[Originally posted on Forbes.com.] Last weekend, I came across an interesting article in The New York Times about people who had Livestrong tattoos and how they felt about them now. The upshot is that most of them—at least most of the people quoted in the article—don’t have a great deal of regret. They got the [...]
Feb 21, 2013 | Categories:Brands, CSR, Fashion, Features, Marketing, Trends | Tags: Andrew Weil, Angelina Jolie, Ashley Olsen, Brad Pitt, brand identity, brand logo, brand names, branding, Brangelina, cancer, celebrity, celebrity brand, CFDA, cookware, crisis, Drew Barrymore, Emeril Lagasse, Fashion, Fergie, France, Gwen Stefani, identity, JKL, Just Keep Livin Foundation, Kardashian, L.A.M.B., Lance Armstrong, Lily Munster, Livestrong, Marilyn Monroe, Mary-Kate Olsen, Matthew McConaughey, Maxim, Megan Fox, Miraval, Parker rating, personal brand, personal branding, rosé, tattoo, The New York Times, The Row, Trends, typecast, Womenswear Designer of the Year, Yahoo | Leave A Comment »
[Originally posted on Forbes.com.] Pleasure and entertainment are probably the main reasons people tuned in to the Golden Globes and its red carpet pre-show on Sunday. It’s safely sanctioned, free fun to see the fashion and hairstyles and the reactions to them. But these events are also fascinating as trend barometers, pointing out what’s new [...]
Jan 17, 2013 | Categories:Brands, Fashion, Features, Media, Social Media, Trends | Tags: actor, Badgley Mischka, Ben Affleck, Bradley Cooper, Brands, Carey Lowell, celebrity, Claire Danes, Emily Blunt, evolve, Fashion, girls, Giuliana Rancic, Glamour, Golden Globe Awards, HBO, Hugh Dancy, hyphenate, influencer, Jack Black, Jennifer Garner, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, John Krasinski, Kate Hudson, Keith Urban, Kristen Bell, Lena Dunham, Liev Schreiber, Lincoln, Naomi Watts, Nicole Kidman, personal branding, personal brands, Pinterest, Polyvore, power couples, purple, red carpet, Richard Gere, Savannah Guthrie, star, style | Leave A Comment »
[Originally posted on the Huffington Post.] This is the 12th in a series of 14 posts expanding on Salzman’s forecasts for 2013 in her annual trends report, a program of global communications group Havas Worldwide. This year’s book, What’s Next? What to Expect in 2013, was published on 12/12/12 and is available at 120MBooks.com. Salzman [...]
Jan 14, 2013 | Categories:Fashion, Features, Marketing, Trends | Tags: Aboriginal art, Apple, art, Australia, authentic, Avatar, Brazil, Carl Jung, criminal justice, culture, essentialism, Fashion, First Peoples, George Lucas, intellectual property, Joseph Campbell, Mardi Gras, native, Native American, Picasso, place, real, Star Wars, style, Trends, trendspotter, trendspotting, tribe, virtual, What's Next? | Leave A Comment »
[Originally posted on Forbes.com.] To a certain extent—in this age of marketing ourselves, finding our niches and explaining how our distinctive personal backstories make for unique selling propositions—all our names are brand names. But some have gone above and way beyond. That’s especially true in the world of fashion, where some of the most iconic [...]
Dec 19, 2012 | Categories:Brands, Fashion, Features, Marketing, Trends | Tags: Alexander Wang, Balenciaga, brand, brand name, Brands, Chanel, CSR, Dita Von Teese, Donna Karan, entrepreneur, evolution, Fashion, Karl Lagerfeld, Kenneth Cole, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Marketing, Martha Stewart, personal branding, personality, Ralph Lauren, risks, The New York Times, Tommy Hilfiger | Leave A Comment »
Designers might be showing off their news lines of the season, but as the economy continues to recover so very slowly, fashion-forward consumers aren’t able to afford what they used to. This has meant making the newest high-end designers as affordable as possible, with such businesses as Rent the Runway, where users rent designer clothing [...]
Nov 14, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Fashion, Trends | Tags: & Other Stories, designers, Fashion, H&M, high fashion, JCPenney, Joe Fresh, Maison Martin Margiela, Marc Jacobs, Neiman Marcus, Oscar de la Renta, Rent the Runway, the economy, Versace | Leave A Comment »
A new mantra for the fashion business might be “Men don’t shop; they buy.” Menswear accounted for 40 percent of the total luxury fashion market last year, growing 14 percent in 2011, compared with womenswear, which grew by just 8 percent. In Australia, the post-recession recovery phase paired with Gen X’s concern with its appearance [...]
