in the heart of milan italy is one of the most prestigious shopping streets in the world. to step through the heavy glass doors means crossing the border from the ordinary, and the mundane, into luxury, privilege, and glamour. really, it is the world that so many people aspired to live in. once upon a time, just a few blocks from this fairytale world of gold fringed dresses and thousand dollar handbags, haute couture gave live to hatred. beauty became betrayal. the story makes a greek tragedy look like a children story. it happened, one morning, in march, in 1995 when a man, rich beyond measure, a man in love, strolled into his office, and greeted his dorman with a smile. then, his worst fears were realized, as he was assassinated, in a hail of