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From the blogs

• Abercrombie and Fitch isn’t the only store that doesn’t want ‘larger people’

  A big hoo-ha rolling around amongst friends on Facebook is a reminder of a 2006 tone-deaf pronouncement re women larger than size 10 from Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries that was recently reiterated by Robin Lewis, co-author of The New Rules of Retail, who told Business Insider  “He doesn’t want larger people shopping in […]

• Spring-Summer 2013 Fashion Trend: Tyrrany of the Florals!

  OMG!  THEY’RE EVERYWHERE!!! Florals.  I have a hate/love relationship with florals.  More often, it’s been hate.  Rarely have I found a floral pattern that I’ve liked, and most make me either look or feel like an old lady.  But the ubiquity of florals for this spring-summer fashion season is leaving me little choice but to […]

• Now on View: The magnificent wardrobe of Frida Kahlo

  If you find yourself travelling to Mexico City between now and November 22, 2013, you must plan a visit to the Museo Frida Kahlo  check out the most fascinating first exhibition of Frida Kahlo’s wardrobe, on display for the first time in 60 years…. Why did it take so long to bring Kahlo’s collection of […]

• JCP axes CEO Ron Johnson: a consumer analysis of JCP’s six big branding mistakes

  Stunning news today that JC Penney CEO Ron Johnson–former Apple Store retail whiz and former Target merch executive–has been fired after causing a roughly 50 percent drop in JCP share price over the relatively short length of his tenure as CEO.   There’s so much, much more to this than just the drop in share price.  […]

• Melissa McCarthy demonstrates the perils of too-high high heels

  Recently, I gave up wearing anything over a 4-inch heel.  And with good reason.  Said reason (or reasons) are aptly demonstrated by Melissa McCarthy in the opening monologue for this past week’s Saturday Night Live…..