Porn star’s sexy metro cards sell out in Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A special-edition swipe card for Taiwan’s mass transit featuring the clothed image of a Japanese porn star sold out within hours overnight via a telephone hotline, despite a storm of opposition.
Taiwan’s EasyCard Corp. said on its website that it sold its full run of 15,000 card sets by 4:18 a.m. Tuesday after phone orders started at midnight.
The stored-value cards — also used for convenience store purchases — feature images of Yui Hatano, a 27-year-old Japanese woman who local media say likes Taiwan and wants to help the card company’s charity donation scheme.
Hatano, also popular in Japan, is pictured from the elbows up and clothed. A pose on the cards’ wrapper appears with the word “angels” and another is accompanied by the word “demons.”
Critics, including parents, politicians and women’s advocacy groups, campaigned against the cards, saying the images disrespect women and send inappropriate messages to children. Many stores declined to sell them, and the company ended up offering them via telephone hotline only.
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je, whose government is a 40 percent investor in the swipe card company, had asked that the cards avoid being “openly sold,” such as at convenience stores or metro stations, deputy city spokesman David Huang said.
“The city government believes that because a controversy exists, there’s no need to do this sale,” Huang said Tuesday.
Taiwanese went for the cards because they look up to Japanese culture, one metro rider said. “It’s culture worship, like when you’re young and collect cards with cartoon stars like Doraemon,” she said.
Japanese cultural icons commonly appear in children’s books and on items such as stationery and smartphone cases. With nearly 3 million arrivals last year, Taiwanese rank as the top source of tourism to Japan, which was also its colonizer for five decades before the end of World War II.
The 15-year-old swipe card company, which has sold more than 20 million cards including co-branded editions, apologized online for the dispute and pledged to do an internal review.
“In the future we will continue to strengthen public service and social responsibility,” the company said in a statement on its website Tuesday.
Local media say proceeds from the $15 card set sales will go to charity. Company spokespeople were not available for comment.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
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DEE HILFIGER DOES IT ALL
Handbag designer Dee Hilfiger on stylishly balancing fashion and family.
The designer at home. Hilfiger Collection top, $330, and skirt, $490, 212-223-1824; Cartier watch, $8,750, bracelet, $6,800, and ring, $3,300, cartier.us; Jimmy Choo shoes,$595, jimmychoo.com;Dee Ocleppo bag, $1,995, shopBAZAAR.com.
Dee Hilfiger's chinoiserie-wallpapered walk-in closet is a sea of sky-high heels, carefully curated clothes, and rows of the designer's bags arranged as artfully as a showroom. For the woman behind the handbag label Dee Ocleppo (Ocleppo is her business name), and the wife of designer Tommy Hilfiger, fashion was a first love. "I used to tear ads out of my mother's magazines and poster my walls with pictures of Janice Dickinson, Rene Russo, and Kim Alexis—they were my inspirations!" confesses Hilfiger. These days the former model juggles a combined family of seven children, multiple homes, and her burgeoning New York–based accessories line. Hilfiger, who launched Dee Ocleppo a year ago with bags featuring removable and reversible covers, was inspired by the first handbag she ever had and a niche she spotted in the market for luxurious accessories that are both beautiful and functional. Her current collection, which includes totes, clutches, and shoulder bags, is a study of lush fabrications, intricate details, and ornate designs. "I love my lifestyle, but it's hectic with work and children," she says. "Luckily I have a great support team and a lot of help from family."
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Monday, September 14, 2015
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When the collection launched, Vogue U.K. was quick to call Graham, “The new role model,” for women everywhere. It’s a conclusion they’ve come to, no doubt, because Graham is — at the end of the day — an average-sized woman. She is not incredibly slender, nor is she fat. She has stretch marks and “imperfections,” just as most of us do, and she’s not afraid of showing them off. “Of course I get called a ‘fatty’ on Instagram and I always get comments saying, ‘Why didn’t you airbrush out your cellulite before you posted that picture?’ But I don’t care,” she told Vogue. “I’ve been doing this for 15 years so I just laugh at it and I’m happy with who I am.” More often than not, body-positive movements or brands are led by women much larger than Graham, so to see someone like her (an in-betweener, if you will), embrace imperfection and normality (because things like cellulite are normal) is definitely inspiring.
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Toward the end of her interview with Vogue, Graham discusses the fashion industry, and says, ”You’ll know when girls have made it in the industry when there are multiple girls everywhere and not just one golden girl. But people are coming to terms with it. I think that people don’t like change — but change is happening.” The reason we know the names of so many plus-size models today is definitely because change is happening. Maybe women like Graham, Huffine, and Hayward aren’t fat. But they don’t have to be to fat to represent women. That they fall somewhere in between straight-size and plus-size (the larger side of plus-size, that is) already makes them special, because they’re representative of so many women who don’t often get to see girls who look like them in a magazine. If the industry came to a place when all women, from Kate Moss to Ashley Graham to Tess Munster, had a place on billboards and on the cover of Elle, well, that would be a pretty damn good day. So is Ashley Graham a role model? Yes, because she’s getting us closer to that size-inclusive day.