Sep 10, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Fashion, Marketing, Trends, Youth | Tags: Australia menswear, Fashion, fashion trends, Generation X, Jean Paul Gaultier, Lanvin, menswear, menswear online, menswear trends, online retail, Paul Smith, Pierre Cardin, Spring-Summer 2013 menswear | Leave A Comment »
Actress Jennifer Aniston was recently spotted at the airport with boyfriend Justin Theroux wearing what can only be described as MC Hammer-esque: Her cropped dark denim jeans featured a drop crotch a little too reminiscent of rapper MC Hammer’s harem-style pants of the early ’90s. Aniston has always been a fashion and beauty trendsetter. Her [...]
Jun 14, 2012 | Categories:Fashion, Features, Trends | Tags: Britney Spears, Caroline Trentini, denim, designers, drop-crotch jeans, Fashion, harem pants, jeans, Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Simpson, Justin Theroux, Justin Timberlake, MC Hammer, Olivier Theyskens | 1 Comment »
I have spent the greater part of the past few years poring over fashion blogs, designer websites and photographs from impossibly distant events like the Met Gala or the Cannes Film Festival. I can identify an article of clothing purchased from any major retailer, if not just because I recognize it, but also because I [...]
Jun 08, 2012 | Categories:Fashion, Features, Marketing, Social Media, Trends | Tags: beauty, bloggers, Cannes Film Festival, clothing, consumer, designer, Fashion, fashion bloggers, fashion blogs, fashion trends, identity, media literacy, Met Gala, Pittsburgh, retail, self-esteem, Trends, websites | Leave A Comment »
Taking a lesson from the established popularity of fashionable food trucks, the retail industry is going mobile as well—with quirky clothing and accessories stores in vehicles as varied as rehabbed double-decker buses, school buses, Airstreams and Winnebagos. See Wanderlust, which sells vintage and handmade goods in Portland, Ore., from a 1969 converted travel trailer or [...]
May 23, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Fashion, Social Media, Technology, Trends | Tags: boutiques on wheels, e-commerce, Fashion, fashion trends, fashion trucks, L'Oréal, mobile commerce, shopping trends, social, Social Media, taxi shops | Leave A Comment »
This season we’re seeing motorcycle culture penetrate more arenas than we can keep track of—on TV, “Sons of Anarchy” is riding high; the spring and summer 2012 runways for Derek Lam and Alexander Wang featured biker fashion (models for Wang carried floral helmets); busy independent bike shows like Born Free and the Brooklyn Invitational flourish; [...]
Dec 21, 2011 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Fashion, Marketing, Social Media, Trends | Tags: Alexander Wang, American Chopper, Born Free, Derek Lam, Dice magazine, Ewan McGregor, Fashion, Jesse James, marketing trends, motorcycle culture, motorcycles, Poler, Prince Harry, Scout Willis, the Brooklyn Invitational | Leave A Comment »
A Sizeable Selling Point Supporters and critics weigh in on vanity sizing’s controversial benefits for consumers and clothing manufacturers Does dress size matter? It certainly does for celebrities, whose weight losses and gains are charted in weekly glossies, but those of us who only have unyielding zippers to answer to wrestle with the issue, as [...]
Oct 25, 2011 | Categories:Brainsnacks | Tags: clothing industry, clothing manufacturers, clothing size, clothing trends, cultural trends, Dancing with the Stars, Fashion, Kirstie Alley, Project Runway, Tim Gunn, vanity sizing | Leave A Comment »
Word on the Street Street style has eclipsed the influence of celebrity style—yes, we said it In the ’90s actors and musicians replaced supermodels as the leading harbingers of style, but now an even more dramatic shift is underway among fashion’s hierarchy. With magnificent magazine-worthy photography, some top fashion bloggers and street-style photographers have become [...]
Oct 20, 2011 | Categories:Brainsnacks | Tags: Bill Cunningham, blogging, BlogHer, celebrity style, consumer marketing, consumer trends, Diane Kruger, diy fashion blogs, Fashion, fashion bloggers, fashion blogs, fashion trends, Harper’s Bazaar, Lucky magazine, Scott Schuman, she’sconnected, Sienna Miller, the Sartorialist | Leave A Comment »
Originally posted on the Holmes Report. I’m not sure anyone could have predicted the madness—the sheer intensity of the late-summer romance between fast-fashion-hungry shoppers and Missoni’s line for Target. From Manhattan to Memphis, the blink-and-it-was-gone pop-up collection from the Italian luxury goods maker was a hit beyond Target’s wildest dreams—testing the mettle and resourcefulness of [...]
