Polanski has been nominated for Oscars for directing "Rosemary's Baby" (1968), "Chinatown" (1974) and "Tess" (1980), an adaptation of "Tess of the d'Urbervilles, " the Thomas Hardy novel about a young peasant woman whose life collapses after a wealthy older man seduces her.
It is easy, of course, for a designer who owns 100 pairs of shoes but Mr. Hardy believes that just 10 styles can cover almost any occasion for which aman needs to dress: "five to six pairs dressy, two to three casual, two sporty not counting sandals, " he says.