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...Vincent Price) creating a simulacrum of a young man (Johnny Depp) in his laboratory. He gives the boy scissors for hands until he can finish his work but dies before attaching the new hands. The boy lives a lonely life in the castle until he is discovered by an Avon lady (Dianne West), who takes him home to the pastel-colored suburbia below. The boy, dubbed Edward Scissorhands, tries to fit in this retro-'50s environment and falls for a the Avon lady's daugher, a local cheerleader (Winona Ryder). Adhering to the fairy tale style, true happiness...

Author: By Jason F. Clarke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Weird, Weird World: A Burton Backtrack | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

ANDREA JUNG Knock on doors, knock down barriers; new Avon boss is top Asian-American bizwoman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Nov. 15, 1999 | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...Foster: Avon Lady...

Author: By Alicia A. Carrasquillo, Sarah L. Gore, and Samuel Hornblower, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Professor Fun Facts | 11/4/1999 | See Source »

...time is slim, the day spa's the thing. Demand for quick-shot pampering has driven up the number of such spas from 30 in 1989 to 1,600 this year, according to Spa Finders magazine. But it's not just about full-service emporiums like Avon. Barbers are rubbing backs, department stores are doing aromatherapy, and gyms are packing mud. There are spa-mobiles that bring the cosseting to your home, and special "teen" packages for your kids. "The business is going nuts," says Peggy Wynne Borgman, a Saratoga, Calif., spa owner and consultant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Day at the Spa | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...trouble with such high-end spas is that Eve might have a better chance of getting back into Eden than you do of getting an appointment for next week. There's a two-month wait for a signature rubdown at Houston's tony Brea spa. Eliza Petrescu, Avon's eyebrow-waxing czarina, whose customers include celebrities like Natasha Richardson, says her next open 10-min. appointment is not until March 2000. Ann Marie Gardner, beauty director and spa reviewer for the fashionista bible W, gripes, "I had my whole office calling. We couldn't get in anywhere on three days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Day at the Spa | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

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