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Taken to the extreme, this principle can mean ignoring or overriding the patient's express wishes. When Dax Cowart was critically burned in a propane- gas explosion near Henderson, Texas, he begged a passing farmer for a gun with which to kill himself. On his way to the hospital, he pleaded with the medic to let him die. For weeks his life hung by a thread. For more than a year, against his will, he endured excruciating treatment: his right eye and several fingers were removed, his left eye was sewn shut. His pain and his protests were unrelenting...
...store, a place where the clothes are so cheap "I feel I can go in there and just buy." If the July launch is successful, But Gordon could make $20 million over the next three years (the regular line is expected to do $12 million in two). Henderson has been fascinated by fashion since his boyhood in the San Joaquin Valley. His mother, a psychologist, bought Vogue patterns, and young Gordon provided emphatic, unsolicited opinions. Very short as a high school sophomore (he is now 5 ft. 11 in.), he took a tough adult-education course in ! tailoring in order...
...Henderson picked up his trade as an assistant to Calvin Klein. "I learned everything there," he says. "He gives you consistency, and he's so clean and precise it's almost ridiculous. He can take a good idea and go on with it forever." Klein's influence shows. Henderson's nifty, sporty outfits are never fussy. But they aren't Calvin rip-offs either, partly because Henderson has avoided the beige-and-black neutral shades that dominate sportswear...
Like many another artisan in search of inspiration, Henderson studies old movies. His last "bride" -- traditionally the final outfit in a fashion show -- wore white silk pajamas. "I wanted her to be like Audrey Hepburn or Doris Day when they were stuck in the apartment. They looked so fantastic." Now he is rummaging his way through the '50s, which, from the viewpoint of someone born in 1957, is an era of sexy, whimsical dressing. For fall he plans to draw on "all my favorite old clothes -- trench coats, pajamas, pea coats, letter sweaters. My bride will be a prom queen...
...will his new duds look like thrift-shop entries? Of course not. Henderson's facility lies in translation, turning mid-century nostalgia into '90s gear. And he will be prowling Manhattan in search of his next muse. Or maybe exploring his personal Shangri-La, which he pinpoints as "somewhere between Carmel and Big Sur. I'd fly in. There'd be a little sports car, a couple of horses. I could see that." As he well may -- sooner than later...