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...mighty markdown from the $5,800 for the made-in-London versions. But is it still a Savile Row suit if it's made in China? Maybe: the suits are cut by British tailors before being sent for sewing to the Kilgour-owned workshop in Shanghai. Kilgour creative director Carlo Brandelli swears there's no compromising on standards. "We sampled suits made in England and Italy and Shanghai," he says. "We went to Shanghai because the quality was exceptional." Customers don't seem to mind; the firm's client base has soared since the suits were introduced. Next, Brandelli plans...
...King’s Theatre: Ballet and Italian opera in London 1706-1883” at Harvard’s Pusey Library, visitors can see an original opera score from Handel’s Otho, a book on ballet by renowned 19th century dancer Carlo Blasis, or manuals for opera singers...
...Autobiography (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday; 289 pages), an artless but entertaining memoir, the story of a man, now 82, who says his father once warned him, "My boy, you'll end up in the gutter. All you think of is girls and photos." Where he ended up instead was Monte Carlo, with stops in London, Paris and Hollywood. He lived a life on the move, first as a young Jew fleeing from Hitler all the way to Australia, then as an ambitious photographer making his way back to the centers of the universe. His parents and brother escaped to Argentina with...
...global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) continues to rage, with more than 1,500 people infected--and 54 dead--in 13 countries, including at least 50 suspected cases in the U.S. Dr. Carlo Urbani, the World Health Organization doctor who first identified the outbreak, died of the disease last week. There was hopeful news as travel curbs helped contain the illness and investigators announced they had identified a new virus, part of the coronavirus family (linked to the common cold), as the likely cause. But some of that progress could come unraveled, thanks to a decision by Hong...
...tale of the four Benetton siblings--Luciano, Giuliana, Gilberto and Carlo--who launched their clothing empire by knitting sweaters at the kitchen table at night, has become legendary in Italy; they currently rank among Europe's wealthiest families. Color was the key to their success. Luciano, 67, the eldest, has said he couldn't bear to see young women in the 1960s dressing like their mothers and young men still decked out in gray. The bright, cheerful knitwear they produced was a hit in Italy, and soon they were exporting around the world, their products increasingly accompanied by provocative...