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Oscar Weeeeeners!

Everyone knows I am not a big fan of the Oscars… primarily because this event is in no way in touch with reality. These awards are run by ‘gatekeepers’ who do not reflect the American public in any way and judge entertainment solely with respect to their personal politics… and consequently, ‘their’ selections rank as some of the most…. uninteresting.

Al the Puffer FishCase in point, the award for bad science was give to Al Gore’s ‘documentary’… just a plea to get the United Nations more into our lives. However, old Al was impressive in getting the Oscar for the ‘Best Imitation of a Puffer Fish’!

It could have been a funny and fun night… but it wasn’t. Here’s one thing that might have even enticed me to watch:

“Nor did Sacha Baron Cohen appear. Asked to be a presenter, he said he would do it only if he could be in character as Borat. But the Powers-That-Be said, “No way,” thus eliminating what surely might have been an oasis of humor in a desert of mediocrity. Morons. “

There was one redeeming feature… the male stars wore Armani tuxedos .. very cool.

Roger Freberg

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Kenneth Cole Fashion & Business Smart

Kenneth ColeOkay, time to talk about fashion and the mulitbillion dollar industry that is not about ‘inner beauty’. ( I love that line… by Nigel in ‘the Devil wears Prada’)

As with many people, we don’t know what we like until we see it, touch it, feel it… or in the case of my wife and daughters… until they try it on and some one shouts,”dah-ling, you look so ravashing… wonderful… you must have it!”

As I am now playing ‘Nigel’ to the women in my life… it brings me to another line I have used and enjoy,” you will take what I give you… and you will like it!” It ends discussion right away.

This brings me now to Kenneth Cole… who’s simple styling is timeless and tells a great story… anyone who can sell 40,000 pairs of shoes out the back end of a trailer in 2 1/2 days to get the business started… is very cool. Here’s an exerpt:

“…With Kenneth Cole Productions painted on the side of the truck, we parked at 1370 6th Avenue, across from the New York Hilton, the day of shoe show. We opened for business with a fully furnished 40 ft trailer, a director (Sometimes there was film in the camera, sometimes there wasn’t), models as actresses, and two of New York’s finest, compliments of Mayor Koch, as our doormen. We sold 40 thousand pairs of shoes in two and a half days (the entire available production) and we were off and running.”

Oh… I did buy a few things of his … and they will like it!

Roger Freberg

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What is it about her ‘smell’ that draws me to her?

aaaahhhh.... so, what is that wonderful smell?It is certainly true that one will notice an attractive and enticing smell long before we become aware of it’s origin?

As a young boy, I certainly was warned shortly before elderly female relatives grabbed my cheeks and planted an unwanted kiss apon me! Their ‘flowery’ essence spoke to me… run!… only my legs were a little bit too slow!

We know what we like … but how do folks find and put together those wonderful variations found in perfumes that tickle our memories so that we remember who we were with and where we were when we first enjoyed it?

A book came out last year and maybe you saw it… but I doubt it, unless you were combing the biology section of your local book store. It is the story of Perfume.  It is entitled:

“the Secret of Scent” by Luca Turin

Michael Kors I won’t promise you that it will answer every question… but the author has a wonderful sense of humor that will make the technical and artistic aspects of perfume development understandable in an appreciably short time.

So, what do I like?

Michael Kors “Hawaii” — review

Caron’s Infini
Caron’s Bellodgia
Estee Lauder Intuition
Estee Lauder Pleasures
YSL Opium

Chanel No. 5

I do recommend the book… it may not help you pick the ‘perfect’ gift… or maybe it will… but at least you will actually enjoy the process  So instead of handing a bottle to your hun and saying…’ ah… it smells nice’… maybe you might say like the author:

“What ‘Nombre Noir’ said was ‘flower.’ But the way it said it was an epipthany. The flower at the core of the ‘Nombre Noir’ was halfway between a rose and a violet…(with) almost saintly background of cigar box cedar notes…”

Enjoy your discoveries.

Roger Freberg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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LONDON FASHION SHOW… taking things a little FUR-ther!

You’ve got to admire a guy who is willing to defend his ‘craft’ from the slings, arrows and paint of infamous “anti-fur mob(s)”… we all know who they are… in fact, I thought of a great screen play entitled “Vegetarians Gone wild.”

In any event, the London Fashion show has redeemed itself in my eyes because of folks like Julien MacDonald who said such great lines like…

“People who don’t like fur can p*ss off. I love fur. It’s a beautiful natural product from animals.”

I couldn’t have said it better myself! Makes me kinda proud of the similar ancestry we share in common.

Well, the extreme vegetarian fundamentalists at Peta had a few things to say:

“Today a spokeswoman for anti-fur group Peta said: “Every year tens of thousands of animals will be killed for Julien’s collections.”

Actress Pamela Anderson, a Peta supporter, snubbed an invitation from Macdonald this week, telling him: “If you stop using fur, I’d be thrilled to attend… I know you can come up with killer fashions that don’t kill anything.”

Anyway, Julien… you are our ‘Hero’ Awardee!
for lighting the darkness

Roger Freberg

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Terrorist ‘Chic’ walks the London Runway?

Photo on YahooOkay, boys and girls, I know this isn’t going to sound too Politically Correct… but outside of folks named Osama, who’s gonna buy this stuff?

Believe it or not this is what is ‘haute coulture’ on the London Fashion scene. Want more pics? Now, I know a few women who might actually look good in this sort of thing… names starting with Hillary or Dixie Chics… but this is the sort of thing that sets the old time machine back to the times when three women sold for one cow.

Well, I guess we all get to thank this month’s Weenie Award winner as described by Yahoo: “A model wears an outfit by Fashion East designer Louise Golden during her catwalk show at London Fashion Week in London, Monday Feb. 12, 2007.”

You can read more about Fashion East and their ‘young designers’ here. However, real Islamic fashions can be found elsewhere.

I just might go for this sort of thing if it was marketed better… maybe, if we were told that this is cold weather gear… but then, the bare legs say another thing.

Roger Freberg