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...something is stirring here in provincial Russia, a three-hour drive from Moscow. The potholes on Lenin Street are as treacherous as ever, but over the past couple of years the dreary Soviet-era stores that once lined it have been snapped up and remodeled. Waitresses in red tartan aprons now dish out edible pizza for $1 a slice at Tashir's shiny new restaurant, which also offers wireless Internet access. Nearby are a sushi bar, a kitchen-design store, a café that bears a passing resemblance to Starbucks, a bright yellow mobile-phone kiosk that's open 24 hours...
...What electrifies this artistic forest is the use of rarrk. This distinctive cross-hatching is tartan for the Kuninjku clan. It varies from the rougher markings of former rock painter Lofty Bardayal Nadjamerrek to the increasingly refined rarrk of Mawurndjul, who paints shimmering spiderwebs of yellow, black and red. The technique began with Yirawala (1903-1976), who in the '60s first transposed men's ceremonial body designs to bark. The elaborate cross-hatching also relates to the weaving of the giant barramundi fish traps, mandjabu...
...Westwood has earned her place among the most influential designers of her generation. Colleagues like Christian Lacroix and John Galliano have 'fessed up to her influence. And at the European fall 2004 shows in Paris in March, designers like Marc Jacobs at Louis Vuitton referenced Westwood with platform shoes, tartan kilts and velvet details. This Thursday the Westwood homage will be official when London's Victoria & Albert Museum honors the designer with a sweeping retrospective of her work. The 15-week exhibit, the largest the V&A has ever devoted to a British designer, features more than 150 of Westwood...
...What happens when a respected brand falls in with the wrong crowd? In the case of British luxury-goods label Burberry, it gets shown the door. Recently, bands of soccer hooligans have adopted the firm's trademark beige plaid as an informal uniform. Some establishments assume anyone wearing the tartan has a checkered past...
...leading auction house. He dresses down in Brooks Brothers pressed chinos and nautical-colored, argyle-knit V-neck sweaters. When decked out for a night at Boston’s swankiest cigar bar, armed with a brandy snifter, he prefers his eggshell button-down Oxford and tastefully tartan tie from J. Press. One day, his American Government degree will land him a stint in London negotiating real estate deals, a yacht named after his childhood golden retriever Sebastian and a wife as well versed in Don DeLillo and Michael Ondaatje as she is in Neiman Marcus heritage homewares for their...