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Here's a press release from Jay McCarroll, season one winner of Project Runway:

One thing I've learned as a fashion designer is that there are so many great alternatives to the use of fur.

Together with other compassionate designers and people like you, we can send a strong message that the animals need their fur more than we do.

In September, I'm showing my new collection at New York Fashion Week, and I'm proud that The Humane Society of the United States will be sponsoring my show.

Now, you can win two tickets (airfare and hotel included!) to my fashion show with The HSUS on September 15th, 2006.

First, make your personal pledge to never buy products that use fur or fur trim.

Next, make sure to urge everyone you know to take a stand against cruelty, by urging them to sign the pledge too.

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) supporter who recruits the most new fur-free pledge signers will win tickets to my show on September 15th! Click here to urge your friends to sign the pledge.

I hope that you'll stand with me and the HSUS to end this cruelty.  Thanks for taking action to help save animals today. 

-Jay McCarroll

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I read this article over at The New York Times and shake my head. It seems that the fashion industry is now programming our kids to be label-conscious at a very young age - try ages 4-9. Here’s a quote... Continue Reading

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According to FishBowlNY, an Ohio-based magazine called Clamor is about to do a ten page exposé of American Apparel’s “business practices”. If you’re unfamiliar with American Apparel and founder Dav Charney, read a previous post where I talk about Charney’s... Continue Reading

What happens when you get one big company and merge it with another big company? Duh - a conglomerate that aims to take over the industry!  This is what two of the leading hosiery companies are set out to do.... Continue Reading

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I’m one that doesn’t believe in putting all your eggs in one basket. If you ever get to read Mark Hansen’s Multiple Streams of Income, it will definitely open your eyes and make you realize that a flow of cash... Continue Reading

I’ve always been an Ashley Judd fan. Her beauty is striking and something about her is angelic-like. I’ve seen her in interviews and she seems to be a very down-to-earth person. That’s why I’m excited to see her as the... Continue Reading

The other day my boyfriend and I were talking about how excited we were as kids when back to school shopping came around. I remember putting together my “first day back” outfit. Oooooh was I excited! Then I’d get my... Continue Reading

More changes are brewing with Federated Department Stores (FD) - especially when it comes to the Macy’s advertising and marketing in newspaper print. I’ve grown accustomed to opening up the Sunday newspaper and seeing those 15% coupons - but under the... Continue Reading

I came across this article about American Apparel and apparently Dov Charney, the company's owner is a "freewheeler" when it comes to using sex to sell his products and having a "sexually charged" work environment: Charney feels free to engage... Continue Reading

This past week Saks Inc. (SKS) confirmed that the company will be selling its Parisian department stores to Belk Inc. for $285 million cash.  Parisian has about 38 locations throughout the Southeast and Midwest and prides itself on providing "personalized... Continue Reading

Pretty soon you'll be seeing Gap stores popping up in Malaysia. The Gap Inc. (GPS) has rolled out their first franchise stores in Asia with Singapore-based FJ Benjamin Holdings Ltd as the first franchisees in the region.  The first store is... Continue Reading

I can just picture this machine going haywire - then who will do the manufacturing?  If you cut humans out of the process, you'll have many jobless people out there....But will it get to that point? 

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I've always liked Chinese Laundry shoes.  In a word, I would call the style of shoes..."different".  It's no surprise to me that the company's revenue increased by 25% last year.  Now the owners, Robert and Carol Goldman, are in the... Continue Reading

Leslie Earnest of the LA Times reports that Guess?,Inc. (GES) is making a comeback: "After taking a hit early in this decade, Guess' sales and profit took off. Sales at established stores, a key industry indicator, have been up for... Continue Reading

Last month I talked about how Payless is coming out with a new line of shoes called Abaete... Well now I find out that the company (Payless ShoeSource, Inc.: PSS) has opened up a store on Fifth Avenue.  Fifth Avenue,... Continue Reading

Amy Merrick of the Wall Street Journal reports that Chico's FAS, Inc. (CHS), the women's apparel retailer, may be "so successful that there may not be many new customers left to attract". It was once one of the market's best... Continue Reading

I am doubly thrilled upon discovering this news!  First, Jordache jeans are coming back!  <Cartwheels...happy dance...another cartwheel...>  Being a fashionista that grew up in the 80's, my first pair of "designer" jeans were Jordache jeans and I rocked them until... Continue Reading