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...Ruehl No. 925 is the latest brainchild of Abercrombie & Fitch chairman Michael Jeffries. Based on a fictitious story about a German leather-goods family that immigrated to America and opened a shop in New York City's Greenwich Village, the store is decorated to look like a town house with a brick facade, a wrought-iron fence and antiqued windows. Inside, antique books (all for sale) and a long gallery filled with art convey an artistic sensibility...
...which shoppers feel as if they are browsing through someone's very stylish living room, maybe even their own. Two new stores selling clothing and accessories have drawn attention to this trend - and have competitors snooping around in the shelves for inspiration. Ruehl No. 925 is the latest brainchild of Abercrombie & Fitch chairman Michael Jeffries. Based on a fictitious story about a German leather-goods family that immigrated to America and opened a shop in New York City's Greenwich Village, the store is decorated to look like a town house with a brick facade, a wrought-iron fence...
Ruehl No. 925 is the latest brainchild of Abercrombie & Fitch chairman Michael Jeffries. Based on a fictitious story about a German leather-goods family that immigrated to America and opened a shop in Greenwich Village, the store is decorated to look like a town house with a brick façade, a wrought-iron fence and antiqued windows. Inside, antique books (all for sale) and a long gallery filled with art convey an artistic sensibility...
...Michael-as-Ralph strategy is the brainchild of Kors' financial backers, Silas Chou and Lawrence Stroll, who bought a majority stake in Kors' company for a reported $100 million in January 2003 through their firm Sportswear Holdings Ltd. "It was time for him to become the next great American designer," says Stroll, who, along with Chou, conducted a "simple process of elimination" before they put their dollars behind Kors. "We wanted to invest in someone who is American, whose style is aspirational and who is seasoned but not too old. With these criteria, there were surprisingly few names to choose...
...Museum Meiji-Mura makes for both a relaxing day away from Nagoya's industrial homogeneity and a history lesson for other Asian cities repainting their faces for the world. The park is the brainchild of Yoshiro Taniguchi and Moto-o Tsuchikawa, a Tokyoite who lamented the relentless modernization of his native city as it prepared to host the 1964 Olympics. Here's hoping a baron in Beijing feels the same about the Chinese capital's fast-disappearing architectural gems...