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	para[0] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Kate Moss</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">When the bump appeared we thought we\'d see less of Kate Moss &#0151; that vanity would keep her at home, that style followers would lose interest in documenting her every pregnant move. But no. There she is with her Kelly bag on the streets of London, in her Prada blouse going to a baby shower at Stella McCartney\'s, with her boyfriend on a yacht in the south of France ... <A HREF="influentials.html#moss">more</A>'
	
	para[1] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Jose Mar&iacute;a Castellano</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">Image is everything? Not for a High-Street retailer, unless it can help shoppers create the one they want. Nobody does that better than Zara, the chain that one analyst calls &quot;Armani at moderate prices.&quot; And nobody has more responsibility for maintaining this reputation than Jose Mar&iacute;a Castellano, CEO of Zara\'s parent, the Spanish textile giant Inditex ... <A HREF="influentials.html#castellano">more</A>'
	
	para[2] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Bridget Foley</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">Flawless fashion instinct is just one of the things that sets W and Women\'s Wear Daily\'s Bridget Foley apart from other fashion journalists. Not only can she spot talent a kilometer off, but she can also write as well as the best of them, without having to resort to shock tactics or smarmy insults ... <A HREF="influentials.html#foley">more</A>'
	
	para[3] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Yves Carcelle</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">News that his boss, LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault, is getting serious about his fashion brands is good news for Carcelle. Although Carcelle has been instrumental in the running of LVMH since 1999, his role took on new significance as the company decided to focus attention, and dollars, on his division and its stable of brands ... <A HREF="influentials.html#carcelle">more</A>'
	
	para[4] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Antonio Belloni</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">Is it any coincidence that following the April 2001 appointment of Antonio Belloni as chief operating officer of LVMH things began to happen at the world\'s largest luxury goods group? That CEO Bernard Arnault announced the company would focus on its &quot;luxury star brands&quot; and start to reduce its stake in the money-draining auction house Phillips and focus on such trouble spots as DFS and the cosmetics retailer Sephora? ... <A HREF="influentials.html#belloni">more</A> '
	
	para[5] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Cameron Silver</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">Everything old is new again. If you\'re of a certain age (say 30), you might have noticed that the clothes in the stores look a little familiar. Perhaps you\'re thinking that you\'ve worn these clothes before &#0151; Zac Posen\'s \'40s-style cinched-waist dresses, the Marc by Marc Jacobs \'70s corduroy blazers, the Gucci \'80s ankle-clenching trousers ... <A HREF="influentials.html#silver">more</A>'
	
	para[6] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Diego Della Valle</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">Let\'s not rehash the story of how Diego Della Valle changed the fortunes of his family\'s shoe business by designing fanciful creations for \'80\'s designers. Let\'s not talk about the Italian football team he created out of the remains of Fiorentina (called Fiorentina 1926 Florentina) ... <A HREF="influentials.html#valle">more</A>'
	
	para[7] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Lidewu Edelkoort</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">In Fall of 1999, trend spotter Lidewu, or Li, Edelkoort published a small book to coincide with an exhibition on taste at the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht. The book spelled out the things that Edelkoort thought would be important in the future ... <A HREF="influentials.html#edelkoort">more</A>'
	
	para[8] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Nicolas Ghesqui&egrave;re</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">He has been called &quot;the most original and intriguing designer of his generation&quot; by Suzy Menkes. But his work borrows unabashedly from those who have gone before. Not Cristobal Balenciaga, whose house he now designs for, but from Davy Crockett, Star Trek and Michael Jackson ... <A HREF="influentials.html#ghes">more</A>'
	
	para[9] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Vittorio Radice</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">What would a city be without its department stores? These aren\'t just places to buy clothes &#0151; they\'re historical landmarks and tourist destinations. Vittorio Radice, the CEO of Selfridges, wants the future of the department store to be as glamorous as its past ... <A HREF="influentials.html#radice">more</A>'
	
	para[10] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Alexander McQueen</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">Not all new designers are created equal. Some have connections, some talent, some personality, some drive. Alexander McQueen has all of the above. In spades. The son of a London taxi driver, he wasn\'t born with connections &#0151; they came when he sold the majority of his company to Gucci Group ... <A HREF="influentials.html#mcqueen">more</A>'
	
	para[11] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Leonid Strunin and Leonid Friedland</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Leonid Strunin and Leonid Friedland, high school chums from Moscow, started selling folk art to tourists in 1992. They soon realized they\'d be better off selling to noveau riche locals instead ... <A HREF="influentials.html#leonid">more</A>'
	
	para[12] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Anna Wintour</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">Anna stories abound. There\'s nary an editorial intern at the New York offices of American Vogue who can\'t tell a tale of Wintour\'s critical observations on a lost button, a &quot;matchy-matchy&quot; outfit or a mouth full of chewing gum. Not on the models mind you, but on her staff ... <A HREF="influentials.html#wintour">more</A>'
	
