When I wrote this I had preconceived that I was going to use Zhang Yin and Donatella Versace in my model. So, this mashup is not of three individuals, but discusses a single woman's position in relation to power.
Despite the power of her position, she is cagey about how she made her fortune. In a society known for close ties and hidden deals between government officials and business leaders, she says simply, ''I'm an honest businesswoman.''. For example, they require interviewers to sign a form agreeing not to reveal any differences between the United States and Europe. Nevertheless, in review of the display, the overriding mood was of driving strength in the difficult months to come.
The oppressive environment of Milan, rarely does guarantee that today's innovation leader will not be copycatted and undersold into tomorrow's niche player. Because of the size of the empire, the drama isn't limited to the occasional threats from competitors, yet being a woman was not a problem, she says. "Actually, I didn't find it difficult," she says. "I found men respected me". But in a strange way, the violence of these events seems to have driven a lot of the phony pretension out of the industry. The sort of shock tactics, trends and avant-garde posing that have run rampant for many seasons has given way, in the face of real-world shocking events, to a yearning for beauty.
Maybe we think innovation begins with an epiphany, a sudden vision of the future. Either way, we think of that one thing, the lightning bolt that jolted all the other pieces into place but the history is comparatively free of lightning-bolt moments. However, she hasn't lost her ambition, though. Sometimes called the queen of trash, she doesn't disown the title. But, she said, ''Some day, I'd like to be known as the queen of containerboards.'' Although some insiders had doubted her ability to go on, she has proved that the design house is standing strong.
Despite the power of her position, she is cagey about how she made her fortune. In a society known for close ties and hidden deals between government officials and business leaders, she says simply, ''I'm an honest businesswoman.''. For example, they require interviewers to sign a form agreeing not to reveal any differences between the United States and Europe. Nevertheless, in review of the display, the overriding mood was of driving strength in the difficult months to come.
The oppressive environment of Milan, rarely does guarantee that today's innovation leader will not be copycatted and undersold into tomorrow's niche player. Because of the size of the empire, the drama isn't limited to the occasional threats from competitors, yet being a woman was not a problem, she says. "Actually, I didn't find it difficult," she says. "I found men respected me". But in a strange way, the violence of these events seems to have driven a lot of the phony pretension out of the industry. The sort of shock tactics, trends and avant-garde posing that have run rampant for many seasons has given way, in the face of real-world shocking events, to a yearning for beauty.
Maybe we think innovation begins with an epiphany, a sudden vision of the future. Either way, we think of that one thing, the lightning bolt that jolted all the other pieces into place but the history is comparatively free of lightning-bolt moments. However, she hasn't lost her ambition, though. Sometimes called the queen of trash, she doesn't disown the title. But, she said, ''Some day, I'd like to be known as the queen of containerboards.'' Although some insiders had doubted her ability to go on, she has proved that the design house is standing strong.
Blazing A Paper Trail In China; A Self-Made Billionaire Wrote Her Ticket On Recycled Cardboard
By DAVID BARBOZA
Published: January 16, 2007 (Zhang Yin)
Review/Fashion; In Milan, the Versace Drama Continues
By AMY M. SPINDLER
Published: October 7, 1997 (Donatella Versace)
By ROB WALKER
Published: November 30, 2003
The Guts of a New Machine (Steve Jobs)
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