WWD articles from May 2006

WWD archives from May 2006

MEMO PAD: TO THE QUICK...CENTS AND SENSIBILITY.(Quick and Simple's sales and price data)(Spear's Wealth Management Survey)
May 30, 2006... Byline: Jeff Bercovici, Samantha Conti TO THE QUICK: For Quick & Simple, finding success on the newsstand has been anything but. Recent sales projections put the new Hearst weekly's average single-copy sales at around 160,000. Despite a...

GO CALM OR COOL.(Donna Karan's fashion designing)(Brief article)
May 30, 2006... As cruise continues to sail along, Donatella Versace went with a red-and-white palette for her collection of pretty silk cocktail dresses and fitted cotton suits. For her DKNY lineup, Donna Karan showed her love of the Eighties with a cool...

PRATO MILLS SEEKING POWER IN NUMBERS.
May 30, 2006... Byline: Stephanie Epiro PRATO, Italy - A four-year effort to create a lobbying group representing Europe's 240,000 small to medium-sized textile companies is gaining momentum. The still-unnamed association would seek to give a voice...

LEGAL BRIEFS.(FineTime Inc.'s cases)
May 30, 2006... Byline: Liza Casabona NEW YORK - Cartier, Cartier International, and Vacheron Constantin, divisions of Richemont North America and Richemont International S.A., filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against FineTime Inc., Jeffrey Ho and...

AVONDALE MILLS PLANS TO SHUTTER.
May 30, 2006... Byline: Ross Tucker NEW YORK - Avondale Mills, one of the oldest U.S. textile manufacturers, is shutting down operations because of a chlorine gas accident outside one of its plants that killed nine people and mounting foreign...

NIGHT OWL.(Chlo Sevigny at Cannes International Film Festival)
May 30, 2006... Byline: Marcy Medina An hour before the premiere of her new film, "Lying," at the Cannes International Film Festival, Chlo Sevigny is sprawled on a pillow-strewn wooden bench, her ballet flat-clad feet propped on the armrest and the blue...

7TH ANNUAL CFDA FASHION AWARDS PREVIEW.(council of fashion designers of america)(Brief article)
May 30, 2006... Womenswear Designer of the Year nominees, from top left, Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough of Proenza Schouler, Marc Jacobs and Francisco Costa of Calvin Klein Collection. Caption(s): Womenswear Designer of the Year nominees, from top...

2006 CFDA FASHION AWARDS.(Council of Fashion Designers of America)(Awards list)
May 30, 2006... Generously underwritten by Swarovski Monday, June 5 The New York Public Library The Council of Fashion Designers of America would like to thank Swarovski, the underwriter of the 2006 CFDA Fashion Awards, in addition to the...

CFDA MEMBERS.(Council of Fashion Designers of America)(List)
May 30, 2006... Joseph Abboud Amsale Aberra Reem Acra Carey Adina Adolfo Simon Alcantara Linda Allard Jeanne Allen Carolina Amato Nak Armstrong Brian Atwood Max Azria Yigal Azroul Mark Badgley ...

WOMENSWEAR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR.(Marc Jacobs, Francisco Costa, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez)
May 30, 2006... Byline: MARC KARIMZADEH, MEENAL MISTRY Marc Jacobs for Marc Jacobs Girls love Marc Jacobs. But today, their babies, boyfriends and labradoodle puppies can get a Marc fix, too, thanks to the designer's rapidly expanding brand. In...

BEAUTY'S BRAVE NEW (MEDIA) WORLD.
May 26, 2006... Byline: Julie Naughton IT'S BEAUTY'S TOP COMMANDMENT: KNOW THY CONSUMER, and communicate with her effectively. But Marc Pritchard - president of global cosmetics and retail hair color for Procter & Gamble, chairman of the Cosmetic,...

CHOPRA OUTLINES AN EMERGING INDIA.(Anil Chopra)
May 26, 2006... Byline: Faye Brookman INDIA REPRESENTS A FERTILE opportunity for beauty marketers. However, it is a country where consumers have to be persuaded to use beauty products on a daily basis. That's been the major hurdle for the country's...