	para[13] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Hedi Slimane</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">When Fashion Types start to swoon about menswear (they call businessmen &quot;suits&quot;for a reason after all) you <TABLE width="62" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" align="right"><TR><TD height="5"></TD></TR><TR><TD align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000"><IMG src="/time/europe/fashion/0902/images/inc_slimane.jpg" width="60" height="82" align="right" hspace="0" vspace="0"></TD></TR><TR><TD height="5"></TD></TR><TR></TABLE>know that something spectacular is happening. The swooning began five years ago when Yves Saint Laurent hired a little-known designer called Hedi Slimane to design the men\'s collection ... <A HREF="influentials.html#slimane">more</A>'
	
	para[14] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Katie Grand</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">Though this is the age of the stylist, only Grand has managed to make the switch from trendsetter to magazine editor with such finesse. Pop represents more than just the arrival of the stylist as editress, it represents the arrival of generation next in the fashion publishing world ... <A HREF="influentials.html#grand">more</A>'
	
	para[15] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Lindsay Owen-Jones</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">The name Helena Rubinstein used to be synonymous with well-powdered ladies of a certain age, until the marketing juggernaut that is L\'Or&eacute;al, headed by 56-year-old Owen-Jones, got hold of the fading cometics and skincare brand ... <A HREF="influentials.html#jones">more</A>'
	
	para[16] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Claire Kent</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">Burberry is on Claire Kent\'s mind. Which is good news for Burberry. Kent is the luxury-goods analyst for Morgan Stanley in London and has been covering the industry longer than anyone else in investment banking. Just as long as the industry has existed &#0151; or existed on the stock markets, anyway ... <A HREF="influentials.html#kent">more</A>'
	
	para[17] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Floriane de Saint Pierre</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">If you\'re looking for a new designer or top executive, then all you need to <IMG src="/time/europe/fashion/0902/images/inc_pierre.jpg" width="62" height="84" align="right" vspace="5">do is give Floriane de Saint Pierre a call. Although her name may not be familiar outside the fashion firmament, the ruling &eacute;lite within the industry simply can\'t live without her ... <A HREF="influentials.html#pierre">more</A>'
	
	para[18] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Franco Pene</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">If the future of fashion is the young designer, then much of that future is in Pene\'s hands. Franco Pene, chairman of Gibo, the high-end Italian apparel manufacturer, has already helped designers like Viktor and Rolf, Marc Jacobs, Paul Smith, Helmut Lang, Hussein Chalayan and Michael Kors get off the ground by signing deals to make and sell the clothes they design ... <A HREF="influentials.html#pene">more</A>'
	
	para[19] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Karl Lagerfeld</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">Let\'s get one thing straight: Karl did it first. Before Tom Ford worked his magic at Gucci, Lagerfeld had reinvented the house of Chanel. And he did it with one hand tied behind his back &#0151; the other was designing for Fendi, for Chlo&eacute; and for his own label. He hasn\'t slowed down since ... <A HREF="influentials.html#lagerfeld">more</A>'
	
	para[20] = '<b><span class="includeheds">John Galliano</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">Love him or hate him, John Galliano has had an influence on the fashion world that\'s impossible to deny. Haute couture as a crazy, fun-filled extravaganza of excess? Not before he came along and began deconstructing the bourgeois fashion house of Christian Dior. His designs have shocked and delighted and led others &#0151; most recently Julien MacDonald at Givenchy &#0151; to try the same stunts ... <A HREF="influentials.html#galliano">more</A>'
	
	para[21] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Linda Loppa</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">She has pulled Belgian fashion out of the backwater and into the international arena, transforming Antwerp into the &quot;alternative&quot; fashion capital of Europe. &quot;When I was young,&quot; she recalls, &quot;I looked at Italy and France and thought, \'We could be as creative as they are.\'&quot; ... <A HREF="influentials.html#loppa">more</A>'
	
	para[22] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Nick Knight</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">He doesn\'t like using only skinny models. He doesn\'t <IMG src="/time/europe/fashion/0902/images/inc_knight.jpg" width="62" height="84" align="right" vspace="5">want a retrospective. He hesitates even to define himself as a photographer. &quot;Image-maker sounds pretentious, but it\'s closer to the truth,&quot; he says ... <A HREF="influentials.html#knight">more</A>'
	
	para[23] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Joy Yaffe</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">Ruffo is one of those favorites of fashion insiders. Since 1966 the company has been making leather clothing for a bevy of name designers like Versace. &quot;There\'s nobody who hasn\'t approached Ruffo,&quot; says marketing director Joy Yaffe ... <A HREF="influentials.html#yaffe">more</A>'
	
	para[24] = '<b><span class="includeheds">Tom Ford</SPAN></B><BR><IMG src="http://i.timeinc.net/time/europe/images/buildouts/red_arrow.gif" alt="" height="10" width="8" border="0">The trouble with Tom is that there\'s just too much to say. The man can design, he can market, he can see the future. He\'s smart and he\'s charming and he\'s too darn good-looking for his own good. But none of these is the reason we put him on our list ... <A HREF="influentials.html#ford">more</A>'
	
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