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Women bought more jeans over the last year than there are actual people in America.
364 million pairs
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Women bought more jeans over the last year than there are actual people in America.
364 million pairs
“When they think of America, they think of blue jeans.a
a …women want to wear more than just leggings and yoga pants.a
American Eagle says the company sold $1B worth of jeans last year. The rising sales of denim has helped a famous American brand & jean inventor, Levi Strauss & Co.. The company saw a double-digit increase in sales last year.
Fall’sA otherA fruit has decorated Thanksgiving table tops and mantles for decades, but why?
And Can you eat them?
“That’s the goal: to get something stranger and stranger, because that’s what people want. If they see something they’ve never seen before, they’re more likely to buy it.”
still underrated?
If you really want to eat one, experts say to eat them before they are fully ripe. Younger gourds will be softer whereas older gourds will be more tough & bitter. Get rid of the skin & boil for 20 mins. Or, if you ask us, maybe just admire them while you eat your turkey!
The game changer for the fashion world as an American company takes over a European icon.
Ciao Bella.
Deal creates America’s first true luxury fashion conglomerate. (Tapestry, which owns Coach, Kate Spade & Stuart Weitzman, is more mid-to-high-range.)
America has the largest apparel market in the world, but has yet to produce a global, multi-brand company like European names Gucci or Christian Dior.
Donatella Versace has served as the fashion house's creative director since her brother Gianni, who founded it 1987, was famously murdered in 1997. She had no training in fashion, but Kors CEO says she's an a essential componenta and will stay on to oversee the brand.
Want a submarine ride with your retail therapy? Or skiing perhaps?
A The $4B bet to build the largest shopping center in America, even as mall vacanciesA climb to a 6-year high.
Attention shoppers!
“We’re not building a mega-mall. We’re not in the mall business.”
Don Ghermezian, project developer
- 3.5M sq ft of retail space & 1.5M sq ft for entertainment.
- Dreamwork-themed water park, ferris wheel, & Legoland mini theme park.
- Possible indoor ski slope, lake with submarine rides, roller coaster, aquarium & permanent Cirque du Soleil show.
Mall of America was the first of its kind when it opened back in 1992. This new Miami complex isn't the only "destination mall" in the works. Click to see where one is opening next year & how it will compare to Miami.
a Dona t rest on your laurels. The end result isna t as important as the effort that goes into it. Jump all the way in. Dona t be afraid. And dona t worry so much.a
Flip For Her Story
Flip: How They Made It
“There were a lot of lean times — Mr. Spade cleaned out his 401K to buy fabric, and used money from his personal checking account to make payroll. During shipping season, the Spades stayed with friends because boxes of handbags were piled all over their bed.”
“I will say this was not unexpected by me. I’d flown out to Napa and NYC several times in the past 3-4 years to help her to get the treatment she needed (inpatient hospitalization). … She was a dear little person. So dear a so kind, so funny…I’m off to bed for a good cry.”
The Kate Spade brand describes itself as "quick and curious and playful and strong" - Her sister says wanting to keep up the image of her brand kept Kate Spade from treatment. It's insight from a single source, but worth reading.
More than 2000 emojis came before, but finallyA redheads (curly & white hair, too!) get their proper representation.
FLIP TO SEE: New Emojis
You cant use them yet! Expect a gradual rollout over several months.
Now there's a redhead...a peacock...a "leg"...what emoji do you think is still missing? A flamingo and white heart did not make the list this time, despite being nominated.
In the fashion world, there are few dates as important as the first Monday in May.
Flip For Why It Matters
The invitation-only tickets are $30K a piece & tables are about $275K, according to NYT.
All of the money from ticket sales goes to the Costume Institute, which it needs because it is the only one of the Meta s departments that funds itself.
Last year, $12 million was raised.
The 2018 Met Gala's theme is "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination." We can only guess what celebrities choose to wear for their "Sunday Best."
Tiffany & Co. will turn a select few of New York City’s iconic yellow cabs its signature robin’s egg blue.
And that’s not all…
Flip: What's Going On
Inspiration for ‘painting the town blue‘: Holly GoLightly
Ita s a the juxtaposition of wearing a floor length gown and a tiara while holding a paper bag with coffee and a pastry. …The idea that luxury doesna t have to be formal.a
To bring people "in" to the project and help spread the brand (knowingly or not), Tiffany created an interactive map so folks can find their new pops of blue. See it here:
Not everyone liked "The Hat" but love it or hat it, the First Lady made news with her clothes and grace during the FIRST STATE VISIT from a major U.S. ally. The French President's wife Brigitte Macron, wore Louis Vuitton the entire trip from head-to-toe.
He designed unforgettable looks for Audrey Hepburn, Jackie O, and more than one princess.
Hubert de Givenchy passes away at age 91.
a The little black dress is the hardest thing to realize because you must keep it simple.a
What the “Holly Golightly” black dress sold for in auction in 2006.
"The perfect dress can make many things happen in a womana s life. It can bring happiness. It is so nice to give happiness to your friends.a Givenchy
French fashion designer and leading high-heel innovator Christian Louboutin
is back in court fighting to protect the rights to his famous red-soled shoes.
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The American woman owns, on average,A 19 pairs of shoes, but only wears 4 on a regular basis (Consumer Reports).
In 1986, when the former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos fled and went into exile, she left behind at least 1,200 pairs of shoes.
“I don’t wear my heels in the shower or when I sleep a and I wear my little tennis shoes when I do my treadmill a but when I go out, of course I will. That’s my look and that’s how I’m always gonna be.”