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...visionary behind some of the flashiest high-tech buildings in the Ginza district (Chanel's new 10-story flagship) or along Omotesando Avenue (Louis Vuitton's 36,000-sq.-ft. monolith), but when New York City--based architect Peter Marino heads to Tokyo, he seeks out the city's more traditional--and simple--sites, including the shitamachi, or low city. "This city is a succession of villages, and in each one the atmosphere is that of a different world," he explains. One of his favorite routes is from Waseda University down to the Minowabashi station on the Arakawa tram line...
...reforms and by doing so has held on to power. This isn't a political disaster; this is a reflection of the fair and sometimes painful mechanics of democracy. Omar van den Berg Amsterdam Battling Bogus Bags Your article on counterfeit luxury merchandise [Aug. 23] never asked why Louis Vuitton or any of the other high-end manufacturers deserve to be paid $1,500 for a handbag when, as you reported, "a 12-m container filled with fake bags can turn a profit of $2 million to $4 million" at $35 per purse. Is the quality of the real designer...
Kors, 45, not only had the right experience; he was hungry. After 23 years in business, one trip to bankruptcy court and a seven-year relationship with LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, where he designed the Celine line, Kors was respected but not iconic...
While toting a $2,800 Louis Vuitton handbag through security, OPRAH WINFREY proved last week that she is still just one of us folks. The chat-show queen reported for jury duty in Chicago, telling reporters she thought she was "too opinionated" to make an attractive juror. Attorneys disagreed and selected Oprah for a murder trial. Serving for $17.20 a day, the media mogul and her fellow jurors voted to convict after deliberating for just over two hours. Now Oprah plans to tape an episode of her show about the experience, which she called a "huge reality check." Judges...
Your article on counterfeit luxury merchandise, "The Purse-Party Blues" [Aug. 2], never asked why Louis Vuitton or any other high-end manufacturer deserves to be paid $1,500 for a handbag when, as you reported, "a 40-ft. container filled with fake bags can turn a profit of $2 million to $4 million" at $35 a purse. Is the quality of the real designer bag truly worth so much more? Perhaps not, since the president of the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition maintains that "the machines that companies use as legitimate manufacturers are also available to the bad guys...