HEROINE CHIC.(Halle Berry)(Brief article)
May 26, 2006... Byline: Katya Foreman CANNES, France - "When I got the call for the role, I knew it was a big deal as it meant I was going to be kicking Halle Berry's ass," says Dania Ramirez, one of the latest additions to the gorgeous gang of "X-Men"...

ALL DRESSED UP WITH NO PLACE TO GO.(International Contemporary Furniture Fair)
May 26, 2006... Byline: Rosemary Feitelberg NEW YORK - The International Contemporary Furniture Fair has come and gone, but not without leaving some indelible impressions on visitors. In everything from graffiti-inspired rugs to intricate prints for...

GETTING A HANDLE ON BAGGAGE DESIGN.(Jennifer Weil)
May 26, 2006... Byline: Jennifer Weil PARIS - It is impossible to have too much baggage these days. That's because after years of somber colors and humdrum design, luggage is becoming bright, beautiful - and fun. "Overall, there is a fair amount of...

GIVING FABRICS ALL THE FIXINGS.(Brief article)
May 26, 2006... Byline: Emilie Marsh PARIS - Industrial design is getting dressed up. Recent innovations in textiles have prompted designers to use fabrics in new ways - from covering garden furniture to building wall partitions. Take Ronan and...

RFID AIDS INVENTORY CONTROL AT WAL-MART.(radio frequency identification)
May 26, 2006... Byline: Denise Power CHICAGO - Wal-Mart reduced out-of-stocks by 62 percent in some product categories through the use of radio frequency identification technology, according to Randy Salley, vice president, supply chain. Salley gave...

SALES OF GOLD JEWELRY UP IN '05.(Brief article)
May 26, 2006... Byline: Jennifer Hirshlag NEW YORK - Sales of gold jewelry in the U.S. rose 4.4 percent in 2005 - a six-year high - reaching $17.7 billion, according to figures compiled by GfK Audits & Surveys and released by the World Gold Council on...

WHAT MAKES A FAKE.(control counterfeit goods )
May 25, 2006... Byline: Liza Casabona NEW YORK - Brand owners are shifting their attention from pursuing street-level peddlers of counterfeit goods to training police officers and Customs officials around the globe on how to quickly spot the fakes...

THE TAX COMPLIANCE BURDEN.(retailers' sales tax survey)
May 22, 2006... NEW YORK - Tax compliance is a hefty load to carry, according to a recent study by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. PwC conducted the survey, which was commissioned by the Joint Cost of Collection Study, a partnership between business and...

PENELOPE CRUZ & THE GIRLS OF SUMMER.
May 22, 2006... GREAT CLOTHES GREAT STORES HOT NIGHTS SIZING UP RAUSCHENBERG GO DO IT: HAMPTONS TO PROVENCE Models & Movies Natalie at 25 Breaking Through PLUS Best summers In season Vietnam Drinking Up ...

WATCHOUT ; FROM TRIBAL ART TO TINY BIKINIS AND WORLD CUP FEVER, ITS GOING TO BE A HOT ONE.(arts centers in Germany)
May 22, 2006... Byline: ELISA LIPSKY-KARASZ, DAMIEN McGUINNESS, JENNIFER WEIL, ELLEN GROVES, EMILIE MARSH, MILES SOCHA, EVAN CLARK, VENESSA LAU ALL REVVED UP In Germany, freeways have no speed limits and car brands form the basis of national...

SEA TO SEA; WHAT TO DO, SEE AND EAT, FROM THE HAMPTONS TO PROVENCE.(City overview)
May 22, 2006... Byline: Jacob Bernstein, Joanna Ramey, SAMANTHA CONTI, NINA JONES, CHANTAL GOUPIL, WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM EMILIE MARSH AND ROBERT MURPHY HAMPTONS Memorial Day is almost here, which means another summer of Tate's chocolate chip...

