A new American Express print campaign featuring Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen is attempting to change the world by raising consciousness about the problem of AIDS in Africa.
The Red Card will donate 1% of all sales charged to it to the cause. It is the first product launch of U2 frontman’s Bono Product Red Project to combat AIDS in Africa that will also include Converse, Gap and Giorgio Armani. The card for now will only be available in Britain.
Who says the girl's got no sole!!!! Pairs Hilton’s size 11 shoes seem to be taking over her whole life.
She recently told Britain’s Now Magazine she lives in a virtual shoebox ... "Like most girls, I'm passionate about shoes. I have so many pairs its ridiculous. In fact, I probably have over a thousand pairs and now my whole house is like one giant closet because I just put them wherever they'll fit."
...New York
Fashion designer and Bridal Wear Queen Vera Wang has inked a deal with Kohl's stores to create an affordable fashion and lifestyle brand called Very Vera by Vera Wang.
The multi-category deal encompasses women's apparel, intimate apparel, handbags, leather accessories, jewelry, footwear, linens and towels.
Sales are expected to hit 500 million in the first 3 years. If that happens Vera should take home over 100 million dollars over the length of the contract.
<<Vera Wang Fall/Winter 2006 Collection during New York Fashion Week.
Photo: Edward James
According to London feature writer Jane Loughran, Kate Moss is a grown woman with a teenage brain. That is the only way to explain her unrealistic relationship with Pete Doherty. “Emotionally, she seems to suffer from the drama queen syndrome that tends to afflict teenage girls. Thankfully, most women are through it well before the end of their 20s. ..... Doherty is just another drug. She is addicted to the roller coaster of emotions which he provides. A relationship which is full of lows inevitably also produces highs.”
...New York
Revlon continues to lose market share. According to industry insiders retail giants Wal-Mart and Target recently cut back on critical retail shelf space for the brand.
Second quarter loses ballooned to $87 million dollars. The recent launch of Vital Radiance, aimed at the over 50 market fell flat.
Some big box retailers have already started to reduce orders. Company Chairman Ron Perelman bought back over a million shares in an attempt to maintain the market value of the company. Revlon’s worth has fallen over 75% this year and over 90% since financier Perelman gained control of the company.
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Observers are saying that there is definitely something very odd, that borders on the sado-masochistic,concerning a recent sighting of Heather Mills in L.A. She was seen shopping on Rodeo Drive wearing an oversized pair of Stella McCartney sunglasses. What even makes it more peculiar was that Mills seemed to go out of her way to draw attention to herself when she pulled up in a convertible luxury car. McCartney is said to have a visceral hate-on for Mills and has always considered her an insincere gold digger from the start who lied about her past when she married her father former Beatle Paul McCartney. Mills described the hurt she feels as a result of her marriage breakdown with Sir Paul as a physical pain that never stops. So why the glasses as a nod to the woman that has caused her so much anguish? Some people are starting to speculate in the British Press that Mills just likes to suffer.
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The fashion and beauty media caught a whiff of a rumor said to have originated from Lindsay Lohan herself that she is in talks with perfume giant Coty to introduce her own fragrance.
Coty has produced celebrity perfumes for Jennifer Lopez, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kimora Lee Simmons, Celine Dion and Shania Twain. Britney Spears’ Curious produced by Elizabeth Arden is still the number one selling perfume at beauty counters in North America.
