Word: ralphness
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...Donahue got involved when Young said he wanted to meet Ralph Nader, and Donahue, a Nader friend, came along. But the political hero of Body of War is Byrd, nine-term Virginia Senator and, in his 20s, an Exalted Kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan. Though the Senator and the soldier might seem to have little in common, they are bonded by their opposition to the occupation, and their meeting serves an apt climax to the film. Byrd is near 90 now, and he walks with difficulty; as Young says, "I see we've both got some mobility issues." Together...
...been a year of major fashion anniversaries, what with Valentino celebrating 45 years in business last summer in Rome, and the house of Dior feting their 60th the same week at Versailles. But last night Ralph Lauren topped them all with his elegant and spectacular 40th-anniversary show and black tie dinner in Central Park's Conservancy garden. To the strains of the score of My Fair Lady, guests - over 400 of them - floated down the garden stairs into a pristine white tent edged in crisp black. The structure could have been a harbinger of Lauren's Spring 2008 show...
...Diane Sawyer, Martha Stewart, Dustin Hoffman, Robert DeNiro, Donna Karan, Diane Von Furstenberg, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and ubiquitous billionaire Steve Schwartzman. Was that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly tapping his foot to Frank Sinatra's "The Best Is Yet to Come" as Ralph strolled the runway, taking in the standing ovation and embracing friends and family? You bet. And the best was yet to come: as Lauren grabbed his wife, Ricky, and headed off-stage, the painted backdrop - a reproduction of a Jean-Gabriel Domergue painting, "Barbara Au Derby" - lifted to reveal...
...details left unattended to, from the perfectly cooked pink lamb chop main course to the black-edged white linen dinner napkins that matched the runway theme. And little details tell the tale. Because beyond all of his branding and focus, it's nailing the little things that has gotten Ralph Lauren, 40 years after he started, to the top of the heap...
...Valentino's departure represents a poignant passing of an enduring fashion generation which includes Yves Saint Laurent who retired in 2002, and Emanuel Ungaro, who sold his house and retired soon after in 2004, and it also points to designers like Giorgio Armani and Ralph Lauren, who have created enduring fashion empires and who are nearing retirement...