Word: veneta
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...SHOES English shoemaker Barker Black is trotting Stateside. Its premiere is an ode to old British lancers, bearing the regiment's skull-and-crossbones logo. Bottega Veneta uses leather as canvas this season, perforating cotton-lined featherweight capretto lace-ups. Inspired by Andy Warhol's loafers, Paris bootmaker Berluti has patched and darned its new line...
...influence didn't show up elsewhere, but the pared-down styles did. At Fendi, Karl Lagerfeld sent out crisp white eyelet skirts and polka-dot blouses as a backdrop to Silvia Venturini Fendi's standout handbags - now in funky combinations of straw, plastic, canvas and patent leather. At Bottega Veneta, designer Tomas Maier paired sterling silver?ornamented velvet handbags with simple dresses in dusty shades of khaki and stone.And Miuccia Prada made a strong case for the new simplicity with her plain-Jane, drop-waisted dresses in a palette of chalk, gray and blush pink. Her models walked the runway...
...July, so optimists are hoping that current president, Luxembourg, can craft a workable compromise before then. Don't hold your breath. Cross-Border Bank Raid Italian banks are suddenly under assault from European rivals. ABN Amro of the Netherlands is expected to announce a bid for Banca Antoniana Popolare Veneta, Italy's ninth-largest bank, as early as this week. That follows this month's €6.5 billion bid by Spain's Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria for the 85% of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro it doesn't already own. The moves amount to an earthquake for Italian banks, which...
...High-end designers are chasing the booming children's-wear and children's-furniture markets with ever more stylish fare. Already companies like Bottega Veneta, Tod's and D&G have been creating apparel and leather goods for tots, and J. Crew is entering the field with tiny Argyle cardigans. In response to increasing demand for baby furniture that "flows with the rest of the house," the home-furnishings website Nurseryworks has commissioned midcentury modern-style cribs, above, changing tables and rocking chairs from California-based designers Glenn Lawson and Grant Fenning of Lawson-Fenning, as well as graphic bedding...
High-end designers are chasing the booming children's-wear and children's-furniture markets with ever more stylish fare. Already companies like Bottega Veneta, Tod's and D&G have been creating apparel and leather goods for tots, and J. Crew is entering the field with tiny Argyle cardigans. In response to increasing demand for baby furniture that "flows with the rest of the house," the home-furnishings website Nurseryworks has commissioned midcentury modern--style cribs, above, changing tables and rocking chairs from California-based designers Glenn Lawson and Grant Fenning of Lawson-Fenning, as well as graphic bedding...