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Toward the end of her interview with Vogue, Graham discusses the fashion industry, and says, ”You’ll know when girls have made it in the industry when there are multiple girls everywhere and not just one golden girl. But people are coming to terms with it. I think that people don’t like change — but change is happening.” The reason we know the names of so many plus-size models today is definitely because change is happening. Maybe women like Graham, Huffine, and Hayward aren’t fat. But they don’t have to be to fat to represent women. That they fall somewhere in between straight-size and plus-size (the larger side of plus-size, that is) already makes them special, because they’re representative of so many women who don’t often get to see girls who look like them in a magazine. If the industry came to a place when all women, from Kate Moss to Ashley Graham to Tess Munster, had a place on billboards and on the cover of Elle, well, that would be a pretty damn good day. So is Ashley Graham a role model? Yes, because she’s getting us closer to that size-inclusive day.
Friday, September 11, 2015
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a new London-based lingerie/hosiery business that opened online last week, is creating quite the splash with its answer: Four shades of lingerie and hosiery that range from a golden caramel to a deep brown with just a hint of rose.
Maybe even cooler? Founder Ade Hassan has keyed each to mainstream makeup lines’ foundation colors. So if you wear Mac’s NW47 or Bobbi Brown’s Warm Walnut, Nubian Skin’s Cinnamon is the shade for you. If you wear Bobbi Brown’s Golden or Bare Minerals in Warm Tan or Golden Tan, consider Caramel. (Your mileage may vary, of course. But it’s more help than we’ve seen anywhere else.) Other shades are Berry, the darkest, and Cafe au Lait, the lightest.
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Charlotte’s Lashawnda Becoats calls the foundation-match idea “fantastic” – and the business overall “a really exciting thing.”
Becoats, recently named editor of Pride Magazine in Charlotte and a woman who’s written about fashion and lifestyle for years, says, “Most people probably don’t think about it.
“You wear white under white and black under black. But to have something and to not worry ‘Hey, can you see my underwear under this?’ would be fantastic ... Every woman of color can definitely relate.” (Yep: Hollywood’s Thandie Newton and Kerry Washington have both posted about the place, even before sales began: “am excited!” and “Awesome,” respectively.)
Joelle Purifoy, 23, a stylist, fashion designer and blogger ( thecolorsofjoelle.com) in Durham, agrees that this is a huge deal for women of color.
“I’m so ecstatic to see more inclusion for us in the apparel industry,” Purifoy said. “It’s companies like Nubian Skin and designers like Louboutin ... that are taking steps in the right direction.” (The shoe designer Louboutin last year released a shoe collection called The Nudes, which included 5 shades ranging from fair to dark to match a broader range of women’s skin tones.)
Purifoy, a recent graduate of N.C. State’s College of Textiles who also works at J.Crew, says her workaround for the lack of “nude” shades when wearing white blouses has been a black or gray bra – and gray, she says, is the way to go.
“Heather Grey is actually the best option for anyone to wear under white, as it reflects less light than white under light-colored shirts,” she said. “It practically blends right into your skin just like a nude colored undergarment would!”
Kierra Leggett, a Raleigh-based fashion blogger ( sophistikated1992.blogspot.com), also noted last year’s Louboutin line of nude pumps as an important turning point in fashion. “The ability to purchase ‘nude’ undergarments that actually match one’s skin tone should be the expectation, not the exception,” she said.
Leggett, another recent graduate of N.C. State, says the lack of true “nude” shades doesn’t keep her from wearing white.
“Despite the fact that the standard ‘nude’ is not a true nude on me, it is typically the color undergarment I wear beneath white,” Leggett said. “If I’m wearing something that is sheer, I typically put on a black camisole or slip to make it more opaque. ... The closest I’ve come to finding lingerie that really matches my skin tone is a brown Wacoal bra that I purchased earlier this summer.”
Nubian Skin prices
Prices range from about $50 to $60 for bras (which run 30B to 36DD/E, with more sizes promised) and $16 to $25 for briefs, etc. That’s not too far outside mainstream upscale lingerie prices – but shipping to the United States tacks on roughly $25.
Hassan told British website Black Ballad she had worked in investment banking and finance before launching this company, at age 30: “When wearing clothes, especially in a professional environment, a large proportion of women’s tops are sheer. When you are in that context you want to be taken seriously and not worrying if someone can see your black bra strap.”
Says Becoats: “We’ve (been) missing out on a whole market of women who have needs but who have taken for granted that they have had to fit into the status quo. When you create a market that allows those women to see themselves, they’re going to move toward that market.
“I’m going to look into it, so I can get out of wearing only black underwear!”
Maybe even cooler? Founder Ade Hassan has keyed each to mainstream makeup lines’ foundation colors. So if you wear Mac’s NW47 or Bobbi Brown’s Warm Walnut, Nubian Skin’s Cinnamon is the shade for you. If you wear Bobbi Brown’s Golden or Bare Minerals in Warm Tan or Golden Tan, consider Caramel. (Your mileage may vary, of course. But it’s more help than we’ve seen anywhere else.) Other shades are Berry, the darkest, and Cafe au Lait, the lightest.
