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Posted May. 9, 2008,
Eight Items or Less: Adidas Is on the Offensive, Moss Goes All Out for Design Week and Cut Copy Takes on NY
By Gary Pini
1. A penny costs 1.26 cents to manufacture and a nickel costs 7.7 cents. Yesterday the House voted to change the materials used to make both coins and that should save over $100 million a year. BTW: Pennies are still made with copper, though not 100 percent.
2. Watch out Kswiss! Adidas has scored another victory against "stripe" thieves. Now they've won a $305 million award in the US against Payless shoes for trademark infringement because Payless sold shoes with two and four stripes.
3. We'd love to see the marketing ideas that hotels reject. The Wyndham in Cosa Mesa is trying to attract dogs (and their owners) with a "Paws and Claws" package that features a "pet care manager" and "brunch buffet." (via hotelchatter.com)
4. One of our favorite stores, Moss (150 Greene Street), is showcasing three incredible artists during May Design Week. You can see new pieces by Studio Job, Hella Jongerius and honeycomb vases made by bees created by Tomas Gabzdil Libertiny.
5. How fast can you type? On your mark. Get set. Go here.
6. Don't forget: Aussie band Cut Copy is in NYC next week opening for newly-signed Columbia recording artists the Black Kids at Studio B on Tuesday and headlining at the Bowery Ballroom on Wednesday. "Prepare to swoon." - New York Times
Posted Apr. 11, 2008,
Eight Items or Less: Foxy Brown to Leave Riker's Next Week, Hyatt Hotel to Read Bedtime Stories, Judith Supine to Create Installation
By Gary Pini
1. Nail salons beware! Foxy Brown is getting out of Riker's on April 18. Her manager tells Billboard magazine: "They had her on continuous lockdown just because she's a celebrity. They were trying to break her spirit."
2. Having exhausted every possible gimmick to attract customers (ie: pillow choice, bath concierge, etc.) the Hyatt Hotel in London has hired somebody to read to people in their room. It's free and is only available for the next two weeks.
3. Artist Judith Supine has created a gigantic installation with everything but the kitchen sink and you can play there tomorrow from 5 to 9 p.m. (Saturday, April 12) Go to the alley entrance of 114 Forrest Street in Williamsburg, Morgan Ave. L stop.
4. The European Court of Justice decided yesterday that anyone selling clothing with even two stripes would be infringing Adidas’s three-stripe trademark.
5. The news in brief: Robbie Van Winkle and walnuts.org
6. Have a great weekend.
Posted Feb. 29, 2008,
It's Fashion Madness at Bernhard Willhelm (or so MM Hears)
By Mickey Boardman
Mr. Mickey feels like a traitor to hipsters everywhere but he must confess that after schlepping like a crazy person from Hussein Chalayan to the Bernhard Willhelm show and waiting for ages, MM left before the show began! Scandalle! MM was fatty-gay (French for pooped!) and his dogs were barking for mercy -- MM's new Stella McCartney for adidas ladies size 10 sneakers could use a gel insole! And in case you're wondering, MM isn't a tranny, they don't make the Stella for adidas stuff for the gents so MM wears the ladies. The point being that Mr. Mickey deserted his post and there is no excuse! Luckily the Cobra Snake was there to capture the moment in pictures.
Photo by the Cobra Snake
Posted Sep. 24, 2007,
Stella McCartney for Adidas Launch Party
By Mickey Boardman
How's this for a superstar/rock 'n' roll/ fashion trio? Courtney Love and Kate Moss sandwich Stella McCartney at the party for Stella's fabulous Adidas line in London. Mr. Mickey wears sneakers by Stella M for Adidas. Yes they're ladies, but MM is cruelty free and has a hard time finding super-fashiony trainers for mens (this is not a typo, it's a funny attempt to talk all hip-hop)! So sue me!!!! Anyway, these girls are gorgeous.
After the jump see another superstar duo at the same party.