FRANCISCO'S BELLPORT; AN INSIDER'S GUIDE TO A LONG ISLAND HAVEN.(Francisco Costa)
May 22, 2006... As creative director of Calvin Klein women's, Francisco Costa spends most of his time toiling away in his Manhattan design studio. But whenever he has a moment free from the demands of Seventh Avenue, Costa heads for his Dutch Colonial home...

SAILOR MAN; PATRIZIO BERTELLI TAKES US OUT TO SEA.
May 22, 2006... Byline: ALESSANDRA ILARI One of the first things Patrizio Bertelli learned as a sailor is that you never stop learning. "I gained that knowledge quickly," the Prada chief concedes. "Whenever you measure yourself with natural elements...

CHILLING TIME; SIXTEEN COOL THINGS TO DO THIS SUMMER, WHEREVER YOU MAY ROAM.(yachting)
May 22, 2006... 1. Yachts are so last season. Try going deeper in a specialized, cutting-edge submarine by Dubai company Exomos. Designed by French naval engineer Herv Jaubert, the vessels even come with training-that is, if you have anywhere from 50 grand...

BEST SUMMER EVER; CELEBRITIES AND DESIGNERS SHARE WITH WWD SCOOP THEIR FAVORITE MEMORIES FROM YEARS PAST.
May 22, 2006... Amy Adams "Camping in the Sequoias. Well, I call it car camping-it's all about bringing the premarinated meats." Anna Paquin "I don't like summer that much. I'm not a sunshine kind of girl. I avoid it if possible, so summer for...

SPANISH EYES.(Pedro Almodvar's opinion about Penlope Cruz )
May 22, 2006... Byline: Barbara Barker Penlope Cruz says she couldn't care less when her friend, director Pedro Almodvar, points out her, ummm, generous attributes. "He keeps announcing to the world that they're real-and he's always saying that we...

GIRLS OF SUMMER.(movie actors' opinions and attitudes)
May 22, 2006... Byline: Marcy Medina, Nina Jones, Chantal Goupil, Ellen Groves, Katya Foreman, Emilie Marsh, Patty Huntington KATE BOSWORTH She can't seem to get away from the pretty-girlfriend roles, but that's not necessarily a bad thing for...

NATALIE WOULD.(Natalie Portman)(Biography)
May 22, 2006... Byline: Michelle Edgar From The Professional and Garden State to Closer and V for Vendetta, Natalie Portman has emerged as one of the most critically acclaimed actresses today. Next, she'll appear in Paris, je t'aime and Milos Forman's...

HOT NIGHTS; IN MIAMI AND L.A., FUN AND FROLICS FROM DUSK TILL DAWN.
May 22, 2006... In Miami and L.A., fun and frolics from dusk till dawn. Caption(s): Social Hollywood hangers-on. / Sunset Strip / Hanging out at Sunset Trocadero. / Beauty Bar and a buzz. / Sparkling champagne at Suite. / Fifth Street in South Beach. /...

MIAMI MOMENT.(hotels and shopping centers)(Directory)
May 22, 2006... Byline: Susan Cannon Miami offers lots of entertainment, including great shopping. WWDScoop asked Where to Wear (wheretowear.com), which publishes nine shopping guides worldwide, to highlight some of the city's must-visit spots. ...

DISASTER AREA; THE PRESSURE OF THE YEAR'S BIGGEST PARTIES PUSHES SOME OVER THE EDGE.
May 22, 2006... The pressure of the year's biggest parties pushes some over the edge. Caption(s): A hair-raising fright. / Bordello no-no. / Furry beast. / Bandanna-rama. / Warning sign. . Lace in your face. / Curtain call. / Shocking pink.

DRIVE-BY NIGHT; STOPPING IN IS THE NEW HANGING OUT.(parties)
May 22, 2006... Byline: MARCY MEDINA Gone are the days when the Hollywood set would lounge around galas for hours. Now, with so many parties and events going on, Angelenos have all but perfected the art of the drive-by: the social tango performed from a...