Sep 21, 2011 | Categories:Brands, Features, Marketing, Trends | Tags: Apple, brand partner, Chrysler, customers, designer, Fashion, Fiat, Italy, Jeep, Marketing, Maserati, McDonald's, Missoni, Nike, partnership, pop-up, retail, shopping, Target, transcendent brand | Leave A Comment »
For years, many recognized Gen Art’s Fresh Faces in Fashion as the platform for emerging designers. Its influential list of alumni only adds to its credibility: Zac Posen, Rebecca Taylor and Phillip Lim, among others. During its run, Gen Art produced more than 100 events in fashion, film, music and art that showcased 1,000-plus emerging [...]
Sep 19, 2011 | Categories:Features, PR, Social Media | Tags: ace & jig, Ann Yee, Baron Wells, Collina Strada, designer, Eighteenth, Falconiere, Fashion, Fashion Week, Fresh Faces in Fashion, Gen Art, Jennifer Chun, New York Fashion Week, Osborn, Phillip Lim, Rebecca Taylor, runway, Sunghee Bang, Twitter, William Okpo, Wool and the Gang, Zac Posen | Leave A Comment »
While couture fashion has always been considered an art form, the success of the Alexander McQueen exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has taken that thought to a whole new level. Before his death from suicide last year, McQueen was one of fashion’s most revered designers. His designs were eclectic, to say the least, [...]
Aug 03, 2011 | Categories:Fashion, Features | Tags: Alexander McQueen, Anna Wintour, Costume Institute, creative, Fashion, inspiration, Kate Middleton, Lady Gaga, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pablo Picasso, runway, Sarah Burton, The New York Times, Vincent van Gogh, Vogue, wedding | Leave A Comment »
We already know the world has gone hyperlocal—from rooftop gardens to online deals for everything from facials near your home to ceviche dinners close to your office on LivingSocial, Groupon and Dealtificate. The media industry is no exception, and right now I’m watching the Patch.com model as a symbolic nod to where the future of [...]
May 05, 2011 | Categories:CSR, Features, Media, Social Media, Trends | Tags: Alvin Toffler, Anna Wintour, AOL, CNBC, Coke, Connecticut, CSR, Dealtificate, digital, doing good, Facebook, Fashion, Google, Groupon, hyperlocal, hyperlocalism, information society, journalism, LivingSocial, local, Local is the new global, news, newspaper, Patch, Pepsi, Social Media, Steve Case, Tavi Gevinson, television, The Third Wave, Tim Armstrong | 1 Comment »
I am not a picture person. Sure, I’m fascinated by everyone’s pictures on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and everywhere else in between. But in a world gone picture-obsessed and photo-sharing-wild, I wonder how I might be the only person on the planet who doesn’t document my life through photographs? I’m taking license here to try and [...]
Apr 20, 2011 | Categories:Features, Insights, Social Media, Technology, Trends | Tags: blogs, Brown University, Cameron Diaz, celebrity, digital, Elf Yourself, Facebook, Fashion, Flickr, images, Kodak culture, LA Fitness, Middle East, New York City, OfficeMax, photos, physics, pictures, Richard Avedon, Richard Chalfen, Social Media, social media etiquette, Twitter | Leave A Comment »
“You’re invited as Anne Hathaway and James Franco host OSCAR®.” The way the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC are marketing the 83rd Annual Academy Awards sounds like a dinner party—and one this movie lover wishes she could attend! As someone with a potentially unhealthy interest in arts and entertainment, and a [...]
Feb 25, 2011 | Categories:Features, Social Media | Tags: ABC, Academy Awards, Anne Hathaway, Apple, awards shows, celebrities, Facebook, Fashion, Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globes, Grammy Awards, Grammys, Hollywood, interactive, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, James Franco, Oscars, People.com, Ricky Gervais, Rolling Stone, Social Media, The Social Network, TwitPic, Twitter | Leave A Comment »
Dear Pantone, I think you got it wrong. Although the Honeysuckle pink you chose as the color of the year is beautiful and happy, the real winner this year is GREEN! Love, Colleen For more than a decade, Pantone, “the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries,” as [...]
