Showing posts with label design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label design. Show all posts

7/31/11

Chicks Wispering


There's nothing more disturbing than two chicks wispering to each other.

So Keith says on the subject of women.

He says a lot of other good stuff, but for now I'll focus on the wispering part.

Cos women wisper online as well. We share good consumer experiences and we bitch about the bad ones. The ones where we feel overlooked, misplaced or disregarded.
And girlfriends aren't taking it!

Last week we saw the strength in speaking up when some UK eating-disorder support groups voiced very critical views on Topshop using a size 0 model.

The retailer did replace the picture with a less anorectic looking one of the model, though never really seemed to get what the fuss was about in portraying this ultra skinny model.

This faux-pas in misunderstanding ones key customer is not unique, but it is fatal.

Count on a lot of women worldwide to no longer shop at Topshop. And count on them
to spread the word of why not to shop at Topshop

Looking good is a state of mind
But mostly chicks will wisper, talk and blog about clothes that makes us feel good 
in our own skin. Of fashion made for "real" women and the way we breathe, move and have curves, quite different from those of young boys.

We know that "looking good is a state of mind", and we want to feel good, be kind, laugh at our troubles and let love flow. 

We don't want to be scared of food or men or ourselves or have 
to control our flowing nature 24/7. Eating-disorders are inner demons and should not to be helped upon any woman. 

To me, we all have a responsibility to accept more and condemn less. Among that is to laugh out loud at those who want to sell us weak and needy self-images. 

I'm very keen on Sophia Loren. There, as they say, is a bird.
As Keith put it in 1964. 

5/17/11

One Shape Fits Nobody

The wicked Japan Relief T-Shirt was in the mail yesterday. A nice surprise on a rainy day, baby.

Fans from 35 countries helped raise $138,000 USD 
by purchasing more than 5,000 limited edition t-shirts.

The T doesn't fit me though.
I'm not squarly shaped. By far!

It's not Keith's nor my fault. It just follows that a design made to fit "everybody" fits "nobody".

You can't erase the differences, and you shouldn't try
to either. And I reckon Keith agrees, but then it was all done for helping out in Japan.
That's a good enough reason for me!

For decades, Japanese fans have been some of the most passionate supporters of 
rock and roll and as an effort to give back, Richards made this special, limited 
edition t-shirt based on a photo taken by Claude Gassian on the Japanese leg of 
the Steel Wheels Tour in 1990.

How you can help: JapanSociety.org/earthquake