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Dec 7
Liz Claiborne Hires a Climatologist: Waste of Money?

Here's an interesting article from The New York Times: "Meteorologists Shape Fashion Trends"  Because of global warming, companies like Liz Claiborne are hiring climatologists to help them figure out when the best time is to ship out their cold-weather clothing.  Then there are companies who are taking out insurance policies in case there is unusually warm weather. 

CDiesel%20Ad.pngould this possibly be a waste of money to hire a climatologist? 

According to the article, the fashion industry is losing billions of dollars a year because of unpredictable weather.  Perhaps its time for companies to focus more on warm-weather clothing? 

This picture here is part of the Diesel ad campaign on global warming that is spurring quite a bit of hatred towards the company...

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