Feb 01, 2011 | Categories:Fashion, Features | Tags: Angelina Jolie, best-dressed list, Catherine Zeta-Jones, color, color of the year, Donna Karan, Elisabeth Moss, Elle, Fashion, Golden Globe Awards, green, Habitually Chic, Heather Clawson, Honeysuckle, Jennifer Lawrence, Mila Kunis, Monique Lhuillier, Oscars, Pantone, pink, SAG Awards, Town & Country, Vera Wang, Versace | Leave A Comment »
This is the second in a series of five. See Euro RSCG Worldwide PR’s latest white paper, “Male in U.S.A.,” for more analysis about the state of men in America today. Is it back to nature for city boys these days? If you look around Manhattan or Brooklyn (the new old Manhattan), or Portland or [...]
Jan 26, 2011 | Categories:Features, Insights, Technology, Trends | Tags: American male, American men, animal tracking, Bear Grylls, Bed-Stuy, Best Made Company, Billy Reid, Brixton, Brooklyn, Bucktown, Cuba, Deseo caravan, echo-boomer, Ernest Hemingway, Eton Raptor, Fashion, fishing, gadget, gear, hipster, Hog Mountain, ice climbing, J. Crew, L.A., Lucky Tiger, lumberjack, male, Manhattan, men, metrosexual, nature, Portland, PRPS, Ryan McGinley, SoCal, style, Technology, Timberland, Tribeca, Urban Woodsman, wildlife, woodworking, Woolrich | Leave A Comment »
For the record, “snowpocalypse” is not one of my favorite blurred terms. Ever since the first big storm hit the Northeast this winter—through to this week, with me in Dubai and my family in Connecticut, where power was out one night because of an ice storm and half a foot of snow is threatening as [...]
Jan 21, 2011 | Categories:Features, Social Media, Technology, Trends | Tags: AccuWeather, climate, Connecticut, control, conversation, Dubai, earthquake, Facebook, Fashion, hurricane, iPhone, Miami, Michael Kors, Newark, online shopping, PR campaign, real time, snow, snowpocalypse, Social Media, social network, SoMe, St. Barth's, The Weather Channel, tornado, Twitter, weather, winter, Wunderground | 2 Comments »
After I named ’70s-inspired looks to my “Hot/Not” list for 2011 (they’re going to be hot), a friend pointed me to a beautiful coffee table book called Gypset Style. I love a blended trend term probably more than most people (I’m still hoping my own “Chindia” will take off as much as my “globesity” did), [...]
Jan 19, 2011 | Categories:Features, Trends | Tags: Assouline, Capri, celebrities, Chindia, Easthampton, Fashion, globesity, Goa, gypset, Gypset Style, gypsetters, gypsetting, hippie, Hollywood, hot list, Ibiza, India, Jade Jagger, Julia Chaplin, Kate Hudson, London, luxury, Marfa, Masirah Island, Maybach, Montauk, Morocco, New York, Nowness, Oman, Santa Monica, Technology, technology-free resorts, Trends, Troncones, Venice Beach, Woodstock | 1 Comment »
After bar crawling with a few Euro RSCG Worldwide PR colleagues during Fashion’s Night Out, it was hard not to compare today’s fashion industry with the way it used to be. Even though I’m fairly young and a novice in this industry, changes are noticeable. It was about six years ago when I first learned [...]
Sep 13, 2010 | Categories:Features, PR, Social Media | Tags: Atlanta, Elite Model Management, Euro RSCG Worldwide PR, exclusivity, Factor Women, Fashion, Fashion Week, Fashion's Night Out, Forbes.com, Foursquare, Gap, Gucci, H&M, Hermes, luxury, Mashable, Media Caffeine, Mercedes-Benz, PR, prestige, Shenae Grimes, Social Media, Teen Vogue, tweet, Twitterville | Leave A Comment »
In today’s super-social society, judgment is passed at the speed of light. Almost as soon as the news breaks, the judgment drops. Whether it be a movie that doesn’t live up to its hype, a celebrity who has been involved in a scandal, or a simple wardrobe malfunction or fashion faux pas, the social media [...]
Jul 01, 2010 | Categories:Features, Insights, Social Media | Tags: action, business, celebrity, change, Colombia, Facebook, FARC, Fashion, guerrilla, Harvey Levin, Hillary Clinton, Internet, One Million Voices Against FARC, One Young World, Oscar Morales, Perez Hilton, Tom Cruise, Zurich | Leave A Comment »
