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...mass customization trend--in which consumers can get anything tailor-made to their needs--has hit the skin-care market. A company called Lab21, headquartered in Stony Brook, N.Y., creates individually formulated products based on a quantitative genetic test. Customers take an at-home DNA test (by swabbing the inside of their cheek) and answer a questionnaire about the health of their skin. Lab21's SkinProfiler System then creates a custom formula to treat specific conditions--for example, acne, redness or aging. Prices range from $80 for 2.5 oz. of antioxidant fluid with SPF to $600 for a complete custom...
...produce complex structures. Take the eye. I.D. theorists say it could not have evolved bit by bit because a bit of an eye has no survival value; it would never have been passed on. Biologists see it differently. They say, for example, a primitive, light-sensing patch of skin--a forerunner of the retina--could help animals detect the shadows of predators...
...doing away with underwires and the unsightly bulges they cause. What's more, Sassybax eliminates adjustable clasps and hooks, depending instead on a stretchy, completely seam-free, nylon-and-acrylic microfiber to provide support. Result: bulges begone! Sassybax's appealing styles--which, best of all, sit comfortably against the skin--come in various lengths and skin-tone colors and are sold at Neiman Marcus stores and sassybax.com for $58 to $68. --By Desa Philadelphia
...Suppancig, the CEO of Valextra, a 67-year-old Milan-based leather-goods company once famous for catering to the likes of Maria Callas and Grace Kelly. In its heyday, Valextra had been known for filling extravagant custom orders-the Emir of Kuwait once commissioned 14 sets of hippopotamus-skin luggage. But over the past two decades, the business had declined and licensing deals had diminished the name. Enter Suppancig in 2003, a former Hugo Boss and Escada executive who immediately recognized the brand's rich heritage and set to work revitalizing Valextra as a kind of Italian Herm...
...including "boarding" treatment, or pressing the leather into a silky consistency using the palms of the hands. "This is not about logos, it's about the quality of the craftsmen," says Suppancig. And he's onto something very luxurious indeed: leather handbags sell for $670-$4,300, while exotic-skin bags range from...