A Fashionista's Global Designs

摘要

Women of means have long been lured to Madison Avenue by the high-priced boutiques of Prada, Hermes, and Chanel. Later this year, those synonyms for luxury will be joined by a brand selling decidedly more affordable clothes when Manhattan socialite Tory Burch brings her eponymous line to the neighborhood. A risky move ? This is not her first time bucking the odds. "There were a lot of raised eyebrows when I started this company," says Burch. "Many thought it would be a vanity project."