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Bottega Veneta "The 1970s was the last time we saw logomania," says Tom Ford. "It was all about Gucci and Louis Vuitton and initials, initials, initials, and Gloria Vanderbilt jeans." Into this frenzied atmosphere Italian leather company Bottega Veneta was launched. Its smash hit was a bag of woven leather - a look inspired by woven baskets. There was no logo and the ads said it all: "When your own initials are enough." The first boutique opened in 1974 on Manhattan's Upper East Side. In 1980 when Lauren Hutton starred as a rich New York housewife in American Gigolo...
...WIRED FASHION Clever Clothes Last week Parisian designer Elisabeth de Senneville showed off the first jackets to have protection against cell phone radiation woven in. Costumes that change color in response to alterations in temperature, thanks to microencapsulated pigment, have been on sale at her shop (see www.e2senneville.com) for a year. If you'd like window blinds that are gray when it rains but blue when the sun comes out, rush to Paris' famous La Samaritaine department store. De Senneville also designs garments with optical fiber trim that glows in the dark courtesy of a concealed battery...
Gutman's novel is definitely worth reading, and is an excellent break from studying for midterms. The two facets of the plot--the mysterious murder and the description of firm life--are expertly woven together and make for a fast-paced and involving story that is difficult to put down. The references to Harvard life are interesting, well thought-out and believable, while Gutman's own experiences as an associate at the law firm Cravath add to the realism that she infuses into her book...
...final day of the census India's homeless were counted. In the narrow, crowded backstreets of old Delhi the enumerators spread out in pairs to wake up those asleep and take down the details of their lives. The man who ran an open-air "hostel"?some two dozen charpoys (woven twine and wooden beds) parked illegally on the pavement behind the city's great mosque?threatened the census clerks with a "good thrashing" if they didn't leave. "We find this all the time," one clerk sighed. "People think we are government spies. They still suspect us even when...
Yoga allows kids a much needed time out. Near the end of Chandler's class in a Chicago suburb, eight students adopt shavasana (literally "corpse pose"). Covered in woven blankets, they lie on their backs with their eyes closed while the CD Tao of Healing plays in the background. "Envision a cloud floating down next to you," says their teacher Ilene Sang. "Envision a place that brings you happiness. It might be a zoo, a garden or a beach. Go on a journey, and I'll tell you when to come back." Within 10 minutes, three students are sound asleep...