WARM IT UP; HAVE A BLAST THIS SEASON WITH FLIRTY DRESSES AND WATER-RESISTANT RADIOS.(Buyers guide)
May 22, 2006... Byline: STYLED BY JULIA TOPOLSKI 1. Prada's silk dress, $825, at scoopnyc.com. 2. Mark Walsh Leslie Chin's conch shell, enamel and 18-karat gold-plated brooch, $425, at Linda Dresner, New York. 3. Kenneth Jay Lane's 18-karat...

GREAT CLOTHES GREAT STORES; BIG BAGS, PEEP-TOE PUMPS AND FLOATY FROCKS ARE SUMMER STAPLES.(Buyers guide)
May 22, 2006... Byline: SHARON EDELSON Barneys New York, New York Lanvin bow-front silk dress ($2,460); Balenciaga toile-print bag ($1,275) and leather Courrier bag ($1,095); Anaconda 18-karat gold heart pendant ($1,850 to $2,850). 660 Madison...

PAINTING PINAULT.(Franois Pinault's public appearance)
May 22, 2006... Byline: ROBERT MURPHY For Franois Pinault, the French tycoon known for avoiding the public eye, the hoopla seemed out of character. Photographers were massed on the wharf, snapping furiously as he arrived by motorboat on a gray April...

CULVER CITY COOL; FORMER WAREHOUSES AND MOVIE LOTS GIVE WAY TO AN EVER-EXPANDING ART AND ARCHITECTURE PLAYGROUND.
May 22, 2006... Byline: ANDREW YANG In the free-wheeling car culture of Los Angeles, motorists speeding along busy La Cienega Boulevard-a major north-south axis that runs from Los Angeles International Airport to Hollywood-may miss the fact that a whole...

PHOTO FINISH; AFTER NEARLY FOUR DECADES AT THE EASEL, FRANZ GERTSCH IS READY FOR HIS RETROSPECTIVE.
May 22, 2006... Byline: MELISSA DRIER Franz Gertsch was nearing his 40th birthday when, in almost Moses-like fashion, he had an artistic epiphany on the peak of Monte Lema in Ticino, Switzerland. He decided then and there to abandon abstraction in favor...

SCREEN TEST; IF MOVIE STARS CAN BE MODELS, CAN MODELS BE MOVIE STARS? THE BIG SCREEN BECKONS THE QUEENS OF THE CATWALK.
May 22, 2006... As Hollywood's most ravishing stars continue their career-hijacking spree-hogging magazine covers here, bagging lucrative fashion campaigns there-a fresh crop of models is acting out revenge: They are initiating their own screen and stage...

PIONEER STOCK.(Lauren Bacall's movie career)(Biography)
May 22, 2006... Byline: Katya Foremen In 1944, a 19-year-old Lauren Bacall gets spotted on the cover of Harper's Bazaar and is called for a screen test for To Have and Have Not. She lands the iconic role of Marie Browning, playing opposite Humphrey...

GETTING A KINNEAR FUL; GREG KINNEAR PLAYS A LOVEABLE LOSER IN THE LATEST IN A STRING OF WINNING FILMS.(Greg Kinnear's new movie "Little Miss Sunshine")
May 22, 2006... Byline: VANESSA LAWRENCE Despite his boyish appeal, Greg Kinnear has always been fascinated by the concept of failure. And that's what drew him to his latest role, as the patriarch Richard Hoover in the new quirky family comedy Little...

BUTTERFLY EFFECT; A FILMMAKER AND HIS DESIGNER PAL PUT ON A SHOW.(Anthony Minghella, and Han Feng )
May 22, 2006... Byline: ROSEMARY FEITELBERG After shaking up traditionalists with his alluring take on Puccini's Madame Butterfly at the English National Opera last year, Anthony Minghella is ready to do the same with the production's debut at the...

