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February 08, 2007
JCPenney Does High Fashion and other notes from the Thursday Papers
Instead of sleeping (I did that for twelve hours last night) or reading a book or watching t.v. (the damn thing is on the fritz), I've been reading the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times.
According to the WSJ, JCPenney is hiring tons of designers to help them compete in the world of "fast fashion" (aka throw away clothes that tear apart within a season). The head of JCP design has determined that "turtlenecks are the IT item for Fall 07." TURTLENECKS! TURTLENECKS! Look - the hipsters in Tokyo are wearing them, it must be so! Maybe I'm a bit biased - hell the rest of you don't have a painful scar on your neck - but I've always had problems with the claustrophobic nashing of turtleneck material against my neck. I love scarves - you can adjust how tight they are around your neck - but a turtleneck imposes itself without variance and (in my opinion) increases the sweat factor.
In other perspiration news, the style gurus at WSJ have determined that it is ok for men to wear polos without undershirts. "Wifebeaters" are the least popular style for those who choose to wear them. Crew necks (circular neck lines) are the most popular.
The WSJ book reviewer didn't really like Monkey Girl. She also didn't like the political persuasion of the book's author - he conflated it with all the evils of the religious right and the reviewer cried foul.
The LA Times reports that Murdoch's media conglomerate is making a killing with its MySpace acquisition, films, and Fox TV station. On the other hand, the English-language telenovela-filled MyNetwork TV channel is sucking major wind.
Some old geezer real estate mogul in Chi-town is making a bid for the Trib company.
This Just In: Anna Nicole Smith dropped dead today.
Posted by cj at February 8, 2007 03:24 PM
Comments
I hope you're feeling well. I am just getting caught up with you and your thyroid cancer. According to you this is treatable and not a sentence so I won't freak out. But still, going under the knife is no fun, so I hope you're on the mend.
Take care Cynthia!
Tom
Posted by: Tom S. at February 11, 2007 11:08 PM