Jason Wu Gets Hits

Jason Wu, the 20-something fashion designer who designed Michelle Obama’s white, one-shouldered inaugural night evening gown, nearly crashed his server on Wednesday as his website was inundated with visitors: 4 million, to be exact.  That’s about the same number of visitors Amazon and eBay combined get every day.
You can visit Jason’s site here:
http://www.jasonwustudio.com/
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10 Guidelines for Buying Shoes

“I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes. I had one thousand and sixty.” –Imelda Marcos
For some, it’s an obsession. For others, it’s a means to an end. For those of us in the middle, it’s a sometime source of consternation.
Whether you love them, couldn’t care less, or are somewhere in between, there’s no [...]

Fashion Retailing Job Woes

If you’re wondering what caused the Dow to drop yesterday, look no further than the December retail reports.  Holiday 2008 was one of the worst in decades, in spite of all the sales leading up to and following the Christmas holiday.  Now, the pink slips are flying.
Neiman Marcus announced 375 job cuts across all its divisions, including both [...]

Golden Globe Fashion Coverage

Like to watch award shows for the clothes? I do. Actually, I prefer the red carpet pre-shows, where celebrities “strut their stuff” and tell who they’re wearing. If you missed the Golden Globes coverage this year, here are a couple of places to look (some of them quite irreverent):   
Fashion Week Daily
Go Fug Yourself 
InStyle
MSN

WireImage.com
Eva Mendez [...]

Upgrade Your Image to Achieve Other Goals

So you’ve popped the cork on another new year and are ready to tackle some resolutions like losing weight, getting a new job, or finding a soul mate. Great! But instead of working on those goals individually, perhaps you should just resolve to work on your image instead. For once you get your outside reflecting [...]

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