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Models don8217;t retire; they diversify. So it should come as a surprise to no one that supermodel Cindy Crawford designs a furniture collection for Rooms to Go.

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Models don8217;t retire; they diversify.
So it should come as a surprise to no one that supermodel Cindy Crawford designs a furniture collection for Rooms to Go.

Q: How did you connect with Rooms to Go?
A: Jeffrey Seaman helped me get over looking at myself as only a model. He said, 8220;Cindy, you have style and that translates to other areas of your life.8221;

Q: Are you very involved in the design process?
A: It started out with a design team from Rooms to Go coming to my home in Malibu. I walked them through the house.
My husband nightclub owner Rande Gerber and I love to read design magazines. I8217;d tell the designers, 8220;Use this finish8221; or 8220;Try this color.8221; I see the product at every stage, from the drawings to the fabric swatches. It8217;s my furniture line.

Q: Where do you get inspiration for your designs?
A: The fact that I8217;m a mother influences a lot.

Q: You and other models have moved on to other pursuits. How do you feel about the idea of model as mogul?
A:We8217;re the lucky ones who were able to take advantage of opportunities before us. And I8217;m not the 25-year-old model that I was, I8217;m a 42-year-old mother of two.
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Oprah Talks Shop
The first Oprah Store in Chicago dishes up 900 of Oprah Winfrey8217;s favorite things, mostly clothing. Think stretchy workout outfits in sizes small to 3X. 8220;When you walk in the store, you feel like Oprah is standing there,8221; says store manager Darcy Rogers. 8220;We have all the colors she loves.8221; The merchandise is exclusive, and a portion of the profits from some products goes to charity.The store8217;s Oprah8217;s Closet, an armoire stocked with her designer castoffs. Check out her 175 hot pink Valentino pants size 10 and 375 Yves Saint Laurent size 10.5 silk floral pumps.
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Wanna-Be Carrie
Much has been made of Sex and the City8217;s single-girl mythology. Now the prospect of seeing Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda go through one more mytho-poetic cycle is causing epic preparations. To fete the film, devotees will be able to indulge in a Sex and the City package at NY8217;s Mandarin Oriental, brunch with female-only networking groups in Baltimore or enter a SATC look-alike contest at Boston8217;s Underbar. Patricia Field, the show8217;s designer, is peddling heart-shaped cosmo flasks on her site for moviegoers to accessorize.
Newsweek