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Archive for: April, 2009

25 things vanishing in America, Customer service

25 things vanishing in America, Customer service

A day in modern life- Drive-thru at the coffee shop. Attendant shoves change, receipt and coffee at me simultaneously. Hurry hurry. Stop for gas. 10 customers are pumping their own, while the single employee is inside selling lottery tickets and smokes. Never even glances at me as I spend $40. Call my Doc to double-check [...]

Old world fashion and blue dreams.

Old world fashion and blue dreams.

This month the styling wizards at CondeNast gave Zac Efron a lavish Cinderella treatment for a magazine front cover. Getting a break from wearing Californian shorts and half beaten Converse All Star shoes is what Efron needed. Indeed does he looks reve…

Safari Fashion.

Safari Fashion.

The animal kingdom has struck the fashion world with leopard prints while chickenpox blemishes are doomed to ever be part of the runway. An accidental visit to the lingerie section in a Roberto Cavalli store is a trap into a retail jungle infested with…

Hedi Slimane for Prada.

Hedi Slimane for Prada.

Easter is here and in Hedi Slimane’s world everyone hunts for black and white eggs in their backyards. Don’t to be misled by the title written in true tabloid spirit, Prada have not consulted Slimane to design a collection for the Italian designer …

Male Modeling Not Lucrative or Glamorous. At All.

Male Modeling Not Lucrative or Glamorous. At All.

Modeling is not nearly as glamorous or lucrative for men as for women. The boys make less money, so they often don’t have the luxury of, say, a black car to ferry them between shows and fittings. Also, male models can be filthy, filthy creatures. Russian-born Matvey Lykov ranks in the top 25 male models [...]

From runway to retail.

From runway to retail.

Belgium design Dries Van Noten Spring Summer 2009 collection had mercury shooting out of every fashion meter when he presented during the summer last year. With cuts delicate as fine Belgium chocolate the pieces were very handsome in the sensual blue h…

Lympho-Maniac Charity Event

Lympho-Maniac Charity Event

Chad Landry is an institutional equity salesman and works for Capital One Southcoast out of New Orleans. Once a year he organizes a charity event to raise funds for research into cancer. He is a survivor himself and lives life to the fullest because of…

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