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If your Facebook page wasn’t already OD-ing on Christmas/New Year engagement announcements here is another confirmation of impending nuptials. Aretha Franklin confirmed that she is getting married. Her “life long friend,” William Wilkerson, proposed over the holidays.
Her rep gave the details to People because The Queen of Soul has minions to do her bidding.
That’s right fashionista’s with a gadget fetish. Donna Karan launched her very own iPhone application. The designer has created an ap that features photos of her Fall 2009 collection along with Karan’s favorite pieces. It’s also interactive. The feature is also interactive and lets DK fans ask questions and leave comments for the designer. She in turns hopes to reach out to the every day consumer and answer as many questions as she can and absorb feedback.
“With me, it’s never just about the clothes. It’s about a lifestyle and commonality that I share with my consumer. This iPhone application is the modern evolution of the time I spend with my customers in the dressing room. Only now I can reach a world of women immediately, speaking woman to woman about clothes, objects of desire and personal passions. There is nothing faster, more mobile or more advanced in communication today.”
It’s a free service and is compatible with iPhones and iPod Touch. You can get it through iTunes.
Tim Gunn is my boo and hero. He is pretty much the Jesus of Fashion. After working his way through Parsons as a teacher, he moved on to be Heidi Klum’s sidekick on “Project Runway.” From here he became more mainstream and captured my heart.
Gunn is bravely taking on fashion power houses Giorgio Armani and Donna Karan. He joined the celebrity movement to end the use of real fur. My boo narrated a video that featured footage of rabbits being skinned alive for their fur and foxes being electrocuted. He delicately attacks designers who still use genuine fur with his stunning vocabulary. Page Six reports his moving words:
“Any designer in the fashion industry who does not want to watch the PETA video and see exactly what happens to animals and how they’re treated and how the product that they use comes to the marketplace, I believe, is egregiously irresponsible.”
Armani and Karan were singled out due to their reneged promise of never using real fur again. Reps for Giorgio’s label have released as statement damning the video.
“Despite the fact that we have previously sold products made from animal fur, the Armani Group has now decided to renounce making such items with the exception of those in rabbit fur, the by-product of an animal that is a staple source of food . . . We must stress that PETA is exploiting our name to stir up public opinion without acknowledging that we actually include very few fur items in our collections, while certain competitors of ours base much of their business on furs.”
Meanwhile, Donna Karan, who was a guest on the last season of “Project Runway” simply stated:
“There is no fur in any of our lines for Fall 2009, and we currently have no plans to use fur.”
Her is a more horrifying image…Pamela Anderson and Tim Gunn fighting crime Peta style. It’s like two opposing forces of classiness mingling together for the sake of bunnies. Now that is a tale to tell the kiddies this holiday. Silicone Sally and Tiny Tim save the fluffies of the world in time to save Christmas.
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To commemorate Valentine’s Day and the release of his new album Ringo 2012, Ringo Starr has launched a “Wonderful Valentine” contest on his Facebook. Fans can visit the contest tab on Facebook and tell one of their friends they think they are “Wonderful.” Each fan can enter to win a personalized message from Ringo Starr [...]
With the official cast announcement just a few weeks away, “Dancing With the Stars” casting rumors are running rampant. Ryan Tedder of One Republic dropped the ‘mirror’ ball on the red carpet last night at the Grammy Awards. In an interview, Ryan revealed his good friend Gavin Degraw is lined up for the next season [...]