BEAUTY LAID BARE; RUFUS WAINWRIGHT LIKES TO PLAY DRESS UP.
May 22, 2006... Byline: JEFF BERCOVICI I hate to say this, but I am actually quite good looking," says Rufus Wainwright. He's not given to false modesty. In this case, the 32-year-old singer and songwriter is talking about why, despite what he...

CIRCUS ACT.(Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins and Wayne Coyne's The Flaming Lips' music album)
May 22, 2006... Byline: NANDINI D'SOUZA After 23 years of performing, The Flaming Lips can still stir even the most jaded music critics to bob their heads, wave their arms and grin like fools at a concert. And much of the energy emanates from bandmates...

MODERN VINTAGE; HIGH-PROFILE ARCHITECTS PUT A CONTEMPORARY SPIN ON THE SPANISH WINE-MAKING TRADITION.
May 22, 2006... Byline: BARBARA BARKER Rioja once had a bad rap as simply a fruity red wine good for mixing up sangria. No more. Now connoisseurs are waking up to the delights of Spanish wines, especially those from the northern region of Rioja, which...

POP SHOPS; THE MAN WHO HELPED LURE CROWDS TO A BATHING APE BRINGS HIS INTERIOR-DESIGN SENSIBILITY TO MORE TOKYO RETAILERS.(Masamichi Katayama)
May 22, 2006... Byline: ANDREW YANG As a child, Masamichi Katayama-the interior designer famous for his stores for the clothing brand A Bathing Ape-often saw the rest of the world through magazines. From his native Okayama, a city near Osaka, Japan,...

DOUGH BOY; TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA WAS THE HIT OF THE MILAN FURNITURE FAIR WITH HIS BAKED CHAIRS.
May 22, 2006... Byline: Arnaldo Farnese "Not the best of years," sighs the design correspondent for a London magazine standing in a long queue to enter the Lexus event at the Museo della Permanente. The 2006 Milan Furniture Fair is reaching its climax,...

SPEED RACER.(Porsche 911)(Brief article)
May 22, 2006... Byline: ROSEMARY FEITELBERG Drivers inclined to push the speed limit can now choose a more powerful Porsche, which may put state troopers on high alert. With 480 horsepower-60 more than its predecessor-the 2007 Porsche 911 Turbo covers...

VAVAVAVOOM; SPEEDY, SLEEK, SEXY, ITALIAN-THAT JUST ABOUT SUMS UP RIVA.(boating industry)
May 22, 2006... Byline: ALESSANDRA ILARI If a yearlong wait for a new Herms bag is purgatory for a fashion fanatic, then a two-year queue to glide the seas on Riva's new Venere boat is a sailor's hell. The six state-of-the-art boats to be produced...

STICKING AROUND; HANK ALTENKIRCH HOOKS THE BIG FISHERMEN AND REELS THEM IN WITH PRECISION.
May 22, 2006... Byline: ARTHUR ZACZKIEWICZ In the corner of rod builder Hank Altenkirch's workshop hangs one of his recent creations. The rod is a lightweight, precision-built bottom fishing rod with red, white and blue threading on the line guides. ...

THE CRAFTSMAN; KONSTANTIN GRCIC'S DESIGNS MAY APPEAR MINIMALIST, BUT HE'S NOT LOOKING TO FIT THE DEFINITION.
May 22, 2006... Byline: ROBERT MURPHY Konstantin Grcic reckons his approach to industrial design owes a debt to his early stint as a cabinetmaker. Before he enrolled at London's Royal College of Art, worked as an assistant in Jasper Morrison's...

ON THE ROAD TO MOROCCO; SOCIAL DOYENNE BETHY LAGARDERE HAS SET UP CAMP IN TANGIER, THE MYTHICAL MOROCCAN CITY. HERE, SHE SHARES HER FAVORITE ADDRESSES WITH ROBERT MURPHY AND TELLS HOW SHE'S SCHEMING TO GET KARL LAGERFELD TO VISIT.
May 22, 2006... Byline: ROBERT MURPHY Last year, I abandoned my house in Marrakech for Tangier. I couldn't be happier. Marrakech, I feel, has lost its soul. It's overbuilt, a victim of its own popularity. Tangier has stayed authentic. Every person you...

