A TWITTERIFIC ACCOUNT OF EVENTS

In case you missed Donna Karan's lecture at Parsons the New School for Design, here's a summation via Donna Karan's Public Relation twitter account.

The lecture was to celebrate the launch of Parson's new MFA program in Fashion Design and Society.

As you know, LA*SURFPUNK   is a HUGE fan of Donna Karan... 7 easy pieces...7 easy ways into our hearts.  We've been following the fashion deity ever since the late 70s at her longtime employer Anne Klein.

2. "The idea of plus sizes is old fashioned. We should all be able to take the same piece of fabric and wrap it around us"- Donna Karanabout 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
3. "I went 2 Turkey and ran smack into DKNY. We need to preserve cultures. We need to go back to our roots & keep our uniquenss"- Donna Karanabout 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
4. "Getting back to the earth is so impt. But its hard to work in Blk in an organic fabric. But I look forward to learning"- Donna Karanabout 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
5. "People say to me, I have this garment for 20years & I say to myself, why do I design anymore. Luxury products last"- Donna Karanabout 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
6. "The way that a fabric gets developed in luxury- is like that special painting. I am not being a snob- there just is a difference"- DKabout 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
7. "I am fabric addict. I celebrate what goes into fabric. When I see something being sewn, there is so much soul being put into that"- DKabout 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
8. "We have to be inspired by the past, live in the present & look to the future" -Donna Karanabout 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
9. "I failed draping and I had to go to summer school" - Donna Karanabout 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
10. "You can't just be a designer- there's a reason & a need. Look at what's missing. That's the answer to a successful business"- Donna Karanabout 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
11. "Creativity is one of the highest blessings one can have. You can't learn creativity"- Donna Karanabout 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
12. "Its not good enough to think oh we're creative, let make a garment. It needs to have a purpose"- Donna Karanabout 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
13. "We are killing our own industry. There is too much information out there. We r letting people copy designs that were in work 4 a year"- DKabout 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
14. "I don't want consumers to see what's going to be in store in August- its confusing"- Donna Karanabout 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
15. "I was a pure Armani fan. My husband wore Armani & I am was very happy w/ it. Why would I go into mens?"- Donna Karanabout 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
16. 'How do we want 2 touch another human being- I think we r moving into a larger realm of what it means 2 make a garment. What r we saying'-DKabout 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
17. "Philanthropy to me is not about joining a charity, its about thinking about the person next to u and what their life is about"- Donna Karanabout 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
18. The day of Sept 11 was the day of the DKNY runway show. We were supposed to show in the Armory. We turned the Armory over to be a triage-about 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
19. Donna Karan New York, NY was the inspiration that grounded the name. Donna didn't think her name was enough-about 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
20. Donna Karan started 7th On Sale to galvanize the community to fight AIDS. They raised 4million $ in three days.about 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
21. "Our social responsibility as designers is bigger than ever before"- Donna Karanabout 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
22. Donna Karan gave birth to Gabby & had to got back to work the next day b/c Anne Klein was in the hospital. Anne Klein died that day..about 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
23. 'What fashion is rt now to me is social consciousness. I go on many journeys 2 be inspired by the cultures around us. My heart goes out'- DKabout 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
24. "I think women need to be celebrated. Its never about the clothes, for me its about the person & how she feels on the inside"- Donna Karan.about 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
25. "I want to create pieces that have longevity"- Donna Karanabout 23 hours ago from UberTwitter
26. "I started the 7 easy pieces b/c I didn't want to take the time to think about what I needed to wear" -DKabout 24 hours ago from UberTwitter
27. Donna Karan originally wanted to be a fashion illustrator. She went to WWD for a job and they told her to think about doing something else-about 24 hours ago from UberTwitter
28. The New School says Donna Karan's vision and support has shaped this graduate program-about 24 hours ago from UberTwitter

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NO LIKEY

Retail giant Abercrombie & Fitch has opened a Ginza District outpost in Japan.  The store has been met with a cool reception by consumers.

