SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MAY 13: A pedestrian carrying a shopping bag is seen reflected in the window of a Prada clothing store on May 13, 2013 in San Francisco, California. According to a Commerce Department report, falling gas prices help boost retail and food service sales 0.1 percent in April one month after March sales fell 0.5 percent.
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: An advertisment for Prada eyewear is viewed in a window along Broadway on April 26, 2013 in New York, New York. In new data released today by the Commerce Department, it was revealed that U.S. economic growth accelerated to an annual rate of 2.5 percent from January through March. Much of this growth was driven by strong consumer spending, which rose at an annual rate of 3.2 percent.
A television reporter holds up a pair of Carrie Bradshaw's Prada platform clogs displayed at Gotta Have it! auction house in New York, April 24, 2013. Actress Sarah Jessica Parker has donated several pair of her iconic "Sex in the City" character's shoes to be put up for auction to benefit New York City's LaGuardia Arts High School.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 09: Laura Csortan wears a dress by Camilla and Marc, and carries a bag by Prada at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia Spring/Summer 2013/14 at Carriageworks on April 9, 2013 in Sydney, Australia.
Dutch architect Rem Koolhose gestures at the Knoll company furniture space, part of the Milan's Furniture Fair, in Milan, Italy, Monday, April 8, 2013. Rem Koolhaas says he has shed his "puritanical" attitude against architects designing objects, and has shifted scale to create 11 pieces of furniture for U.S. industrial design house Knoll. The Dutch architect's creations, premiered Monday ahead of Milan Design Week, include a dynamic counter a stack of three horizontal beams that can be transformed from a screen-like unit to cantilevered shelves and benches that invite people to sit, climb and lean in a sort of social/intellectual romper room. The Koolhaas collection, celebrating Knoll's 75th anniversary, previewed at the Prada showroom linking architecture, design and fashion. The 52nd International Furniture Fair (Salone del Mobile) opens in Milan on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 until April 14.
Dutch architect Rem Koolhose, left, is flanked by Knoll industrial design CEO Andrew Cogan, at Milan's Furniture Fair, in Milan, Italy, Monday, April 8, 2013. Rem Koolhaas says he has shed his "puritanical" attitude against architects designing objects, and has shifted scale to create 11 pieces of furniture for U.S. industrial design house Knoll. The Dutch architect's creations, premiered Monday ahead of Milan Design Week, include a dynamic counter a stack of three horizontal beams that can be transformed from a screen-like unit to cantilevered shelves and benches that invite people to sit, climb and lean in a sort of social/intellectual romper room. The Koolhaas collection, celebrating Knoll's 75th anniversary, previewed at the Prada showroom linking architecture, design and fashion.
