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WWD 02/22/2005

WWD 02/22/2005

Neiman Marcus' Future: Speculation Mounts Smiths May Sell Shares

The eyes of Wall Street are on Richard Smith, chairman of Neiman Marcus Group, who with his family may be ready to cash out of the luxury retailer.

Neiman Marcus' Future: Speculation Mounts Smiths May Sell Shares

The eyes of Wall Street are on Richard Smith, chairman of Neiman Marcus Group, who with his family may be ready to cash out of the luxury retailer.
— Feb 22, 2005

Federated-May Status Keeping Street Abuzz

The two retailers negotiated last week, and there was speculation that they were reasonably close on a price.
— Feb 22, 2005

Wholesale Prices For U.S. Apparel Rebound in Jan.

Wholesale prices for U.S.-produced women's and girls' apparel rebounded in January and rose 0.6 percent, the Producer Price Index revealed.
— Feb 22, 2005

Sears-Kmart Board Revealed

NEW YORK - The names of the 10 proposed board members of a combined Sears Roebuck & Co. and Kmart Corp. were listed in a form S-4/A, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Feb. 15.

Shareholders will vote for...
— Feb 22, 2005

Coming This Week

Tuesday: Milan Fashion Week continues (through Saturday).

The Conference Board releases the Consumer Confidence report for February.

Federated Department Stores and Fossil Inc. report fourth-quarter and year-end sales...
— Feb 22, 2005

In Brief: Temporary USTR Named

Temporary USTR Named: The White House late Friday night named a deputy U.S. trade representative, Peter F. Allgeier, as the acting U.S. trade representative - the nation's top trade chief - until a permanent...
— Feb 22, 2005

Lacroix's Happy Days at Pucci

While Christian Lacroix seems as if he can't wait to divorce himself from LVMH, his position as Pucci's designer is more like all in the family.
— Feb 22, 2005

As Four Shrinks by a Quarter

NEW YORK - And then As Four became three.

As Four's Kai has left the design quartet to pursue other business interests amid reports of creative clashes between him and designers Adi, Ange and Gabi, overextended vacations and just...
— Feb 22, 2005

Another 48 Hours

The social set came out for the Winter Ball for the Museum of the City of New York and the Winter Dance at the Museum of Natural History.
— Feb 22, 2005

So What Is a Secondary Stock Offering?

According to Joseph Stein, a banker at the investment banking firm of Peter J. Solomon Co., "A secondary offering is a [subsequent] offering once a company has gone public."

He pointed out that public companies can raise cash in a...
— Feb 22, 2005

Low-key and Polished - Prada, Emporio Armani, Bottega Veneta

Milan Fashion Week got under way, with fall collections from the likes of Prada, Emporio Armani, Bottega Veneta and Just Cavalli
— Feb 22, 2005

Pretty Luxe Things - Just Cavalli, Blugirl, Mila Schon, Debora Sinibaldi,

Just Cavalli: For a lover of pomp, loud luxe and over-the-top attitude like Roberto Cavalli, sending out an ode to the "contemporary czarina" is a natural. At Just Cavalli, his perfectly lush, perfectly-Cavalli melange...
— Feb 22, 2005

True Brit

MILAN - If you see a six-wheel, 20-foot-long Mini Cooper fitted with a Jacuzzi darting around Milan, you haven't had one too many glasses of chianti. It's the new Mini XXL model by the British automaker, which is appearing with a...
— Feb 22, 2005

Fashion Scoops: Armani Gold ... Cold Front ... Clicks and Bricks ...

ARMANI GOLD: Although soccer players are usually de rigueur in Giorgio Armani's front row, the Italian designer played host to Italian gymnast Igor Cassina at Monday's Emporio Armani show...
— Feb 22, 2005

Ferre's New Moves

MILAN - Massimo Macchi has been named chief executive officer of Gianfranco Ferré.

Macchi's experience in the luxury goods sector, combined with his strength outside the apparel world, led to his selection for the top post by...
— Feb 22, 2005

Coats Claim Stores' Attention

Designers marched dressy coats down the runways during New York Fashion Week, and stores hope this will be a call to arms for fall shoppers
— Feb 22, 2005

Experts Advocate Specialization

The best way for small exporting nations to maintain or grow market share in the face of sourcing giants China and India is to specialize.
— Feb 22, 2005

Hyosung Taps Vas Nunes

NEW YORK - Hyosung Corp. has named former Invista executive Gregory Vas Nunes as president of its Creora spandex business in Europe and the Americas.

Vas Nunes, 46, last served as vice president of Invista's Asia-Pacific apparel...
— Feb 22, 2005

Lycra's Other Life

NEW YORK - Expanding on its Lycra spandex brand, Invista has added Xtra Life Lycra, a fiber that helps swimsuits combat the corrosive effects of chlorine.