OREGON TRAIL; THE UTZ FAMILY BRINGS A EUROPEAN TOUCH TO NORTHWESTERN WINE COUNTRY.(Chris Utz)
May 22, 2006... Byline: MINA WILLIAMS Standing atop the Black Walnut Inn's patio, surveying the acres of vineyards flowing down the hillside, you might swear you were in Tuscany. The sunny wash of color on the inn, the heady scent of fruit and the...

MANNERS MAKETH THE MAN; ROUGH AND TUMBLE POLITESSE IN THE CAPITAL.(politicians)
May 22, 2006... Byline: SUSAN WATTERS We are on the edge of coming back to manners," opines Newt Gingrich, standing at the bar at Caf Milano, Georgetown's trendiest nightspot. Farther down, Karl Rove huddles with a friend, discussing his fifth and...

WORST MANNERS / BEST MANNERS.
May 22, 2006... BEST MANNERS Eugene McCarthy: "He was very prim. It made him seem a little priggish to people." -Barbara Howar John F. Kennedy: "In politics, you have to push, but then you have to be extra nice to compensate for it. Jack Kennedy...

IN SEASON; THE YEAR'S RIPEST MONTHS ARE FILLED WITH FOODIE FINDS GUARANTEED TO MAKE THE LONG, SUNNY DAYS AND SULTRY NIGHTS MORE DELICIOUS.
May 22, 2006... Byline: Dianne M. Pogoda, Lucie Green, Bambina Wise, Michelle Edgar, Amanda Kaiser, Khanh T.L. Tran, Mike Kepp, Chantal Goupil All Steamed Up Elvis might have swiveled and crooned in Florida in his 1967 movie Clambake, but true...

THEY ARE DRINKING; STIR THINGS UP WITH THESE LUSCIOUS LIBATIONS.(martinis)
May 22, 2006... Byline: Emily Holt, Marcy Medina, Vanessa Silva, Katya Foreman New York Pegu Club "A three-ingredient drink is the most honest," says Audrey Saunders, owner of the recently opened Pegu Club in SoHo. The low-key blonde, a former...

BOOMING IN BANDOL.
May 22, 2006... Byline: ROBERT MURPHY Reynald Delille, the owner of Domaine de Terrebrune, one of Bandol's top wineries, has his nose deep in a glass of red wine. In the distance, across the undulating hills of his surrounding vineyards, lies the...

BLOWING BUBBLES.(champagne)(Brief article)
May 22, 2006... Byline: Emily Holt Cuve Palmes d'Or, the award-winning Champagne from French vintner Nicolas Feuillatte, is making an aggressive push in the U.S. market, sponsoring everything from bacchanalian affairs at film and art festivals to the...

COOLIO; THE PERFECT GELATO IS MORE THAN JUST AN AFTER-DINNER TREAT.
May 22, 2006... Byline: COURTNEY COLAVITA In the southern Sicilian town of Noto, a local man is dipping his morning brioche into a vibrant, blood red orange granita. Hours later in Milan, the city's business elite are lining up outside Grom to grab a...

OVER THE COALS; A TOP CHEF SPILLS ABOUT WHAT MAKES A GREAT STEAK DINNER.(Tom Colicchio)
May 22, 2006... Byline: EMILY HOLT It seems any chef worth his or her fleur de sel these days spends as much time in front of a television audience as feeding hungry customers. Tom Colicchio is no exception, having just wrapped the first season of his...

SPICE KING; A BRETON RESTAURATEUR GOES FOR THE EXOTIC.(Olivier Roellinger, Maisons de Bricourt)
May 22, 2006... Byline: CHANTAL GOUPIL Often called the corsair cook, Olivier Roellinger is considered one of France's best contemporary chefs, famous for spices and seafood. And 24 years after he opened his restaurant, Maisons de Bricourt, in Brittany,...

