothers-to-be would never spend so much for separates with a limited shelf life, orders poured in. "All the stores I approached said, 'No--there's no market for high-end maternity.' I couldn't stop thinking that if I could just show these clothes directly to my customer without a middleman, she would get it." The female intuition paid off. Today...
Down in Australia, Donna Hay's aesthetic is the opposite of defiantly shabby. The world of her books, including Off the Shelf and Modern Classics, and of an eponymous magazine--which has achieved cult status among U.S. foodies despite being so out of season with the northern hemisphere--is more minimal than Martha's. But any hint of unpalatable perfection is punctured by the Aussie herself, whose longtime companion, Bill Wilson, is the local butcher...
...hours, by phone, by fax or online - no need to show up in person. Unlike some other offshore centers that require at least two people to form a corporation, only one is needed here. And for a fee, anonymity is assured. "We have a large database of shelf corporations available so that you can establish a history for your company," touts an ad for one service firm on the territory. Is it the Cayman Islands? Monaco? The Bahamas? No, it's the U.S. state of Delaware, and the services offered there are entirely legal. No wonder success is so elusive...
...South Africa is home to many of the world's affordable (and justly popular) white wines, but the nation's winemakers are now denouncing a minority accused of lacing sauvignon blanc with high levels of pyrazine-a preservative that makes wine last longer on the shelf, but may not be to everyone's taste. Johannesburg wine expert Michael Fridjohn recently published two articles drawing attention to the practice, prompting either concern or outraged denial from the country's industry players. "Reactions from the wine trade were mixed, to say the least," says the crusading critic...
...South Africa is home to many of the world's affordable (and justly popular) white wines, but the nation's winemakers are now denouncing a minority accused of lacing sauvignon blanc with high levels of pyrazine-a preservative that makes wine last longer on the shelf, but may not be to everyone's taste. Johannesburg wine expert Michael Fridjohn recently published two articles drawing attention to the practice, prompting either concern or outraged denial from the country's industry players. "Reactions from the wine trade were mixed, to say the least," says the crusading critic...