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...only entrepeneur trying to change the world one purse at a time. Working with the U.N. World Food Program (WFP), Presidential niece and model Lauren Bush has designed the FEED Bag - a stylish but sturdy tote bag made of brown sacking and white canvas. The proceeds from the $60 bag go to the WFP, which provided a staggering 16 million children worldwide with school meals in 2006 as part of their efforts to feed the 300 million children around the world that suffer chronic hunger. And Intuition (www.shopintuiton.com) has launched the Market Bag to help educate children in need...
...last week he bestowed upon me a pair of designer jeans for no apparent reason. For the record though, I decided to write about Sarkar before any premium denim changed hands. At any rate, the jeans gifting is illustrative: Shayak Sarkar is the kind of guy who performs stylish acts of kindness—the kind of acts that don’t just make you feel better; they make you feel better about yourself. What’s ironic is that you really shouldn’t feel good about yourself when you’re around Sarkar...
Wedding dresses were the last thing on Aberra's mind until her future husband proposed, she made her own gown, and that casually placed ad revealed that there were other brides searching for a more stylish look. For three years she operated a custom business out of her Manhattan loft--considering it mainly a hobby until department stores like Saks Fifth Avenue and Bergdorf Goodman came calling. Her business now includes her signature line; a more romantic label, Christos, which she acquired five years ago; and the traditional Kenneth Pool, which she bought two years ago and has entrusted...
...Comparisons could be made with José Feliciano, the Puerto Rican singer-guitarist who had 1960s hits with stylish remakes of songs like California Dreamin' and Light My Fire. But Ponnudorai is better. His ability to dice songs up, look into their hearts and perceive the common veins connecting every genre has won the attention of top international players who go to Singapore on tour. Harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans, drummer Billy Cobham, guitarist Tommy Emmanuel and vocalist Bobby McFerrin have all been in the audience. In 2002, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis showed up at a performance and was so taken...
...Hamer Center for Community Design at Pennsylvania State University and co-author of the new book Unbuilding: Salvaging the Architectural Treasures of Unwanted Houses, to launch a home rebuilding program in East Biloxi and Pearlington, Mississippi, that will use recycled yellow pine, heart pine and cypress to create stylish, middle-income houses. Once Palleroni's recycled furniture finds a home in those and other rebuilt homes, then maybe the only waste left will be those ugly FEMA trailers...