JOY TO THE WORLD; ACTRESS JOY BRYANT HAS PLAYED THE GUYS' GIRL, IS A GIRLS' GIRL AND NOW TAKES ON A ROLE FOR COVER GIRL.
May 22, 2006... Byline: ANAMARIA WILSON Swaddled in a huge pashmina wrap and sipping sleepily on a fruit smoothie, Joy Bryant is pondering her options. As she sits ensconced in a corner table at a downtown Manhattan hotel, the actress is deliberating...

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL; SUCCESS SPELLS RICH REWARDS FOR BEAUTY'S INDIE ENTREPRENEURS.
May 22, 2006... Byline: Andrea Nagel Starving artists have a certain je ne sais quoi, but not much beats having a bank account large enough to support buying a private island off the coast of Bora Bora, like beauty titan Francois Nars. Nars and many...

READY SET SUN; WHETHER YOU'RE JETTING TO THE CTE D'AZUR OR JUST SPENDING A WEEKEND ON AN ASPHALT BEACH, SUN PROTECTION IS KEY.(Buyers guide)
May 22, 2006... Byline: MEGAN McINTYRE Hair Play Use Avon Exotic Beaches Seaswept Hair Mist with UV Filter ($7; 800.FOR.AVON, avon.com) to protect hair and create island-worthy waves in an instant. Krastase Soleil Voile Protecteur ($34;...

SURF AND TURF.(waterproof cosmetics)(Brief article)
May 22, 2006... Byline: Marcy Medina Looking to complement your fresh-from-the-beach glow? Makeup this season brings to mind a Caribbean paradise, with brilliant turquoise eyes and glittering sandy lips. "Turquoise just screams ocean and bright skies,"...

SUNNY DELIGHTS; FANCY A PAMPERING SESSION? THESE NEW SPAS ARE PERFECT PLACES TO CHILL OUT.
May 22, 2006... Byline: NESTOR RESTIVO, JACKIE COOPERman Named after the river that flows into the magnificent Lake Nahuel Huap, The Correntoso hotel opened its doors in 1917. Since then, the Patagonia region of Argentina has become a haven for the likes...

SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER; WWD SCOOP TAPPED INTO BILLBOARD'S NUMBER-ONE HITS TO FIND FAVORITE SUMMER SONGS DATING BACK TO THE SIXTIES. THE RESULTS: TUNES THAT WILL INSTANTLY TRANSPORT YOU TO THE BEACH, THE POOL OR MAYBE EVEN THE DOCK OF THE BAY.
May 22, 2006... Byline: Cecily Hall Theme from A Summer Place -Percy Faith This syrupy, melancholy instrumental from 1960 helped set the stage for the Muzak movement. Faith's tune served as part of the score for the 1959 movie A Summer Place, a Troy...

DAVINES GETS HEAVY INTO COLOR.(plans to release new Alchemic line of pigmented shampoos)
May 19, 2006... Byline: Michelle Edgar NEW YORK - Italian hair care company Davines is preparing to launch its new Alchemic line of pigmented shampoos and conditioners designed to enhance natural and color-treated hair to give it a healthy shine. ...

PHYTO: CARING FOR THE SCALP.(Ales Groupe plans to introduce Phytoprogenium shampoo)
May 19, 2006... Byline: Michelle Edgar NEW YORK - The Ales Groupe is diving headfirst into the launch of its new Phytoprogenium shampoo - a product designed to protect the scalp with a newly patented ingredient. "There are skin care products for...

NEIMAN GROUP EYES EXPANSION.(Neiman Marcus Group)
May 16, 2006... Byline: David Moin, With contributions from Sharon Edelson and Marc Karimzadeh NEW YORK - Under new ownership, the Neiman Marcus Group is getting daring. Bergdorf Goodman could branch out with a store in Las Vegas, and the company...

