Parties, bottles of Krug, caviar, VIPs, Penelope Cruz, the Dalai Lama, Bono and 50 Cent talking about Kierkegaard, more champagne, white tigers, Russian gazillionaires, Mega Giga Super Yachts, Extra Top Models, Lenny Kravitz, red carpets, 545,886 people screaming outside the venue, a 334-metre long limo, golden Bentleys and, of course, The Kardashians: Welcome to the ...
It is normal for us, mere mortals, to make mistakes; our vulnerability, fallibility and unreliability make us do silly things, in life as on Instagram. Therefore, we are (kind of) excused when posting photos of Starbucks Frappuccinos, pets doing pets’ things, or food. Yawn. But what about famous luxury brands, with massive budgets, an ...
It took three people to write the following song. Seriously. Worldwide, the song has sold more than 6.6 million copies, making it one of the best selling singles of all time. Seriously. Here are the lyrics. Seriously. ‘Ahuh Ahuh (Yea Rihanna) Ahuh Ahuh (Good girl gone bad) Ahuh Ahuh (Take three… Action) Ahuh Ahuh ...
‘Old Hare Krishna got nothing on you Just keep you crazy with nothing to do Keep you occupied with pie in the sky There ain’t no guru who can see through your eyes I, I found out! I, I found out!’ John Lennon, “I Found Out” 1. Twitter Gurus, social media Shamanism, and Nigerian scammers Yes, ...
“There’s a new kid on the block, and boy, the kid is tough” wrote Jack Prelutsky in 1984. There’s a new kid on the social media block, and boy, the kid is tough. Its name is Pheed, and it’s based around some strong ideas – but are we sure “strong” is better than “smart”, nowadays? ...
All you need is ignorance and confidence, and the success is sure.’ Mark Twain From Wikipedia ‘King Claudius is a character and the antagonist from William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. He is the brother to King Hamlet, second husband to Gertrude and uncle to Hamlet. He obtained the throne of Denmark by murdering his own brother ...
Apparently, lots of people hate fashion bloggers (see Olivier Zahm). Trying to understand why, I started to look for things on Google: “fashion bloggers hate”, “why fashion bloggers”, “fashion bloggers function”. This last combination of terms brought me to a (quite popular) fashion blog, in which I found the peculiar following post. I think this ...
When billboards try to look like something else, it’s either a Eureka! moment, or a big fiasco. Remember The Economist’s Bulb, or the more recent Absolut New York campaigns? Amazing. Sky, instead, chose another approach – “Let’s make it look like a Tweet, yeah, super contemporary…And let’s have Lily Allen on it…She’s a young mom, ...
Millennials are “skeptical” about luxury brands, Louis Vuitton makes surfboards, Burberry will send a spaceship to Mars; meanwhile, in China, the closing of Wooha.com was followed by the resignation of VIPKu’s CEO and deep cuts in staff at Xiu.com & Shangpin.com. Bloggers are everywhere, tweeting their way to Fashion Valhalla. Marc Jacobs gets tattooed by ...