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Aussie made products vanishing from shop(2009-04-19 10:03:00)
摘要："THIS is Australian," says the salesgirl. "See here on the label? It says 'Designed in Australia'."
She is holding a leather handbag and letting me see only the top half of the label. The bottom half is obscured by her red-nail-polished thumbnail.
I look at her. Her thumb moves.
"Made in China,'' says the label.
She laughs. I can't tell if it's a guilty or an embarrassed laugh.
"All our stuff's made in Australia, to an extent,'' she says. "I mean, most of it's made in China - but we're a wholly Australian company.
"It's all designed here.''
We're in Pitt St Mall in Sydney at 2.45pm and I'm conducting a little experiment: If I wanted to spend my $900 stimulus payment locally, could I find Australian-made goods worth buying?
Will I end up with nine pairs of ugg boots? I hate uggs.
In every shop, I ask if there are any Australian-made goods.
On every occasion I'm greeted with some degree of awkward throat-clearing or defensiveness.
"Oh, yeah, I know what you're sayin......
She’s going to be extremely busy over th(2009-04-19 10:02:00)
摘要：On Tuesday we secured our place in the World Cup Final by beating the West Indies by 146 runs. It will be the first time we have been in a World Cup Final since 1993 and is a massive achievement for all the girls.
For me this meant an unrelenting list of interview requests which is phenomenal and showed that all the hundreds of people I have contacted over the past four years have been taking notice and are cottoning on to how good these players are.
First up were rights holders Sky Sports followed by Sky Sports News and then Sky News. We also fitted in BBC, various national newspapers as well as the Loughborough Echo, the Leicestershire Mercury and other regional press. I’m always keen to continue to provide for the regional press as they cover us year in, year out, so it’s great to reward them when things are going well.
By 9.30pm the interviews were just about finished and England had just woken up. Cue 52 more interview requests for the players. This was brilliant even if it did......
Levity and catharsis bring fashion festi(2009-04-17 15:43:00)
摘要：SOME things remain constant, even in hard financial times. A fashion festival will attract a certain cast: preening, glossy haired princesses with vacant stares and glistening lips; ageing madams eyeing off the flawless catwalk colts with pursed-lip longing; flashy spectators who have piled on every fashion trend at once — sequinned cape, ruched shiny leggings, trilby hat. Less is more anyone? And, of course, where would any fashion festival be without some multinational exploiting the target audience and spruiking a 97 per cent fat-free product. Skinny Cow anyone? (It's an ice cream.)
Thank goodness for moments of levity and catharsis — and there were some as the Melbourne Fashion Festival drew to a close at the Docklands yesterday. The festival's final show, staged by budget department store Target, bristled with the sheer joyousness of acrobatics, dance and youth. If there was a lesson to be had, it was that in the end it's not so much the clothes that maketh the man (or woman) but......
Emu Australia recruits VF Corp MD(2009-04-17 15:42:00)
摘要：Emu Australia, the sheepskin footwear company, has named Andy Knowles as CEO Europe with a remit to oversee all European marketing from the brand.
Knowles was most recently VF Jeanswear managing director where he oversaw the Lee and Wrangler brands. He has also held senior positions at Nestlé and Cadbury Schweppes.
Emu Australia entered the UK market in 2006 and has just opened a European head office and sales showroom in London. The company was founded in 1994 and positions itself as a luxury brand with the strapline “naturally Australian”.
The privately owned company is a rival to Ugg boots and has just shot the 2009 autumn/winter campaign at a heritage-listed historical sheep station.......
MCC members guide on how to dress(2009-04-14 15:51:00)
摘要：The exclusive social club has sent members a two-page illustrated guide of its strict dress code.
Bare midriffs, torn jeans and thongs are banned from the Member's Reserve.
Men will be refused entry to the Long Room or Member's Dining Room if they have no tie or wear a zippered jacket and women will be turned away in leggings, denim jackets or three-quarter pants.
