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...years ago, the Strokes dropped their debut Is This It: a bomb that was to send ripples of 70s-era distortion throughout the music industry, covering every rock band from SoCal to Soho with an inch-thick layer of fuzz. Rock, which had died for an unprecedented nineteenth time, was to be resurrected again—at least for a few more market cycles. But Is This It barely went gold and produced no more than one hit single. Meanwhile, the guitar-mashing Vines, energetic Hives and Detroit city rockers the White Stripes were garnering iconic status in the media...
Zandl is president of the Zandl Group, a small, boutiquey trend-analysis shop based in Manhattan's beyond-hip SoHo. She speaks with an elusive, unplaceable accent. She was born in Germany and raised in Australia, the world's least and most cool countries, respectively. After Zandl's family moved to Australia, she learned English before her parents did, and she grew up having to interpret for them, teaching them how to fit in, underlining articles in the newspaper for them to read so they could stay au courant. It was good preparation for her unconventional career. "There's that...
...year-old Parsons grad from Weston, Conn., come up with a plan to transform functional bucket bags into sexy totes with names like the Slim Soho? He had pretty good training: five years at Ralph Lauren in design and then another three at Tommy Hilfiger, where he eventually became chief marketing officer...
...redesigned all the Coach stores. "The first two years were kind of rocky," he admits. "I had no idea what I was getting into when I started." Now Krakoff has hit his stride, specifically with a series of best-selling handbags, including the Hampton tote and, more recently, the Soho duffel and the Slim duffel, which sold 50,000 units last year. His latest creation, the Slim Soho, is projected to sell 100,000 units this fall at $188 each...
...wouldn't want to stay at a hotel where the smallest room is called the Playpen? Just ask Nicole Kidman, Jude Law or Adrien Brody, all of whom frequent Soho House, New York City's members-only hotel. Given its huge, funky rooms designed by onetime British Elle Decoration editor Ilse Crawford and unique services such as child care on weekends and private movie screenings, it's no surprise the hotel has starred in a Sex and the City episode. If the reported 500-plus waitlist is a turnoff, no need to leave the neighborhood: Eric Goode and Sean MacPherson...