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August 2010
According to The Sun, “HRH decided to break with tradition and wear this lime green two-piece (left) rather than the usual skirt and blouse on a cruise around Scotland’s Western Isles in July. Since then trouser-suit sales are said to have gone up by 40 per cent. It was Lizzie Singleton, a spokeswoman for Debenhams [...]
The Archie comics are as American as a Norman Rockwell painting. But like Rockwell’s paintings, they run the risk of becoming icons of a bygone age. Does including Kevin, the first openly gay character ever to appear in the strip, help make the 50′s-something comic easier to relate to? According to co-chief executive of Archie [...]
This ad (covered before on HV, here) has been banned in Venice. Er. Um. Etc. For what reason? Could it be that: 1) The Mayor of Venice, Georgio Orsoni, believes that it is cruel to keep adorable little lion cubs in captivity and that the ad promotes the use of wild animals as high-end accessories? [...]
Vanity Fair is an excellent magazine, but it’s also one of the world’s most brilliant con tricks. While it positions itself as blue chip high-end glamour, intelligence and great journalism, its greatest trick is that it is as voraciously and secretly consumed for it’s uber-tabloid, tatty content. Just like Playboy, in it’s heyday, it is [...]
3 years and 14 collections later, it has been confirmed in London that Kate Moss’ range of “designs,” for TopShop will cease to be after October this year. What went wrong? 1) Did the customers come out of their coma and vote with their brains and wallets? Erm, yes. While the first “collection” sold out [...]
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