In case members don't know what tracksuit pants and ugg boots look like, the MCC had models pose in the unacceptable clothes.
The latest MCC membership letter warns members they will not be admitted unless they can pass the fashion police.
"To avoid any embarrassment at the turnstiles, please ensure that your attire, and that of your guests, is appropriate."
MCC chief Stephen Gough said the guide was necessary to inform members, who will this year pay up to $726 in fees.
"It's come about because we have so many occasions when members might bring guests that are unaware of the requirements," he said.
"Sometimes......
Ugg boots(2009-04-14 15:50:00)
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Fug Girls: Keep Homeless-Celebrity Chic(2009-04-11 09:57:00)
摘要：After the largely dark, recession-tinged array of clothes shown during New York Fashion Week, we've been eager to bask in the dramatic, fanciful quirk of Milan's collections — the searing-hot pinks at Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci's polka dots, and the baguette hats and handlebar-mustache dress that only Agatha Ruiz de la Prada could hallucinate. So it dismayed us to discover that the Dsquared2 collection — the same boys currently putting the touring Britney Spears in headdresses and feathered epaulets — looked more like a Walk of Shame than a runway show. Is it possible that the pervasive, sloppy-starlet style we’re most accustomed to seeing in Us Weekly’s "Stars: They’re Just Like Us" section ("They look hung-over!”) actually is crossing over to the catwalks?
For years, we've been baffled by otherwise adorable actresses embracing their inner slobs. Homeless chic made for a brilliant parody in Zoolander, but that movie also theorized that you could brainwash someone into committing murd......
Boot haul helps stamp out crime(2009-04-11 09:56:00)
摘要：A £2,000 haul of designer boots was found by police during their clean up Cardiff operation.
The Ugg boots were recovered alongside stolen motorbikes and industrial tools, many of which have been traced back to burglaries in Cardiff and Penarth.
Police released the details after the latest leg of their Operation Clean Sweep in Llanrumney and Rumney.
The operation is moving through the city area by area.
Warrants were executed in Llanrumney and Trowbridge and five arrests made for offences ranging from handling stolen goods to burglary.
The Uggs, which may have been fake, have been handed over to the council’s trading standards department.......
Boot haul helps stamp out crime(2009-04-08 10:10:00)
摘要：A £2,000 haul of designer boots was found by police during their clean up Cardiff operation.
The Ugg boots were recovered alongside stolen motorbikes and industrial tools, many of which have been traced back to burglaries in Cardiff and Penarth.
Police released the details after the latest leg of their Operation Clean Sweep in Llanrumney and Rumney.
The operation is moving through the city area by area.
Warrants were executed in Llanrumney and Trowbridge and five arrests made for offences ranging from handling stolen goods to burglary.
The Uggs, which may have been fake, have been handed over to the council’s trading standards department.......
WOMANS DEATH IN SEA ISLE STILL A MYSTERY(2009-04-08 10:09:00)
摘要：SEA ISLE CITY--- The Cape May Co. Prosecutors Office appealed to the public for assistance, on Friday, regarding the death of a Pennsylvania woman whose body was found near a boat ramp in Sea Isle City last Sunday.
Shortly before 8:00 am Sunday morning (Feb. 15) the body of 35 year old Tracy Hottenstein was discovered on a tiny sliver of marsh next to a public boat ramp at the street end of 42nd Pl.
The Conshohocken Pa. resident had been in town for Saturday's annual Polar Bear Plunge.
According to the Cape May Co. Prosecutors Office, Hottenstein was at the Ocean Drive Bar, on Landis Av. later Saturday night, and was last seen leaving the OD around 2:15 Sunday morning.
Although her body had been in the water at some point, an autopsy has failed to determine how Hottenstein died -- furthermore, sources tell NBC 40 that the cause of death is not drowning.
Authorities are still waiting for the results of toxicology tests.
On Thursday and again Friday morning, Middle Twp. and State P......