Bike Short Man will Save YOU!!!!

Bike Short Man will save YOU!

 

Have you ever seen those guys and gals running around with those strange helmets and weird wearing clothes. I mean, I usually don’t see this kinda stuff unless it comes with floppy shoes and a red rubber nose. The clothes are just… wrong on many levels.

I know the helmet is supposed to save you from… what? a meteor attack? or from a large semi? I’ve sort of put together what this latest super hero looks like:

1) He is quite a soccer fan … he is actually a person who knows that Los Angeles has a professional soccer team… he can actually tell you the scores of every game he’s seen… it’s either 0-0 or 1-0 or 0-1…. it’s a binary thing.

2) He’s a friend of the animals, supports Peta and every other ‘politically correct’ organization, he will never eat red meat and knows how long tofu can last without refrigeration. He thinks a ‘Biker’ is someone who rides bicycles.

3) No, he’s not gay… nor, is he straight… he’s asexual. Sex — after all — is such messy business…. and a dog is man’s best friend…. maybe you saw the movie at the Sundance film festival? Riding on that thingy for hours and days is bad for a guy’s winkie, lowers the old sperm count…. not too be concerned… because he’s too worried about saving the planet… global warming and all.

This is a long way to saying, that all of the Bike-short-men are making their trek through our area in California… if you’re into that sort of thing… here’s the link.

Roger Freberg

 

Be Prepared… even Dad’s are asked about Fashion

even Dad's are asked about fashion.... 

Every once in a while… and it doesn’t happen very often … Dad’s may be asked to make a fashion recommendation. Be afraid…. be very afraid. Any comment like, ‘whatever’ or ” ask your mom, I don’t have any idea about this sort of stuff’ will land you perminantly in the pit of loneliness and isolation. 

View this as an opportunity to express yourself… even if you are wrong.. the women in your life will love you for it… there is no down side here…. except, love and admiration doesn’t come cheap. Now is the time to make your move … there are many sales going on and what woman doesn’t love a sale? How do I know this? Aaaaah, I do read style.com.

The payoff is the ‘fashonistas’ at Style.com let you know when the designer ‘stuff’ goes 65% off (more or less) at the major retailers. This is very important for dad’s who are used to paying $15 for a three pack of their own boxers. 

For example, the “Giorgio Armani Embroidered Jacquard Pumps” that I have pictured above were $575.00 at Neiman Marcus… now $288.00. Now, I do also like the red dress by Michael Kors  ( actually I like most of his ‘stuff’… and it comes in Black also)… was $1095.00 and now is only $383.00 at Bergdorf Goodman.   

Getting advice from NigelWith a wife and three daughters, it’s nice when I can play their ‘Nigel’ and obtain a smile ( Nigel was the fashion guru who advised the main character in the Devil wore Prada).

Roger Freberg

PS. Karen loved the shoes and bought a pair… but everyone loved hearing about the sales.

2007 Spring Colors and where they came from!

Pantone Colors for Spring 2007

 Okay, all of you ‘fashionistas’ out there… ever wonder where your colors come from? Do you have any idea of how they were developed? How one designer communicates his color needs to a source?

It was years ago in New York City, but I remember having a bunch of color chips in my office and talking over the phone with a supplier and saying… ” I need Pantone Color 2024 (for example) .” We each knew EXACTLY what the other was talking about.

However, I never knew that Pantone was the ground zero for the discussion of what were going to be the ‘in colors’ for the new season…. here’s a not-so-sneak peek for the fashionable colors of Spring 2007… personally, I like Pantone 16-1720 “Strawberry Ice.” 

Funny how these things come about,

 Roger Freberg

PS… My Birthday color is “Hibiscus”…. find your birthday’s color