As Billy Joel sang Saturday night, “There’s no business like shoe business.” Overall I can’t say that the World Shoe Association seemed like a great show in Vegas. I think MAGIC, a week earlier, would have been a better trip. Luckily the materials show adjacent to it was eye opening. If anything, most of what [...]

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The WSA show is traditionally the place to see what’s going on in footwear. It’s in Las Vegas, so it’s also a good place to see the very latest in gold and lace. Unfortunately most of the styles, ethics, and technologies of the show were more frumpy than fresh. So it was no real surpise [...]

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She’s beautiful. She’s weird. She’s creepy. Which makes her more beautiful (in a weird creepy way). Isabella Rosellini’s latest film endeavor isn’t about some disturbing sexual tension opposite Dennis Hopper though… instead, it is an 8-part series of short films, each created by and featuring Rossellini as a different insect having sex (she’s got to [...]

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