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...Coach, the name behind the bag, not on it, is becoming more and more familiar to shoppers. The most recent addition to this crowd is burgeoning American fashion star Derek Lam, who in December signed on to become the first creative director of luxury Italian leather-goods brand Tod's. His job? To put a fresh, modern spin on the Tod's signatures and up the ante with ready-to-wear. For fall, Lam has seized the brand's signature driving shoe and revamped it in a sleeker design in stylish jewel-tone satins. Coinciding with Lam's first season...
...good. Odd and rare is really good," says Tod Bohannon, who operates murderauction.com out of his Georgia home. But Bohannon, who describes his passion for prison memorabilia as a "hobby," is concerned that a proposed federal law could shut him down. The bill, filed in late May by Republican Senator John Cornyn, takes aim at the trade by forbidding prisoners from using the U.S. Postal Service to deliver or receive items for profit. The bill has been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee, where it is likely to face criticism from civil-liberties groups and support from victims' rights advocates...
Like a lot of people who support marijuana use, psychiatrist Tod Mikuriya had detractors. (His work was called "the Cheech and Chong show" by Bill Clinton's drug czar, General Barry McCaffrey.) The longtime Republican believed in the therapeutic effects of the drug on more than 200 ailments and in 1996 saw a bill he crafted, Proposition 215, pass in California, legalizing the use of pot for the seriously ill. The "grandfather" of the medicinal-marijuana movement said his fight to "restore cannabis" stemmed from a backlash against its medical use following the late-'30s film Reefer Madness...
...like Delman and Azzedine Alaļa. And while the traditional quilted suede and toe bows are as popular as ever, embellished adaptations are gaining traction. London Sole, a celebrity favorite, stocks in excess of 400 options, using fanciful materials like glitter and faux snakeskin. New classics include versions from Tod's with rubber soles and an elasticized edge, as well as Tory Burch, whose popular Reva style has generated wait lists of up to 200 people...
Taking a Shine This page: Dolce & Gabbana wedge ($850, dolcegabbana.it). Opposite page: Tod's D Bag Novita ($1,395, 800-457-TODS); Emporio Armani Bowling bag ($650, emporioarmani.com) Styled by Thom Driver for Halley Resources...