| A Designer 'Returns' to Sweden for Inspiration Mr. Nils, the first menswear collection by Lars Nilisson, plays to the designer's Scandinavian heritage. It is to be unveiled Tuesday at the Pitti Uomo menswear show in Florence. feeds.nytimes.com |
New Orleans Journal: New Orleans ‘Indians’ Look to Copyrights for Protection The Mardi Gras Indians, whose costumes are part of New Orleans folklore, want compensation when others profit. feeds.nytimes.com |
Inconvenient Truths | Jenny Holzer Takes On South Africa This month her provocative pronouncements are competing for real estate on T-shirts in World Cup-obsessed South Africa. feeds.nytimes.com |
Special Report: New York Fashion Week: Cue the Performing Artists New York Fashion Week shows runways are for performing artists and clothes need to dress the part. feeds.nytimes.com |
Designing Women The Magnes sisters say they have always worked well together, collaborating as children on schoolwork and art projects. Now all in their 30s, the sandy-haired trio is capitalizing on their knack for teamwork: In 2005 they launched a line of leather handbags from their parents' home in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Nearly three years later, the Israeli-born designing women have a studio of their own, and their Magnes Sisters-brand purses are sold at more than 150 retailers the world over. Each day, Dina... nysun.com |