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Charlotte’s Lashawnda Becoats calls the foundation-match idea “fantastic” – and the business overall “a really exciting thing.”
Becoats, recently named editor of Pride Magazine in Charlotte and a woman who’s written about fashion and lifestyle for years, says, “Most people probably don’t think about it.
“You wear white under white and black under black. But to have something and to not worry ‘Hey, can you see my underwear under this?’ would be fantastic ... Every woman of color can definitely relate.” (Yep: Hollywood’s Thandie Newton and Kerry Washington have both posted about the place, even before sales began: “am excited!” and “Awesome,” respectively.)
Joelle Purifoy, 23, a stylist, fashion designer and blogger ( thecolorsofjoelle.com) in Durham, agrees that this is a huge deal for women of color.
“I’m so ecstatic to see more inclusion for us in the apparel industry,” Purifoy said. “It’s companies like Nubian Skin and designers like Louboutin ... that are taking steps in the right direction.” (The shoe designer Louboutin last year released a shoe collection called The Nudes, which included 5 shades ranging from fair to dark to match a broader range of women’s skin tones.)
Purifoy, a recent graduate of N.C. State’s College of Textiles who also works at J.Crew, says her workaround for the lack of “nude” shades when wearing white blouses has been a black or gray bra – and gray, she says, is the way to go.
“Heather Grey is actually the best option for anyone to wear under white, as it reflects less light than white under light-colored shirts,” she said. “It practically blends right into your skin just like a nude colored undergarment would!”
Kierra Leggett, a Raleigh-based fashion blogger ( sophistikated1992.blogspot.com), also noted last year’s Louboutin line of nude pumps as an important turning point in fashion. “The ability to purchase ‘nude’ undergarments that actually match one’s skin tone should be the expectation, not the exception,” she said.
Leggett, another recent graduate of N.C. State, says the lack of true “nude” shades doesn’t keep her from wearing white.
“Despite the fact that the standard ‘nude’ is not a true nude on me, it is typically the color undergarment I wear beneath white,” Leggett said. “If I’m wearing something that is sheer, I typically put on a black camisole or slip to make it more opaque. ... The closest I’ve come to finding lingerie that really matches my skin tone is a brown Wacoal bra that I purchased earlier this summer.”
Nubian Skin prices
Prices range from about $50 to $60 for bras (which run 30B to 36DD/E, with more sizes promised) and $16 to $25 for briefs, etc. That’s not too far outside mainstream upscale lingerie prices – but shipping to the United States tacks on roughly $25.
Hassan told British website Black Ballad she had worked in investment banking and finance before launching this company, at age 30: “When wearing clothes, especially in a professional environment, a large proportion of women’s tops are sheer. When you are in that context you want to be taken seriously and not worrying if someone can see your black bra strap.”
Says Becoats: “We’ve (been) missing out on a whole market of women who have needs but who have taken for granted that they have had to fit into the status quo. When you create a market that allows those women to see themselves, they’re going to move toward that market.
“I’m going to look into it, so I can get out of wearing only black underwear!”
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Adele’s last album, 21, is now the fourth best-selling album in the UK of all time and trails behind Queen, The Beatles and ABBA.
Earlier this year it was reported that Adele is was undergoing "photo-healing therapy" to cure her fear of being pictured.
The Skyfall singer is said to have a phobia of being caught on camera, and she has been looking into ways to overcome it ahead of her huge music comeback in the near future.
Speaking to the Daily Star, a source said: "Adele has always been camera shy but with her big comeback imminent her fear of being thrust back into the limelight is growing.
"She knows she will have paps following her every move when her album is released and wants to be better prepared.
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"A close friend recommended Adele got in touch with a photographer in the US known as the photo healer for some Skype therapy sessions."
It is said the star has been taking "a series of one-hour sessions" to help her overcome her fear.
The insider added: "He has been coaching the singer with a series of one-hour sessions which include teaching her to overcome her deep-rooted fears and anxieties associated with being photographed."
The treatment is said to include manipulating her "photosphere", posing techniques to hide problem areas and maximise her assets, building her confidence and figuring out the best angles for pictures.
Earlier this year it was reported that Adele is was undergoing "photo-healing therapy" to cure her fear of being pictured.
The Skyfall singer is said to have a phobia of being caught on camera, and she has been looking into ways to overcome it ahead of her huge music comeback in the near future.
Speaking to the Daily Star, a source said: "Adele has always been camera shy but with her big comeback imminent her fear of being thrust back into the limelight is growing.
"She knows she will have paps following her every move when her album is released and wants to be better prepared.
Getty Celebrities for hire
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"A close friend recommended Adele got in touch with a photographer in the US known as the photo healer for some Skype therapy sessions."
It is said the star has been taking "a series of one-hour sessions" to help her overcome her fear.
The insider added: "He has been coaching the singer with a series of one-hour sessions which include teaching her to overcome her deep-rooted fears and anxieties associated with being photographed."
The treatment is said to include manipulating her "photosphere", posing techniques to hide problem areas and maximise her assets, building her confidence and figuring out the best angles for pictures.
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
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