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...same way a designer creates an haute couture gown. To cater to their needs, Anastasia Brozler, founder of London-based Creative Perfumers, has gathered 16 of the world's leading perfumers under one roof. The bespoke perfume process begins with a one-hour profiling session conducted by a stylist who asks a series of questions designed to map a customer's sensual and psychological makeup - what kind of scenery, music and textures she prefers; what sort of running water sounds she finds appealing - waterfall, gurgling brook or ocean surf. The company uses the information to match the customer with...
...least for a while, Shanon Delaney enjoyed the sweet thrill of marriage. On Valentine's Day 2001, the hair stylist, 32, and his partner wed in a civil-union ceremony. Three years later, that formal recognition made their breakup a little easier to bear. They went to family court and made it official again. Delaney kept the cats; his partner kept the car. "I call it my divorce," Delaney says. "That way everyone can understand what I went through...
...even around. In a desperate search to find shoes for a show, Bradley got the keys to her apartment from her doorman so that he could rummage through her closets. "I don't even have to be there to inspire him," she explains. Bradley met Brooks after a stylist put her in a giant Tuleh gown for a fashion-magazine shoot. Since then Brooks has increased Tuleh's visibility by wearing the clothing in the shocking number of magazine party pictures she shows up in. Why Brooks--who I'm pretty sure was never on Baywatch--appears in so many...
...says he was a slave to the Martha aesthetic until he realized that in addition to running a restaurant, he was working as the unpaid stylist of his life. The 37-year-old "cured" himself by "deconstructing the notion of the American Dream home." He and his wife, a chef, sold their home and restaurant in Michigan and moved to Maine, where Ho founded Rescue magazine. After two issues, Rescue has a circulation of 45,000, indicating that there are others like him. He says his current abode does not resemble a tear sheet from a shelter magazine...
Those in the know place her as a key contender, despite her not having that essential ingredient: her own TV show. "The next Martha? Who knows. Not impossible," says Ruth Reichl, the editor in chief of Gourmet magazine. "She's the only one who is a cook, a stylist and a businesswoman." Barbara Fairchild, the editor in chief of Bon Appetit, is equally impressed. She describes Hay as "such a down-to-earth person. She's not Martha, and I think a lot more people can identify with her. She struck me as someone who would be pretty easy...