A glimpse of royal-blue brushed-leather tennis shoes.
Prada's driving shoe is made of brushed denim blue leather ($340 at Saks Fifth Avenue).
The interior could have passed for that of any luxury car: burl-wood and leather, brushed metal and Bose speakers.
It has the interior of a car from the class above, too, with a large colour screen and expanse of brushed metal and leather.
Modernism was by no means dead: Michael Weiss designed a spiffy new group of pieces for Vanguard Furniture -- saddle-stitched leather, brushed nickel hardware and ash wood, with echoes of elegant French Moderne at a mid-American price.
Dunhill (711 Fifth Avenue, at 56th) has a smallish North South (i.e., vertically shaped) shoulder bag with an outside zipper, in brushed canvas with leather trim, in midnight blue, tobacco, and forest green ($445); and an iPod case (available online; $105) in a deep-brown nubby canvas or black leather, both designed with the Dunhill "d-8" logo, which doesn't look logo-y at all.
Rooms are decorated in pale tones of beige and cream, and the designers used such sensuous materials as brushed velvet and leather.
So the superlight, brushed and coated leathers are designed to create a hybrid of a work and a casual shoe, with functionality and informality the driving force.
Bid itself retains its soothing modern look, complete with soft leather banquettes, brushed steel lighting fixtures and a fancy bar.
Brinell offers several choices in the external finish, including carbon fiber, wood, leather, and brushed stainless steel.
