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...Milanese rivalry--one that goes back to the early days of Italian ready-to-wear when Giorgio Armani stood on one side of the fashion ring with his sleek, pared-down pantsuits and Gianni Versace fought back with high-octane glamour and glitz. More recently, in the late '90s, Tom Ford played Gucci against the artsier Prada label with the kind of slick vulgarity that made him a fashion champion...
...play. It may not be a look for everyone, but the kitschy '80s miniskirts and slinky jersey gowns seem to appeal to the Gucci customer. Gucci Group president Robert Polet, upbeat before the show, said that the house's current success is a result of the group's post--Tom Ford strategy, laid out a year and a half ago, which called for a doubling of the group's sales to $4 billion over the next five years. "We're firing on all cylinders," Polet said...
...that in the longer term, the city must have more--namely storm protection sufficient to resist a Category 5 storm. (Katrina was at most a Category 4 when it hit land.) "We have got to feel confident the city is safe from floods, or businesses won't return," says Tom Oreck, head of a New Orleans vacuum-manufacturing company and a member of the Business Council of New Orleans and the River Region...
...Milanese rivalry - one that goes back to the early days of Italian ready-to-wear when Giorgio Armani stood on one side of the fashion ring with his sleek, pared-down pantsuits and Gianni Versace fought back with high-octane glamour and glitz. More recently, in the late '90s, Tom Ford played Gucci against the more artsy Prada label with the kind of slick vulgarity that made him a fashion champion. This season there were new players at both Gucci and Jil Sander. In her second season at Gucci, creative director Frida Giannini embraced Ford's sexy legacy with...
...Tom Jones gets 105,” he commented while picking up a shiny brassiere, “I got seven...