Lectura de sambata dimineata

Serendipity si legea atractiei. Daca mai aveam nevoie de confirmari despre inexistenta coincidentelor, yesterday was IT. Dimineata viseam sa beau o cafea buna, intr-o companie placuta, daca se poate sub o umbrela verde. Postam si pe Facebook o poza cu asa ceva. Spre dupa-amiaza ma plictiseam dupa o zi si o saptamana lunga de munca si ieseam in oras, in speranta ca voi da peste ceva care ma va incanta.

Si uite ca serendipitatea (chiar exista cuvantul in romana!) si legea atractiei au functionat pentru ca spre seara am intalnit, total intamplator, pe cineva cu care chiar ar fi trebuit sa ma intalnesc ieri dar din cauza de munca am amanat! Si chiar am stat la o terasa, sub o umbrela verde, si am sporovait despre vrute si nevrute cu o cafea si un frappucino in fata, timp de 3 ore – si nu stiu cum a trecut timpul… Cand am ajuns acasa, m-am gandit ca poate chiar exista ingeri pazitori langa noi 🙂

Anyway, moving swiftly along, uite ce va recomand sa cititi saptamana asta:

HauteLook  scoops up $31 million in financing – pentru ca tot vorbeam de ingeri, probabil au dat peste un angel investor? In NY Times

Does fashion need copyright protection – un speech extrem de interesant tinut de Johanna Blakley pentru TED, preluat de NY Times.

Iman, not just a pretty face – fosta manechina, fosta sotie a lui David Bowie, actuala puternica influenta in lumea modei. Tot pe NY Times.

Made to order, $5,000 antidote to a casual age  – un articol despre un fel de consultant de stil/ couturier al unui stil „traditional with a twist”. In continuare, pe NY Times.

A new pragmatism behind the catwalk – “A post-recession strategy likely to define luxury brand management for the early 21st century has emerged from a week packed with designer changes at European fashion houses… the era of the star designer… is over.” De aceasta data, pe International Herald Tribune.

Without the prints, can it still be a Pucci? – o intrebare cat se poate de justificata, pe Wall Street Journal. „Under the hand of designer Peter Dundas, the six-decade-old fashion house is reinventing itself as an It brand. In the process, it is shifting its emphasis from kaleidoscopic cruisewear to cocktail dresses and sweeping gowns.”

Are luxury brands just shuffling chairs on the deck of the Titanic? – Nathan Branch face o analiza interesanta a situatiei economice globale/ europeene din ultimele luni, punctand efectele din nisa de lux. “The brand leaders appear to know that something needs to be changed, but as they’re charging forward with their lists of decisions… there’s little to no public attention being paid to the water pouring into the forward compartments below.”

Louis Vuitton: where the boom never ends – “We have a wider range of product – ready-to-wear, watches, jewellery – than we did 30 or 40 years ago…but the spirit is the same. In each product we have an extraordinary mix of tradition and innovation.” In The Independent.

It’s corset time again – ceva mai rafinat, care sa ne modeleze silueta dupa cea a personajelor feminine din Mad Men. Pe Times Uk.