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...tall, quiet man sitting across from me in the diner has several names. These days he goes by Valentino Achak Deng, but in the African refugee camps he grew up in he was called Gone Far, for the hundreds of miles he walked when he fled the violence of Sudan's civil war. One girl nicknamed him Sleeper, for the time he was so exhausted he lay down in the middle of the road and tried to die. The other guy sitting across from me, next to Valentino/Gone Far/Sleeper, has just one name: Dave Eggers...
Dave Eggers grew up in Illinois, and Valentino Achak Deng grew up in southern Sudan, but they have something in common: they both, in different ways, lost their parents. Eggers wrote about his parents' death from cancer in his celebrated memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Deng was separated from his father and mother during the civil war that overtook Sudan when he was a child. He became one of Sudan's Lost Boys, a group of refugee children who trekked hundreds of miles overland in search of safety. He did not see his parents again for 17 years...
...Valentino chose Mafatlal, besides the fact that she makes a great model for the clothes, it was clear she had the drive and the business smarts, says Valentino CEO Michele Norsa. (She has since become CEO of Ferragamo.) What also helped cement the deal was Norsa's deep knowledge of India, not just from a business standpoint but also from the position of a real love of the country, which he had first visited on vacation in 1977. As soon as she found that out, Mafatlal knew her dream could work...
...going down. Private-equity players like Apax Partners are snapping up such brands as Tommy Hilfiger; giant manufacturers like Samsonite are investing in small leather-goods businesses such as Lambertson Truex. Department stores like Italy's La Rinascente are swallowing Printemps, its competition in France. And established names like Valentino are diving into such emerging markets as India. Last month the Gucci Group was rumored to be eyeing the London-based Alice Temperley label. Next thing you know, parent company PPR will be purchasing Italian jeweler Bulgari. Beauty conglomerates like Estée Lauder and L'Oréal are once again...
...Gehry Torque yellow gold ring (Tiffany & Co., 800-526-0649); David Yurman Albion black onyx and diamond ring davidyurman.com) Cartier Panther yellow gold and black lacquer ring cartier.com) Opposite page, clockwise from top left: Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière leather hard-case wristlet (Barneys New York, 212-826-8900); Valentino satin-embellished sandals (Valentino, 800-997-0140); La D de Dior gold watch with sun-brushed dial, crocodile strap and diamond bezel dior.com