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are focusing their seductive powers (and luxe new stores) on a
hungry target: the male shopper.  August 10, 2008|Adam Tschorn |
Times Staff Writer  GUYS, Salvatore Ferragamo knows you want
that $30,000 burgundy crocodile duffel -- and thinks it has the
perfect lure. The brand's new men's boutique at the Beverly
Center in L.A. -- the first of its kind in the country -- is a
study in Italian-style man-luxe: 2,000 square feet of wood-
grained walls, cream-colored floors and buttery leather couches
where you can sip espresso while perusing the full men's
collection that ranges from $160 neckties to that oh-so
extravagant duffel.  Male desire, thy name is paneling. And
comfy chairs. And a store environment to call your own. At least
that's the formula that seems to be emerging as retailers train
their powers of enticement on guys.  Looking beyond the purse-
and-pumps model that built its business, Ferragamo is on the
leading edge of a new and energetic gr