Writer W. David Marx scribes some of the problems:

> The store is charging double for merchandise than the items found in US stores

> Mostly American looking employees on the floor

>  English is spoken to greet shoppers and converse with

>  Male staffers wear shirts unbuttoned

All of our American ways (crassness and the arrogance of not speaking in the native tongue) don't always transition well in other lands.  Go figure A&F suits!!

If A&F isn't careful, the Japanese will leave all their fratboy-like clothing unpledged.

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GRACE THIS NIGHT

Lucky you, New Yorkers.

Tonight:  A special screening of The September Issue with director R.J. Cutler and VOGUE's C.D. Grace Coddington with a Q&A to follow:

IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave., nr. 3rd St. (212-924-7771); 8 p.m. Tickets available at movietickets.com.

A chance to pick the brain of a fashion deity!!   Coddington was a former model and has been with VOGUE for over 25 years!!  We're crying ....wish we were there!!  

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NO OUTRAGE?

This Calvin Klein ad is at NYC's Houston @Lafayette.

Where's the outrage?

Where's the snatch carping how their children have to look at this smut?

You may remember this  location brought all kind of complaints from a previous Calvin Klein ad.

Suck it up, stupid fuckers!!  It's an ad not life and death.....

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COACH'S OFFICE

Men want the "IT" bag of the season:

Handbag titan Coach wants to focus on the men.

The accessory company acquired the old Ruehl boutique in the West Village and plans to offer men a line focused on:  sunwear, watches, outerwear, fragrance, footwear and small leather goods to name a few.

"We view this store as a laboratory where we can handpick pieces and pilot emerging collections, while offering a more intimate and distinctive shopping experience....Today, we are very much of a women's platform, but this gives us the opportunity to create a much more specific men's aesthetic. That’s the mission,' quips Coach's Mike Tucci.

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NOT AMUSED

WWD is reporting that Modern Amusement is shuttering.

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TINA FEY COVERS VOGUE

Is AnnER FINALLY listening to her readers?!!

Tina Fey will cover VOGUE for March 2010's issue.  This issue is the 2nd thickest issue behind September showcasing spring fashions and substantial ad pages.  An important issue out of the 12 produced a year.

Thank god not some vacuous twit for the cover, i.e. Biel, Hudson, Barrymore, Diaz, Knightly, Miller, can we keep going on?  Yes we can... Lively, Witherspoon,.....

This issue will be the Power Issue.

Also Robert Pattinson will be in this issue.   His TWI success makes him a baby Hollywood power player.

At least 9 out of 12 of AnnER's covers are DISASTROUS!!

Who wants to look or embody this nasty, ugly, talentless cunt?

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RECESSION SCMESSION

Some menswear buyers are increasing orders by +15 %   [WWD]

HALEY'S FASHION  COMET:

Super cutie Hal Rubenstein was a buyer at a major upscale NYC department store now he's Fashion Director at InStyle.

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SO GQ

So GQ:  That was a phrase popular in the 70s and early 80s to describe a fashionable man:  i.e.  Who's that?  He's so GQ.

GQ has named 25 Most Stylish Men In The World for it's February 2010 issue:

Here are a few names they christened:

Robert Pattinson, below:

Lapo Elkann, below:

David Beckham, below:

Cristiano Ronaldo, below:

Brad Pitt, below:

Ryan Gosling, below:

Tom Brady, below:

Anderson Cooper, below:

Some other names they listed we totally don't agree with. What is Jim Nelson and the rest of the staff smokin?

Russell Brand

Pete Doherty

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WHITE+GREEN= CHAD + BOSS

Mix White with Green and you get Chad with Boss.

Chad White snags the Boss Green campaign.

A (muscle) fitted match:

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FALL GUYS

BACKSTAGE:

Louis Vuitton A/W 2010

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