HATCHER TALKS FASHION BEYOND WISTERIA LANE.(Teri Hatcher )(Interview)
May 16, 2006... Byline: Rosemary Feitelberg NEW YORK - Teri Hatcher wasn't hinting at what's in store for her character, Susan, on the final episode of this season's "Desperate Housewives" during her Bergdorf Goodman book party Thursday night, but she...

TROCME'S TAKE ON LITTLE BLACK DRESS.(Suzanne Trocme)
May 16, 2006... Byline: Samantha Conti LONDON - Suzanne Trocme, an architecture and design writer, lives her life in pursuit of the perfect object, and prefers to go without rather than compromise. A married mother of three, she doesn't have a sofa...

BRITISH JEWELER HAS HIS DAY.(works of John Donald)
May 16, 2006... Byline: Samantha Conti LONDON - The British artist-jeweler John Donald couldn't find anyone to showcase his work when he began designing in London in the early Sixties. Establishment jewelers didn't believe in "funny, modern...

ABSOLUTELY FABB AT THE BALL.(7th annual Fashion Accessories Benefit Ball)(Brief article)
May 16, 2006... Byline: Sophia Chabbott NEW YORK - The event called for creative black tie and accessories industry members responded - and then some - at the 17th annual Fashion Accessories Benefit Ball at Pier 60 here last week. Barbara Raleigh,...

CALIFORNIA PORTS FOCUS ON CAPACITY.(Market share report)
May 16, 2006... Byline: Joanna Ramey SAN FRANCISCO - For the second consecutive summer, the port of Los Angeles-Long Beach, the busiest in the U.S. and a key gateway for apparel and textile imports, is likely to avoid cargo backups during the annual...

RICHARD L. BATTRAM, MAY EXEC.(obituary)(May Department Stores Co.)(Obituary)
May 16, 2006... Byline: David Moin NEW YORK - Richard L. Battram, who rose from a store buyer to executive vice chairman of May Department Stores Co. and was a key figure in the company for decades, died of thyroid cancer Friday at his home in Ladue,...

TURNING AWAY FROM THE LOW-COST MODEL.(trends of clothing industry)
May 16, 2006... Byline: Evan Clark, With contributions from Vicki Rothrock, Hong Kong; Mahlia Lone, Lahore, Pakistan; Suna Erdem, Istanbul, and Jessica Steinberg, Jerusalem WASHINGTON - The race to find the cheapest price in global manufacturing is...

VENDORS OFFER SEASONAL POTPOURRI.
May 15, 2006... Byline: Karyn Monget NEW YORK - There was a little of everything in the lingerie mix during this month's market week, including a snippet of spring 2007, a recap of Valentine's Day programs and immediate items for fall and holiday...

ECONOMIST INFERS HIKES TO FED RATE MAY BE TOO MUCH.(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... NEW YORK - An economist from credit insurer Euler Hermes ACI said in a report following last week's Federal Reserve interest rate hike that the increase - and another one down the road - "will have effects that will be felt well into 2007."...

PARFUMS KENZO'S NOUVEAU 'AMOUR'.
May 15, 2006... Byline: Ellen Groves, With contributions from Matthew W. Evans, New York PARIS - Parfums Kenzo has been sending flowers and now it's declaring its love. In September, the brand, owned by LVMH Mot Hennessy Louis Vuitton, will add...

TOD'S GROUP EARNINGS RISE 30.5% IN QUARTER.(Financial report)
May 15, 2006... Byline: Luisa Zargani MILAN - Tod's Group posted a 30.5 percent profit gain in the first quarter as strong growth in its footwear and leather goods divisions bolstered results. Earnings rose to 19.4 million euros, or $23.3 million at...

U.S. AGREES TO TRADE ACCORD WITH VIETNAM.
May 15, 2006... Byline: Kristi Ellis WASHINGTON - Vietnam has agreed to abolish "prohibited" subsidies to its textile and apparel industry as part of a trade deal it reached with the U.S. here Sunday, marking a major step in the Southeast Asian...