Xtra Life was introduced this month during the finale of the NBC reality show...
— Feb 22, 2005

Swatches: Manhattan Move ... GIDC Turns 20

MANHATTAN MOVE: RadiciSpandex Corp.'s annual Stretch to the Future design scholarship competition on May 2 will be held at Pratt Institute's Manhattan campus at 144 West 14th Street, instead of the High School for Fashion...
— Feb 22, 2005

A Potpourri From Paris

It was the abundance of important fashion trends, but not one big idea that highlighted the Salon International de la Lingerie trade fair.
— Feb 22, 2005

Memo Pad: Culture Shifts at The Times ... Cost Conscious, or Not ... Outsourced ...

CULTURE SHIFTS AT THE TIMES: Jonathan Landman's year-long term as culture editor at The New York Times is winding to a close, and while the process to select his replacement is just getting started, there are...
— Feb 22, 2005

WWD Stock Index Inches Up



NEW YORK - Wall Street trading was mixed last week.

The WWD Composite Stock Index closed the week up 0.7 percent to 1,148.29, while the S&P 500...
— Feb 22, 2005

Beauty Beat: New Scent, 'Dimension' for Ferragamo

NEW YORK - Ferragamo Parfums has dreamed up a fresher, younger addition to its Incanto franchise: Incanto Dream, which launches in April.

Joining Incanto Pour Femme and Incanto Pour Homme, Incanto Dream is a "new dimension"...
— Feb 22, 2005

To Be Young Again

Pretty Young Things Sell Beauty and Business Better.

A publicist from a major European fashion house once called with a telling request: Could we please run a red-carpet image of a teen star draped in its gown rather than the middle-aged...
— Feb 22, 2005

Burning Brighter

They possess an elusive quality that fashion mavens and the rest of the world can't quite nail down. It's a combination of talent, beauty, buzz and, of course, looking pitch-perfect in whatever they wear, whether casual denim or...
— Feb 22, 2005

Makers Shakers

Makers

By being the first to wear the latest-breaking trends, these fabulous fashionistas set the bar high in Hollywood.

Sienna Miller, 23, in a Chloé dress, Rag and Bone jeans and Fendi bag: A...
— Feb 22, 2005

Fashion Models

From Golden Age icons to today's boldfaced names, who do Hollywood's newcomers consider the epitome of chic?

Mandy Moore, 20: "Kate Moss. I mean, who doesn't look up to Kate...
— Feb 22, 2005

Design Inspiration

Donatella Versace: "I can't think young Hollywood right now because I'm too absorbed with 'Desperate Housewives.'"

Catherine Malandrino:"Keira Knightley has a strong face and cheek bones. She is romantic...
— Feb 22, 2005

Not Another Teen Actress

In Young Hollywood, there are two types of actresses: the pretty face and the real deal. Evan Rachel Wood appears, at only 17, destined to be both.

She's the rare teen actress whose ability to convey maturity, innocence and intelligence...
— Feb 22, 2005

Thanks for the Memories

Evan Rachel Wood recalls her best and worst red-carpet moments.

2001 Motorola Hard Candy party: "I'm friends with Michelle and looking back, we were like, ‘What were we thinking? You're not J.Lo. Step...
— Feb 22, 2005

Quick-Change Artists

For the latest gaggle of "It" starlets, acting naughty is paying off very nicely. 

For every cigarette she's smoked and cleavage-cradling dress she's squeezed into, barely-legal Lindsay Lohan has grown ever richer. Paris...
— Feb 22, 2005

Bad Girls of the Past

— Feb 22, 2005

Scream Queens

Nearly every major actress in Hollywood has an embarrassing film on her résumé. Most of these credits are two-bit horror sequels: Renée Zellweger played a prom goer in "The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre." Eva Mendes...
— Feb 22, 2005

Star Power Sells

If the beauty industry's obsession with celebrities has netted anything, it's a new wave of partners on a personal quest to boost their fame as well as their fortune.

Today's young star isn't interested in simply lending...
— Feb 22, 2005

Hollywood Hustle

One of young Hollywood's triple threats, actress-singer-fashion designer Taryn Manning is back on the casting radar in a big way, thanks to her turn as a hooker in "Hustle & Flow." The Indie pimp-and-ho drama made history at the...
— Feb 22, 2005

A Call For Help: The Handlers ... The Tarot-Card Reader ... The Vibrator

The Handlers

Billy Lazarus slashes the agent stereotype. He's well-mannered, friendly, fashion-forward and magazine-obsessed. In his five-and-a-half years at United Talent Agency, he's amassed a client list that...
— Feb 22, 2005

Shop Girls

The dollars and sense behind young stars' latest buys.

Marsha Thomason, 29, Nessa on "Las Vegas":"The last thing I bought was a pair of red glitter ballet pumps - very Dorothy - for...
— Feb 22, 2005

Scorecard

A by-the-numbers look at the lifestyles of the young and famous.

1 Number of known tattoos on Paris Hilton.

Ranking of Curious among all department store fragrance launches, per NPDBeauty.

2...
— Feb 22, 2005

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