Payless collaborates with Summer Rayne Oakes on green footwear line
Payless ShoeSource has announced plans to launch the first affordable green footwear line due in stores early next year and that it has signed an agreement with Summer Rayne Oakes, Discovery Network’s Planet Green fashion and beauty expert, author of Style, Naturally: the Savvy Shopping Guide to Sustainable Fashion & Beauty (Chronicle Books, February 2009) […]
US Life on Mars successfully charts the mood of our times
The American version of Life on Mars débuted in the United States last night and while we are still waiting for rating figures at the moment, it looks like it will be a hit. However, it will be for different reasons, despite a script for the première episode that is remarkably close to the original. […]
Marisa Miller becomes face of Harley–Davidson
It’s Marisa Miller’s year. After signing a contract with Victoria’s Secret to be one of its ‘Angels’, Miller (left, in a Victoria’s Secret campaign) will now team up with Harley–Davidson to promote its latest model. Miller’s campaign will break October 10, promoting the Harley–Davidson V-Rod Muscle motorcycle (below). The California-born model says that […]
US Life on Mars might point out where we are, not where we were
Above: The cast of the US remake of Life on Mars in their 1973 gear. From left, Jonathan Murphy as Det Chris Skelton, Harvey Keitel as Lt Gene Hunt, Jason O’Mara as Det Sam Tyler, Michael Imperioli as Det Ray Carling, and Gretchen Mol as Officer Annie Norris. (Promotional photograph courtesy ABC.) The American remake […]
Global brands will emerge from the financial crisis
Now that the debate between Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Joe Biden is over, the news is swinging back on to the discussions of the $700 billion proposed bailout by the US Government for its troubled finance firms. On Reuter today, experts are discussing whether this bailout signals the end of the US’s soft power. […]
Above: Sen. Barack Obama and Gov. Sarah Palin. On the experience question, Sen. Obama had it easy with the American media. And no one questioned whether any of the men vying for the top two executive spots in the United States would be a fit father by pursuing his career. It has been fascinating to […]
Window Cleaning: lessons in social media
[Cross-posted] Not directly about fashion, but possibly still of interest to those in to blogging and social media, particularly their relevance to modern business. My friend Tim Kitchin (left) has an excellent video series, Window Cleaning, on his company’s website. Tim leads the ?rst video on social communication (a very ?tting introduction), while Johnnie Moore […]
They were all Happy Days: ’50s fashion is back
We’ve noticed a lot of 1950s and retro styles at the spring–summer 2009 New York Fashion Week, and, as we noted today on our fashion features’ page, Shaboosh of Australia (above) has sought the same inspiration. There is some evidence to show that when there are recessionary tendencies in the market—and collapsing American ?nancial giants […]
Model Sanctuary opens again at London Fashion Week
Erin O’Connor, Vice Chairman of London Fashion Week, opens the doors of the Model Sanctuary, for the third season running, to catwalk models working in the city. Located in a luxury and spacious three-bedroom suite of a central London hotel, models are able to relax, have access to free healthy food and drink, wi? and […]
You eco-consciously light up my life
Clockwise from top left: Revealing an old wall at Star?sh with an eco-friendly re?t. One of the new Osram energy-saving lights. Witchery’s ?agship store in Wellington is tasteful and elegant. Ever since we took the ?les for the New Zealand issue to the printer, I have attended a few more dos around Wellington (as to New […]
