Never get out of the boat: fashion disaster

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Wednesday, August 08, 2007

tshirts-socialmedia-tshirts

Greg Verdino comments on AdAge's no-shit-sherlock revelation that the t-shirt is a marketing vehicle. Slightly more insightful is Greg's analogy that the t-shirt has more in common with some of the 'key truths' of social-media.
sample
'Advertisers still think about campaigns as discreet programs with fixed start and end dates -- when the last ad runs or the promotion expires, the campaign is over. (If) t-shirts are forever..'
full post here.
I'm still after a Twitter shirt if anyone knows where to track one down?

Monday, July 30, 2007

a journey of a thousand miles....

begins with but a single step.
Just back from an enjoyable week in the sun at Dionysos canyon in the mountains overlooking Kumlubük bay in Turkey.
Highly recommended if you want a real away from it all holiday.
I was all set to start a flickr page and post my snaps when I was struck by the realisation...
I AM A FAT B'STARD.
I cannot possibly share the pics of my semi-naked wobbling.
Hence forth a portion of this journal will now be given over to the phenomenon known as fatblogging. I'll do the first weigh-in tonight and each Monday will be tracking my progress. Need to work out a plan and some targets but today is offically the start of the new me. Wish me luck...

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Live earth

If the combined egos of the pop glitterati on stage at live earth could be harnessed to generate electricity we'd have no energy problems for the foreseeable future.
Where was Jarvis when we needed him? Madonna's performance (put your hands together to save the planet...?) was up there with Jacko's legendary Brits self deification from 10 years ago. I really though we were past that. Politics and pop does mix when theres something at the core, but what exactly were this lot saying about anything? Pussycat Dolls? I mean, come on. The funniest thing was the ticker tape thing at the back of the stage typing out loft insulation tips while Genesis hobbled around the stage looking like a bunch of cowboy builders.

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Kate Moss and Top Shop

The latest post-consumer (ahem) consumption frenzy as Kate's 'collection' launched at Top Shop last night. Shoppers were allowed 20 mins to purchase a maximum of 5 items. A whole can of worms really and I'm not sure what to make of it as an observer. I'm reminded of the notion that it's no longer about celebrity as endorser, it's about celebrity as provider (of what though?)
Kate's 'designs' are - lets face it - hooker outfits for teens and thats not particularly healthy. Neither is the consumption frenzy (again) like the Primark riots and the Ikea opening where sofa hunters were being stabbed by rivals in the queue. Dont know where I'm going with this but I just get a bit squeamish.
(note to self; Too much use of consumption in this post)

'I came in here for the special offer..guaranteed personality'

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

the wow starts...when?

Have you seen the tv ad. what a load of tosh, as if we needed more proof of the almost total irrelevance of 90% of tv advertising (unless the ad was made by Apple to make their competitor look bad). Vista is supposed to be part of new media, a tool, but the launch has a real old media smell. Microsoft (ok MSN) boo-ed me off for a job too so double stuff you to them.
Then you've got to laugh at this motley crew...waiting for the wow to start.

Friday, January 12, 2007

iPhone

You've got to love it. The big question is - how can they make and design such good looking, innovative stuff but still not know how to dress themselves in the morning.
Did you see the state of Jobbs' shirt and trousers...