NEW YORK -- Cindy Crawford may be the face that put Capezio into the major leagues, but now the handbag manufacturer is switching pitchers.

After four years with Crawford, Capezio signed up Amber Valletta, the hot 19-year-old model from Boss Models, for its fall campaign.

"It wasn't so much a corporate decision; it was a scheduling decision," said Steven Hedaya, president of Capezio Bag. He said the past few years the company's ad agency has been photographing Crawford at whatever location she was going to be, such as Capri, Israel or Los Angeles.

"As she became more and more busy, we always got our two days, but it may not have been in a location we wanted. They ...