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...RUNWAYS as diverse as Bottega Veneta and Marc Jacobs, this earthy antidote to spring's barely-there nude palette also turns up on cosmetics counters in Chanel's Safari eyeshadow and on must-have accessories like Versace's '80s-inspired spike-heeled patent pumps and Kara Ross's smoky topaz cuff. According to Thom Filicia, interior designer of Queer Eye fame, mushroom's popularity both on the runway and in the home can be attributed to our collective obsession with all things organic: "Consumers' fashion choices are being influenced by the popular natural-and-organic trend...
...them for your whole life,” he said. “The design studio is hand-to-hand combat basically. You got to know him very quickly...he was a great, big, lanky Polish bird, flapping and demonstrative.”In 2002, Soltan was awarded the Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education, which is given annually by the American Institute of Architects and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.The jury’s statement described Soltan as “the personification” of the award.“Possessing the rare ability...
...partner, Giancarlo Giametti, had renewed their contracts with their owners - the Italian textile group Marzotto - after rumors last season that the Roman couturier would soon retire. Last week, Valentino showed no sign of quitting anytime soon, as he showed an ever-rich collection of velvet suits beaded in jet, topaz and crystal, and point d'esprit gowns in solemn black or graphic black-and-white. Even with the newcomers in Paris this season, it was the old guard who triumphed in their sobriety and skill...
...they had disappeared from auto showrooms. Now the Ford Motor Co. is trying an American air-bag comeback. Last week the carmaker said it will carry driver-side air bags as an $815 extra on four-door models of the 1986 Ford Tempo and Mercury Topaz...
Last year Ford offered air bags as an option to volume buyers like companies and the Federal Government. It sold 7,400 air-bag-equipped Topaz cars during the 1985 model year, out of total sales of 377,555. Although air bags do little good when a driver gets sideswiped, they have already helped prevent serious injuries, and possibly deaths, in head-on collisions. On a wet Connecticut road, the car of one Traveler's Insurance employee skidded into a truck carrying propane gas, but she walked away with minor bruises...