If You Like Rockin Suits, Buy from a Rockstar
Strokes bandmemeber Albert Hammond, Jr has designed a line of suits for Confederacy an LA Men's boutique. The suits range in price from $2,125 to $2,400and could be found at Confederacy, 4661 Hollywood Blvd., L.A., (323) 913-3040, shopconfederacy.com. Get 'em while they're hot, they only made 44 of these suckers, and A. Hammond already has claimed one for himself. More pics after the jump!
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This Sale You Don't Wanna Miss
Caliroots, the clothing store inspired by California lifestyle and culture, is moving to a new warehouse. Because of this, they've decided to have one totally awesome sale dude. Ok, I'm taking the cali accent thing too far, right? Anyhoo, countless streetwear brands such as Incase - Paul Rodriguez Collection, SUPER sunglasses, The Hundreds, Common Project, Levi’s, Edwin, Cheap Monday, Nike, adidas Originals, VANS, and much more… will have merchandise being sold at huge discounts. So what are you waiting for? Go shop till you drop!!!
Does Your Lip Gloss Do Detective Work?
Date-rape detection has been made easy thanks to UK-based cosmetics company 2LoveMyLips. The company has released 5 new shades of lipgloss that detect GHB and Ketamine. When a drop of the date-rape drug turns the gloss blue then you know you've been drugged. Tracy Whittaker the managing director of the company claims to be launching the product in the U.S. and Australia soon. The burning question, however is does it actually work? So far the only stats given with regards to that question are that "the Roofie Foundation, a UK agency set up to help victims of drug rape received 1,200 calls to their helpline in the last two years." Ladies, beware of what you drink and from whom. It's always better to buy your own when you're at the nightclub. Just some good advice, if you ask me.
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What Happened to Lay-Away?
The Washington Post has posted an article on their website about Lay-Aways. For those of you who don't remember, lay-away is when you put an item on hold until you have the money to pay for it. This past Tuesday, comedian Steve Harvey, made his way to K-Mart in Greenbelt, MD in support of lay-aways. A grand idea for those of us who don't want to rack up on credit card interest on an item that can easily be purchased within a few weeks. So remember, those of you suffering during the recession, if you're looking to buy that Wii or those awesome kicks, but don't have the cash up front well there's always lay-away. After all, Christmas is around the corner.
He's Bringing Afro's Back...Yea
This year Marc Jacobs used his position at Louis Vuitton to bring back a much missed memory from the 60's and 70's The Fro. I was a little disarmed by this at first, but then I thought, this is kinda cool... I think. The reason I'm down with the fro is because I'm a huge fan of the music and style from the 60's abnd 70's. I'm, also a huge Marc Jacobs fan. I would have liked to have seen more authentic fro's grace the stages of the runway, but hey, you can't win 'em all.
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This is Disgusting
Recently a website called boingboing.net became entrenched in a battle with Ralph Lauren over the photoshopping mistake, (at least we hope it was a mistake), in one of the brand's ads. Boing Boing blogger Xeni made comments criticizing the size of the model, who is ridiculously emaciated, and suggested that perhaps it was a photoshop error since the model's "head is bigger than her pelvis." Rather than responding appropriately to the criticism Ralph Lauren instead tried to shut down the site's post claiming it violated copyright infringement laws, which it did not. It's unfortunate that rather than address these concerns, Ralph Lauren co. resorted to taking low blows at the site. This model has obviously been photoshopped to inhuman proportions and the ad should be replaced.
American Apparel Teams Up With Big Bird
As a blogger with a bird phobia I must say, how frightening! Apparently it was Sesame Street who reached out to American Apparel CEO Dov Charney in hopes of doing a line of tee's with the brand. Charney agreed and the line is set to come out this month. What's hilarious about all of this is that American Apparel is a brand known for it's sex appeal and Sesame Street is a children's brand. I don't think the people behind Sesame Street were imagining the possibly raunchy ads that would come out of their partnering with AA. Chances are, they were just seeing Oscar Green.
Teen Vogue Diversifies for This Month's Cover
Jourdan Dunn and Chanel Iman grace the cover of November's Teen Vogue. It's cool to see a little diversity from the traditionally and unabashedly vanilla mag. I'm just sayin...