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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

What a Businesswoman!

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Social networking has spread around the world with unbelievable speed. Admit it or not, its influence on the netizens practically dictates how we do business, conduct ourselves - generally, how we live our online lives. To some extent, it molds us.

If you’re an active social-media user, you can’t deny the phenomenon that is Instagram. " Its online photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service enables users to take pictures and videos, apply digital filters to them, and share them on various social networking services, such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Flickr." What one can't communicate in words, some photos make the task easier.

The immense popularity of Instagram has captured millions of users worldwide. To some people, Instagram is heaven-sent, as they are able to enjoy its huge privileges. Rightly or wrongly, it has become subject for abuse. And whether they admit it or not, some celebrities are the ones who are guilty of this abuse.

Merchant Followers MF of celebrities use the opportunity to promote their products on the celebrities' Instagram feed knowing that their huge following get to see MF products. Needless to say, it is surprisingly cheap, especially for the cost-conscious entrepreneur. In return, some MF give celebrities some products for free.

Very enterprising TV Host TH is one notoriously known for milking this opportunity. To be able to cut cost, TH has now reportedly gone to using Instagram as a business platform, without a sweat. Allegedly, she asks her MF for some product samples such as clothes, food, and even pricey ones such as watches and at times even GC's, too. The items have to be delivered to her first before she posts their pictures on her wall. Reportedly, TH has gone overboard, asking as much as 50% discount for travel fare.

Yes, it is - social media has redefined public's perception of what social graces and etiquette are all about.

" Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing." ~ Abraham Lincoln

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Bloggers Will Not Be Invited to New York Fashion Week

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Bloggers will no longer be included in the New York Fashion Week guest list, making way for industry professionals.

The Wall Steet Journal recently reported that IMG Fashion, which runs Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, will be cutting their media invites by 20% this February. Inviting only guests that are of "value to the designers" by tightening their accreditation guidelines - in other words, no bloggers will be on the guest list.

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Back in September, Fern Mallis, creator of New York Fashion Week and owner of IMG Fashion said that it's time to become more exclusive. Bloggers were occupying spaces in the shows audiences that were designed for buyers - and this according to Fern must change. Catherine Bennett, Senior Vice President of IMG Fashion recently stated "It was becoming a zoo! What used to be a platform for established designers to debut their collections to select media and buyers has developed into a cluttered, often cost-prohibitive and exhausting period for our industry to effectively do business."

Some designers have already complained about Fashion Week being too chaotic and no longer as exclusive as it used to be. Oscar de la Renta, who has stopped putting on larger shows, had a very intimate 350 guest list this September to show his spring-summer collection. The designer opted for a more intimate presentation inviting only the fashion elite.

Source:http://www.buro247.com/me/fashion/news/bloggers-will-not-be-invited-to-new-york-fashion-w.html

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Monday, December 9, 2013

Saying Goodbye

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As has been foretold early on, it looks like the relationship between controversial couple is getting rocky and might just collapse sooner than we expect. After what seemed like endless hoopla in the beginning, the love between Pretty Actor PA and Sexy Girl SG might just go up in smoke after all.

Some observers said that PA and SG defied reason when they decided to be a couple not too long ago. True enough, the couple was a picture of bliss and contentment amid all the negativity thrown at them. In cases like when a good number of people would love to see them fail, the pressure for PA and SG to make their relationship work is to a great extent hard work in itself – that is if they are unsure of their feelings for each other.

So many times of trying to prove themselves to the public, consciously or unconsciously, had probably impacted badly on PA and SG, especially for PA whose actions have often been fodder for malicious talks. Several sightings of PA with different lovelies certainly did not help calm the situation. Observers got used to PA’s denials each time he got caught red-handed.

Meanwhile, the ever patient SG said that the hurts of her past relationships had toughen her and made her a more matured person. She once revealed that she was not particularly affected by reports linking PA with other girls. Yet now, when confronted with persistent rumors about sightings of PA with different women, she can only say, "I don’t know." Could it be a sign of something forthcoming?

Latest reports have it that the couple had allegedly already broken up. It’s just that they have decided to keep mum about it as much as they can for obvious reasons. People privy to the couple have noticed that PA and SG hardly go together now except when they had to go to public functions for appearances. Otherwise, they go separate ways when attending private parties or meeting up with friends.

Do we expect some confirmation soon? Will PA and SG be the latest addition to a long list of casualties in this major showbizlandia catastrophe?

" Love is a moral drunkenness; and, whilst it lasts, the shrew seems gentle, the tigress a dove, the flirt constant, and the fiend an angel." ~ Charles William Day