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Window dressing. (L.A. Stories).


It's not what you would expect to see in the windows of Saks Fifth Avenue Saks Fifth Avenue is a chain of upscale American department stores that is owned and operated by Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises (SFAE), a subsidiary of Saks Incorporated. It competes in the elite luxury department store market with Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman and Barneys New , especially in the middle of summer.

An array of dark wool suits, hats and trenchcoats worn by the Paul Newman Noun 1. Paul Newman - United States film actor (born in 1925)
Newman, Paul Leonard Newman
 and Tom Hanks Noun 1. Tom Hanks - United States film actor (born in 1956)
Hanks, Thomas J. Hanks
 in the new Dream Works SKG SKG Stichting Kwaliteit Gevelbouw (Dutch)
SKG Spielberg, Katzenberg,and Geffen (DreamWorks Studios)
SKG Thessaloniki, Greece - Thessaloniki (Airport Code)
SKG Smith and Kraus Global
 film "Road to Perdition" are on display in Saks' Wilshire Boulevard windows through July 22. Indoors is another scene featuring costuming for the Jude Law character.

The "Perdition" threads were designed by two-time Academy Award-winning costume designer Albert Wolsk and evoke the mobster underworld of 1930s Rock Island, Ill.

"Anytime you can do something where current fashion and current events mingle it draws people's interest," said Saks spokeswoman Kari Miller, pointing out that the displays include contemporary fashions that are on sale. But trenchcoats in July?

"Actually, it's not that unusual," Miller said. "In the fashion world we're all ready moving on to fall."
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Title Annotation:Saks Fifth Avenue features wool apparel from movie
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Author:Satzman, Darrell
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
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Date:Jul 15, 2002
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