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	Thursday, January 10, 2008 Where will fashion get its forecast with no Golden Globes? For several years now, the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards have served as the link between the fashion and beauty industry and the rest of us. Remember Angelina Jolie's sleek white Dolce & Gabbana pantsuit? Jennifer Lopez's barely there green Versace gown? America Ferrera's cute and classy Brian Reyes debut? Now that Sunday's January 13 ceremony is a news conference and the fate of the 2008 Academy Awards, slated for February 24, is in limbo, that connection has been temporarily severed. The lack of red carpet has left everyone from designers to retailers to regular viewers disappointed. How will designers recoup the loss of name recognition? What will magazines and fashion shows report on? Where will trend-followers get their fashion inspiration? "We make sales after the Oscars," said Rebecca Selva, director of publicity at Fred Leighton, the New York- based jewellery company that provides diamond baubles of all sorts to the stars." Of course it will affect us, but to what extent?" more...SMH posted by Niko @ 7:40 AM 0 comments Permalink Wednesday, January 09, 2008 Free Food for Animal Shelter Our good friends at FineLine Tattoo passed on a great tip that we want to share with you. This is pretty simple. The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily to meet their quota of getting free food donated every day to abused and neglected animals.It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on "feed an animal in need" for free. It's in a purple box in the middle of the page. This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate food to abandoned/neglected animals in exchange for advertising. Here's the web site...click away! (and pass it along to your friends) http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/ posted by Niko @ 7:39 AM 0 comments Permalink Monday, January 07, 2008 Sample Sale Listings Return...Happy Monday! Monday & Tuesday Pick up the label Jessica Biel and the Olsens are so crazy about. The Giambattista Valli spring trunk show kicks off today. Bergdorf Goodman, 754 Fifth Ave., at 57th St., fourth fl.; 212.753.7300 (10-8). Now through 1/21 Designer Phillip Lim, the 2007 Swarovski Womeswear Award winner by the CDFA, is slashing prices up to 50 percent off at his flagship store. 115 Mercer Street (at Prince); 212.334.1160 Now through 1/31 Stella McCartney's stylish and animal-friendly line is reduced up to 40 percent! 429 W 14th St; 212.255.1556 posted by Niko @ 7:02 AM 0 comments Permalink Friday, January 04, 2008 NYC Weekend: FASHION Some rarely think of Chicago as a style capital. But, F.I.T.'s new "Chic Chicago" exhibit might change their opinion. Featuring over 50 haute couture pieces from the Chicago History Museum, the show displays historic threads from Chanel to Schiaparelli. through Sat 1/5 (10am-5pm) FIT, Haft Auditorium W. 27th Street, bwt. 7th & 8th Avenues NYC posted by Niko @ 7:19 AM 0 comments Permalink NYC Weekend: MUSIC "Be prepared to bounce to Saint Etienne, roll with the Rapture, and shimmy along to the Pipettes." - Nylon Magazine Djs spin indie pop, brit pop, post-punk, girl groups, swedish pop & more! Don Hill's ( http://www.donhills.com/ ) 511 Greenwich St. (at Spring St.) $5 Cover - 21 and over 11pm to 4 am posted by Niko @ 7:13 AM 0 comments Permalink NYC Weekend: ART van Gogh Letters... through Sun 1/6 (10:30AM) at Morgan Library and Museum, The 225 Madison Ave. , NYC This innovative exhibition combines twenty letters - many of which include sketches - from Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) to his protege Emile Bernard (1868-1944) as well as paintings and drawings by both artists to explore the working relationship between the two artists, and that between van Gogh's letter sketches and his finished works. posted by Niko @ 6:43 AM 0 comments Permalink Tuesday, January 01, 2008 Happy New Year! Happy 2008! For those of you fortunate enough to have had a long holiday break, welcome back to work. The good thing...only two more days until the weekend! A big thank you to everyone out there who has asked for our return to the blogging world. Yes, we lapsed a bit but are back and ready to jump in with a plan I think you'll enjoy. We're keeping the popular Monday and Friday sections with sample sale listings and weekend events, respectively. Tuesday through Thursday will focus on taking care of you (yes, you!), the environment and those in need. You'll also see the occasional Fake Believe crush. So what determines our crushes? Most importantly, they are someone who is not plastered in the tabloids and rammed down our throats for no apparent reason. These are folks who have attained true success based on either their talents, contributions, character or just for being someone we feel more of you may be interested in knowing. We hope you enjoy our new format. As always, we're welcome to all feedback so feel free to drop a note. On our first day back, we'll leave you with this... The average person is responsible for emitting 94 pounds of carbon dioxide every day. It takes four trees, which act as natural air filters, to offset the carbon dioxide each person generates in a month. For each dollar donated, American Forests plants a tree. For more information and to plant trees, visit www.americanforests.org. posted by Niko @ 4:16 PM 0 comments Permalink