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...High-end designers are chasing the booming children's-wear and children's-furniture markets with ever more stylish fare. Already companies like Bottega Veneta, Tod's and D&G have been creating apparel and leather goods for tots, and J. Crew is entering the field with tiny Argyle cardigans. In response to increasing demand for baby furniture that "flows with the rest of the house," the home-furnishings website Nurseryworks has commissioned midcentury modern-style cribs, above, changing tables and rocking chairs from California-based designers Glenn Lawson and Grant Fenning of Lawson-Fenning, as well as graphic bedding...
High-end designers are chasing the booming children's-wear and children's-furniture markets with ever more stylish fare. Already companies like Bottega Veneta, Tod's and D&G have been creating apparel and leather goods for tots, and J. Crew is entering the field with tiny Argyle cardigans. In response to increasing demand for baby furniture that "flows with the rest of the house," the home-furnishings website Nurseryworks has commissioned midcentury modern--style cribs, above, changing tables and rocking chairs from California-based designers Glenn Lawson and Grant Fenning of Lawson-Fenning, as well as graphic bedding...
Defining moment: Della Valle started Tod's in 1978 after spotting a photo of the Italian industrialist Gianni Agnelli wearing soft driving shoes--leading to the brainstorm that casual shoes could be chic...
Luxury quotient: In November 2000, Tod's S.p.A.--which also includes Hogan, a lower-priced line of accessories, and the sportswear brand Fay--was entered on the Milan stock exchange. But Della Valle's current triumph is his football team, Fiorentina. Maybe a line of soccer shoes is next...
...among young men who, unlike their elders, "grew up without the stigma that only gay men went shopping by themselves or with other men." For this new generation, Macko says, "it all starts with a premium denim, whether it's Levi's Premium or Seven; a great shoe, maybe Tod's; then a great shirt; then a blazer. We're doing a huge business in blazers...