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...night with Ben Affleck or a most-requested video, but for plenty of J. Lo wannabes, zipping on one of the star's $130 velour track suits is as close as they get to wearing celebrity skin. After a bumpy start in 2001, Jennifer Lopez's flirty, teen-oriented clothing line rebounded last year, topping $65 million in sales. Now her perfume, GLOW by J. Lo, is the best-selling fragrance at Macy's. Lopez wasn't the first music star to lure her fans to retail--her ex-boyfriend, hip-hop artist and producer P. Diddy, is behind...
...sold out there might now be Rykiel stores in all the major capitals. But going it alone suits the woman who opened her first shop to indulge a hobby. Now, she's known around the world for her exceptional knitwear and detailing. Rykiel uses stripes, rhinestones, even velour, to create her style. While never intending to make such a mark, she's thrilled to be still in business - and influential - today. "I'm more enthusiastic now because I know what I'm doing," she says. "I know what kind of woman I dress." Meanwhile copies of her earliest creations...
...sneakers (Gazelles, Shell-Toes, One Stars) remember that we can thank the B-Boys in large part for this wonderful fashion trend. There's some new magazine that has a picture of Mike D standing in front of an old sports car wearing suede Pumas and a gorgeous red velour Lacoste shirt! I could just...
Looking rather haute lounge act in black ribbed velour leggings, suede boots and a bolero jacket, Davis is of course nothing at all like either of the demure, well-behaved Nixon girls. Her days as a drug-using dater of '70s rock personalities are detailed in her autobiography, The Way I See It, a book that also devotes a good deal of print to depicting Nancy as a violent harridan...
...over a winning formula, and store racks are groaning with DKNY wannabes. "I call our rivals the Pac-Men," says DKNY's president, Denise Seegal. "They're all coming after us." This fall saw the launch of Company, a division of Ellen Tracy, whose best sellers include $145 velour tunics and $255 stirrup pants, and of Anne Klein's A Line, which sold a passel of Lycra-blend stretch pants ($215) and double-breasted blazers...