It's that designer's touch that has made Harlen Wheatley and the men and women like him the heart of the modern wine, beer and spirit community.
With such associations, it's no wonder the designer's clothes are often described as rock, punk or Goth.
Dominique Drillot's lighting enhanced Mr. Condo's visual elements beautifully and suggested the participation of the painter's eye as much as the lighting designer's, particularly when compared with Mr. Drillot's work elsewhere on this program.
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Van Noten's retail spaces so closely echo the designer's finely wrought blend of old and new, classic and kitsch, and exotic and traditional that you'd expect both the fashion and the decorative styles to have sprung from the same source.
The florist chose varieties he thought would resonate both with Dior's history (red roses) and the designer's modern aesthetic (blue delphiniums and goldenrod).
Made for the Comtesse Greffulhe, one of the inspirations for Proust's Duchesse de Guermantes, it showcases the designer's creative eye: metallic, crystal-beaded trompe-l'oeil cords appear to tie the front and back panels of the gown together.
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There's no truer evidence of talent and style than a designer's own residence.
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However, fashion experts like Albu also say Wang's customers are looking for their own fantasy -- not trying to mimic the designer's.
He also enlisted Japanese architect Tadao Ando to design a 558-person theater, named Teatro Armani, in which to stage his men's and women's fashion shows, and created Armani Casa, a furniture business that adapts the designer's sleek, minimalist lines to sofas, tables and other interior designs.
In the studio on Bowery, she tries on two looks for the designer's "Gerl Power" presentation, which is part Minnie Mouse, part activist, designer Gerlan Marcel says.
John Galliano, who is on a three-week guest stint at de la Renta's studio, did not make a front-of-the-house appearance at the designer's show Tuesday, Day 6 of fall previews that wrap up Feb. 14.
Still, I've learned over the years not to dismiss something that doesn't immediately win me over. (In fact, when I think something is really out of style like I wouldn't be caught dead wearing it that's probably when it's just about to hit the runways.) After all, isn't that a good designer's job?
In the junior suite, Ms. Pomphrey nixed a designer's pitch to paint the trim navy.
The 27-year-old says she didn't, and still doesn't, consider the designer's personal life in her decision.
The Piombo collection is like a postcard of the 50-year-old peripatetic designer's adventures in color and texture.
Whatever his view of European fashion, he saw the commercial value of publicising a designer's name with the product.
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Investment analysts are already penciling in a new tablet computer into the computer and smart phone designer's product lineup.
And it was said that the whole lavish display was made possible by the wealth of the designer's father.
She started carrying reissues of 1970s dishware from architect Riccardo Schweizer after the late designer's daughter showed her the originals.
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You only have to take a look at the walls of the designer's apartment to know that it still is.
The level of the designer's participation varies, too: In some projects it's only skin-deep, but in others it extends down to faucets.
As she tries on two of the designer's neoprene looks, a bright yellow dress and a blue coat, Gerlan squeals in delight.
In many ways the current expansion is a well-thought-out plan to showcase and profit from almost every aspect of the designer's life.
Robin recalls realizing Ozbek was the right man for the job when the two were flipping through Tony Duquette books at the designer's apartment.
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That led to a job at Yves Saint Laurent and a three-year stint with Christian Lacroix, at the dizzying height of the designer's pouf-dress glory days.
The goal of keeping a camera at a price point where it can be had by as many people as possible was always in the designer's mind.
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"He has the biggest smile in fashion and lacks any of the attitude that sometimes comes with a young designer's success, " says Steven Kolb, the CFDA's CEO.
Armani and Hooks, one of the designer's closest managers for a decade, were sometimes at odds over whether to open megastores that brought them all under one roof.
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