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...Monday in Milan was a day for big brands. Brioni made a daring splash with a collection the designer Cristina Ortiz called "OrganiCouture." There were some interesting shapes and fabrics: oversized white leather overalls, a metallic (a big trend this week) bronze trench, and hand-stitched silver staples on seams. Ortiz is talented, it's just a question of what this house of tailoring tradition wants...
...with the Médaille de la Famille Française - the medal of the French family, founded in the '20s to express the nation's gratitude for fecundity. In France, a quartet of children might net their mother a bronze award, six or seven could snare her a silver, but only a respectable married mother of eight or more is deemed worthy of gold. Each year, honors are bestowed on several thousand large families. If the concept seems anachronistic, that's because it is. There's a revolution sweeping through Europe, one more radical than any baby boomer...
...With divorce rates skyrocketing, even in Catholic southern Europe, the urge to look for silver linings is strong. Italy, for example, has seen a leap of 71 per cent since 1994, according to the research institute Eurispes. In 2003, there were nearly half as many separations and divorces as there were marriages. Increasing numbers of children are born out of wedlock. Not too long ago, such children - and their mothers - were stigmatized. Not any more, says Grazia Francolini, a director of corporate strategy for TNT Italy, who lives in San Donato, near Milan. At age 36, her mother had married...
...clinched a play-off spot last week, to second billing. Like last year's champs, the Chicago White Sox, the Mets have been that other team in town. But this year the Sox--both the Chicago and Boston versions--have folded, increasing the possibility of a Subway Series. The silver lining for baseball fans elsewhere: two New York teams to hate...
...visitors who were less familiar than Jim Mayer, the ward had a gatekeeper, an odd little man known as Mr. Nick. Sporting silver loops in both ears and wrapping his salt-and-pepper braids into a bun behind his head, 56-year-old James Melvin Nicholas stood out in the crew-cut, uniformed staff. The breast of his white lab coat was smothered in goodwill medals given to him by VIP guests. His accent was effeminate and Mississippian. He held the lowly title of medical support technician. But from behind the nurse's station, where he worked, everyone knew...