Even minimalist chic costs big bucks to orchestrate.

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In the neighborhood of Nisantasi, Istanbul's answer to Beverly Hills (and where a 88-room hotel is scheduled to open in early 2008 in the Macka Palas building), the Sofa Hotel opened mid-2006 with minimalist-chic rooms and a small but serious spa.

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Also on Oahu is Waikiki Beach, long famed for its mellow surf, outrigger canoes and string of hotels that has recently received a facelift with high-profile openings like Ian Schrager's minimalist-chic resort Edition, the Trump International and new tropical outposts of nouvelle Japanese shrines Nobu and Morimoto.

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His suit is minimalist and in the perfectly chic shade of jet black.

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