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...Kate Betts dishes the dirt on the new lineup for spring • The Three D's of Fashion For designers like Diane Von Furstenberg and Thakoon Panichgul, determination equals success- 9/11/06
...dress. D is for Determination. D is for Diane, as in DVF or Diane Von Furstenberg, doyenne of the ubiquitous jersey wrap dress and now also president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. On day three of New York Fashion Week, three major trends have emerged for spring 2007. There's the dress, which, according to designers like DVF and newcomer Thakoon Panichgul, is best worn short and swingy and in some tangy, Day-Glo color like cherry red or peony pink. There is the very short hemline, terrifying for anyone over the age of 30. And there...
...Kate Betts dishes the dirt on the new lineup for spring • The Three D's of Fashion For designers like Diane Von Furstenberg and Thakoon Panichgul, determination equals success- 9/11/06
...determination is the underlying theme of all successful fashion shows these days. Watching DVF's show, I was reminded of a conversation with her over ten years ago at lunch. Curled up at a corner table at Cipriani, Von Furstenberg recounted the trials and humiliations of having sold her name in many licensing deals and trying to buy it back or close out the licensing agreements. It was 1993 and she had just moved back to New York from Paris where she had lived for a few years, not working in fashion. Now she was hoping to rebuild her business...
...Bergman The art-house film came of age in the late '50s with Janus' release of a dozen or so Bergman movies, particularly this medieval epic about a knight playing chess with Death during the plague years. As gaunt, handsome and stern as the face of its star, Max von Sydow, The Seventh Seal comes with an illuminating commentary by Bergman scholar Peter Cowie and a nifty short about the process of restoring the film...