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...perhaps not surprising then that control was the issue at the heart of the decision last week by Ford and his business partner, Domenico De Sole, to leave Gucci. It was what the duo had been fighting to maintain for the past year as they negotiated the terms of their contracts with Serge Weinberg, the low-key but firm chief executive of PPR. The pair's departure, if inevitable, was still the most cataclysmic thing to happen to the fashion world since Gianni Versace's murder in 1997. It rocked the luxury-goods business from Madison Avenue to the Place...
...with subsidiaries that include such brands as Yves Saint Laurent (YSL), Stella McCartney and Alexander McQueen. With his eye for louche glamour and his movie-star image, Ford, 42, redefined luxury, giving it a sexy, provocative edge. For most of the '90s it seemed as if he and De Sole could do no wrong. Ford had an unerring eye for reinterpreting what the public wanted; De Sole's managerial acumen made Gucci into a model of luxury expansion. Their departure from the scene, insiders fear, may mark the precise moment when that sizzle sputtered out of fashion...
...it’s not fair to the fans. To a lot of us college football is life. We’ve followed our favorite teams for years. We’ve seen the screaming fans in the stadium, with their faces painted and their chests marked, holding that sole index finger in the air—the universal sign of being No. 1. But at Harvard, in the Ivy League, something’s missing. We show up from time to time to hallowed Harvard Stadium, encouraging our team with raised voice, cautiously applying our facial paint, and putting...
...wait to return to Mistral. And when I make good on my Harvard education—and marry a Beacon Hill-based heiress—I’ll consider doing just that. In the meantime, though, I’ll be dining off the memory of that sole for quite some time. Well, it beats Terra Chips...
Well, they did. And now Fitzpatrick is likely out again, and Harvard is praying that Penn loses to keep its shot at sole possession of the Ivy title alive...