January 27, 2008 • 12:57 pm
“There is little creativity and too much business”
Valentino has spoken out about his reasons for retiring from the fashion industry saying he is ‘bored’.
The fashion legend held his last show in Paris yesterday after announcing his retirement last year and no one would expect him to go quietly.
“The world of fashion has now been ruined,” he said after showing his final collection at Paris Couture Fashion week, ” I became rather bored of continuing in a world which doesn’t say anything to me.” more…
Photo: Reuters
If there is one thing common between Valentino and Bill Gates is that they quit for the same reason. Time has changed the playing field for both industries they are in. Valentino is dismayed at the current state of fashion where there is too much competition and luxury doesn’t seem to hold the same value today. These days “affordable luxury” is the buzzword. Top luxury brands have began sourcing their product manufacturing to China.
Meanwhile Bill Gates retired because his company is facing probably the biggest challenge yet to Microsoft. The internet has changed it all and Software as a service (SaaS) is becoming the norm these days like many Web 2.0 utilities. There is also a vast number of OpenSource software available to anybody for free. Does this mean we’re going see more dancing videos of Steve Balmer in future product launches? Not something to look forward to. 0_0
Filed under: Business , Business, Fashion, valentino
The first prototype was finished last week, this is one of the first bags 
. Watch out for them on February 2008 @ desmendoza.com
Filed under: Business, Fashion, Technology , 28, 29, 30, 31, 38
Nike and New Balance made prototypes of these sneakers that pay tribute to Joy Division. I would love to have these but I’m not a sneakers type of person so they will probably end up for display purposes. I know four of my friends who would die to have a pair. Unfortunately, they’re just that… prototypes.
The sneakers shows an image from the album Unknown Pleasures by Peter Saville. He also worked on many Joy Division, New Order and a number of punk album covers.
Filed under: Fashion, Graphic Design, Music , 12, 27, 36, 37, 40, 6, 8
January 24, 2008 • 11:33 am
This is so heart breaking, Australian actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his New York apartment. Sources say it could be accidental drug overdose. I loved him in A Knight’s Tale and he made me cry in Brokeback Mountain.
Bye Love 
Photo: Michael Caulfield/Associated Press
Pre-divorce Michelle Williams & Heath Ledger, Oscars 2006. Awww. Michelle William’s dress was fantastic!
Photo: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
Viral site for the The Dark Knight movie, WhySoSerious.com also made this nice and subtle tribute. Damn, it would be so creepy to watch this Batman installment since his interviews tell a premonition of his untimely death.
Filed under: C'est La Vie , 20, 25
January 11, 2008 • 9:38 am
DJ Tiësto is engaged to a girl half his age. Should I be relieved because there used to be rumors he was gay (not that there is anything wrong with that.) Tiësto is amazing so as long as the music doesn’t stop coming who gives a damn. I’m just jealous cause she’s gonna get mix CD’s.
Filed under: Music , 12, 19, 21, 42
January 7, 2008 • 1:27 pm
I redeemed my Powerbooks Planner today. I prefer this one over the Starbucks Planner because the design had a Nick Bantock feel to it. The planner has blank dates so you could you use it any year or any day you want without wasting space and paper.
I think it was Starbucks who started this free planner thing and the rest just followed suit. Heck, even Jollibee has planners. The 2008 Starbucks Planner, I must say, is very cute! Just that I wasn’t willing to gulp the extra latte calories. So cute that even my not-a-planner-type friend, Preck wanted one. She had a small 2007 planner, which I vividly recall wrote in it once sometime in October.
Still the Powerbooks Planner is too big and heavy to lug around. So I am opting for the pocket size 2008 Moleskine Red Weekly Planner. Simple layout, acid free paper, small, light, portable and best of all, it’s in sexeyy color red.
If you are the patient and crafty kind you can opt to make one with the help of this site. They have printable planner templates in various forms and sizes. Some of which are templates like Franklin Covey-type planners, GTD, grocery list, food diary, ex-boyfriends to kill list and many more. If you are the obsessive planner kind, DIY Journal is your match.
Filed under: Organization , 13, 32, 35
