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...cartographers imitated their Arabic counterparts. One of the exhibit's showcase pieces - a hallowed marble throne from the Church of San Pietro di Castello in Venice - features a backrest that is actually a tombstone brought from Syria, still inscribed with Koranic scripture. The throne "tells a story," says curator Stefano Carboni, "of cultures in tune with each other, of mutual understandings." Venice declined as other European navigators explored and came to dominate the far greater waters of the Atlantic Ocean, but the legacy of its Eastern adventuring still dazzles and inspires. For more details, see www.museiciviciveneziani.it
...further colorful twist, the lawyer claiming to represent Strachan is an Italian named Giovanni di Stefano. The Guardian newspaper once profiled di Stefano, a personal friend of Saddam Hussein's, describing the Italian's then client roster as "a veritable rogues' gallery of the most notorious criminals of the past few decades." Di Stefano told the Daily Mail newspaper that Strachan denies asking for money for the tape but was offered money for it by the alleged victim's office. According to the Daily Mail, the lawyer said the tape shows "an assistant to a member of the royal family...
...contemporary art can bestow on fashion was one of the big creative and commercial themes at the recent runway shows in Paris and Milan. Miuccia Prada collaborated with architect Rem Koolhaas and graphic-design company 2x4 to create dizzying backdrops for her Art Nouveau-inspired prints. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana opened their show with a video of an artist painting a canvas with flowers. The models appeared in dresses of hand-painted organza. Although there was no direct collaboration, the brilliant layers of opaque color that Raf Simons created for the Jil Sander show looked like an homage...
Since Hermann's arrival, there have been more handbags and other creative successes: a chunky-heeled shoe, a cropped pant, a much copied tunic. They are all inventions of Stefano Pilati, an Italian designer whom Hermann inherited as a partner and immediately embraced...
...away from the notion that Hermann?a relentless listmaker with a family life in an exclusive Parisian suburb, a country home in Normandy and a job that has her traveling the world?just might be the target customer. "I am not the muse of YSL," she insists. "When Stefano shows me the clothes, I never say, 'I like it, I don't like it.' I say, 'I can sell it, or I can't sell...