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...queen Eve plays fashion designer Shelly Williams, who's searching for Mr. Right. Her look: Roberto Cavalli jeans, fitted denim jackets and Louis Vuitton's white Murakami. Also plenty of Stella McCartney, Dolce & Gabbana and DKNY as well as items from Eve's own line of urban casual wear. Fashion forecast: Carrie Bradshaw with bling...
...Forget Murakami bags and motorcycle boots. Today no fashion look can be called complete without a cell phone. Yet nobody has given much thought to upgrading the design of these ubiquitous tech toys. TIME dialed up two renowned designers and asked for help. Art director Fabien Baron sketched what he calls a nomadic instant-communication panel, left, which provides voice communication, interactive chatting, Internet access and movies, TV and games while in transit. "It's a connector, a medium and a refuge," says Baron. "The ultimate stimulus for our nomadic generation." Taking the notion of cell phone as appendage, architect...
...SENTENCED. MASAKUNI MURAKAMI, 70, former Japanese labor minister, to 26 months in jail for taking bribes from an insurance company; in Tokyo. The former Liberal Democratic Party kingmaker was fined nearly $624,000, the amount he received for performing favors for the company, including asking questions in the Diet to promote one of the insurer's projects...
...essay accompanying one of his shows a few years back, Murakami outlined his master plan for total art-world domination, based on the premise that New York still decides what art matters: "1. First, gain recognition on site (New York) ... 2. With this recognition as my parachute, I will make my landing back in Japan ... 3. Back overseas, into the fray." So how far does he think he has progressed in his quest? Murakami relaxes for a moment, looks around and grins, as if he's got a secret. "I think that Louis Vuitton is a big part of accomplishing...
...ARTS Tokyo Pop: Takashi Murakami Books: The Tasaday story