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...Chou and Stroll cashed out their holdings in Hilfiger and a year later relinquished their co-chairman titles in order to branch out and invest in other brands. They had already bought the British luxury-goods firms Asprey and Garrard in 2000, and after unsuccessful runs at Valentino, Brooks Brothers and Calvin Klein, the partners went after Kors...
...farewell Gucci collection, Tom Ford spiffed up the international playboy look with loafers, ascots and a new "twinset"--a V-neck sweater worn over a turtleneck. Valentino featured Argyle sweaters worn with debonair velvet trousers. Accessories for the after-5 gin-and-tonic set include pocket squares, cuff links and tie bars. And don't leave home without a classic blazer, acceptable dress code at any country club...
...slowing down, and neither is Saint Pierre. French luxury powerhouses like Christian Dior and Givenchy have had to develop succession plans as their designers have retired. Iconic Italian houses will probably be next, says Saint Pierre, marveling at who could fill the shoes of, say, Giorgio Armani or Valentino. And, she adds, "for sure within a decade the major U.S. designers will face the same challenge." No doubt they will know where to reach her. --By Kate Novack
...very heartfelt way." So do many theater-goers, who've become hooked on his trademark touches: classic stories boldly re-imagined, with plenty of movie references, strong veins of visual humour (in Nutcracker, now playing in Sadler's Wells, the dancing cream cake is hilariously reinvented as Rudolf Valentino), a touching sense of vulnerability (the same show has Clara in a frightening Victorian orphanage) and plenty of sex (2000's The Car Man had some very steamy things happening on car bonnets). Those qualities have made Bourne, 43, that rarest of things, a choreographer whose name sells tickets. Witness...
...younger generation of funeral directors is particularly eager to try out fresh ideas. When Tyler Cassity, 33, took over a 64-acre Los Angeles cemetery that is the resting ground of silent-film star Rudolph Valentino and mobster Bugsy Siegel, it had crumbled into disrepair. Now the site, renamed Hollywood Forever, is known for producing short documentaries about the deceased. In the on-site theater mourners can view the film in "kind of a premiere," says Cassity. The films are also made available on the Internet and as DVD keepsakes. "We live in a culture here in L.A. that believes...