Greenpeace released a striking photo gallery last week entitled “The dirty secret behind your jeans and bras.” It chronicles the working conditions and pollution in two of Guangdong’s main textile hubs, where most of the world’s jeans, bras and underwear are made. Greenpeace had a look at the human and environmental impact of the industries, and the results were pretty bleak. The …
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Gallery: Pollution in China’s textile towns
Kanye West suddenly woke up a couple weeks ago and decided he might as well be the last person on earth to get into the whole “social media” thing. He’s taken the Facebook corporate headquarters by storm , and performed live at Twitter offices which apparently inspired him to commence tweeting (the solitary “following” count is genius). Now Kanye has taken to Ustream for his first online web …
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Kanye West :Tightest Jeans EVAH
“Have you seen it? It’s an absolute eyesore,” the cockney Asian guy lounging on a sofa in a sunny Shoreditch street is saying. His jeans, as one of his mates delights in telling him, are ripped at the crotch (”Yeah, but I’m wearing cycle shorts underneath, so its alright”). “It looks like a massive baked bean tin, he goes on. Like a can of deodorant. It doesn’t fit with any of the …
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After Hours Lock-In At The Foundry
Frank DiPascali, who was the “chief financial officer” for Bernard Madoff’s “investment” firm, was freed on $10 million bail today. According to the Daily News , he “went home to 24-hour house arrest,” wearing “jeans, sneakers, a grey t-shirt and a big smile.” Last August, he pleaded guilty to his part in the $65 billion scam, and has been cooperating with the authorities . DiPascali’s lawyer …
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Madoff’s "CFO" Free On $10 Million Bail
Meet Democrat John Kitzhaber, once and perhaps future governor of Oregon: Pressed blue jeans? Check. Jacket and open-neck shirt. Check and check.
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"Ungovernable?" No Kitzhaber apology for the word
Photo via NJ.com /The Star-Ledger Rapper T.I.’s clothing line, AKOO, has put up a billboard in Newark that has locals fanning themselves and suffering spells! The advertisement shows a woman holding on to a man’s unbuttoned jeans whilst his hand is placed lovingly against the back of her head. Those gutter-minded Jerseyites think these two had, or are just about to engage in, oral sex. Blush …
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Jersey Prudes Can’t Handle Sexually Suggestive Billboard (Gothamist)
Going and winning a special election in shocking fashion gets you your own doll . Just ask Senator-elect Scott Brown. Connecticut’s Herobuilders.com will begin selling the action figure inspired by the Bay State Republican on Tuesday for $34.95. The doll comes in a business suit, a casual jeans/t-shirt ensemble and, of course, a Cosmo-inspired birthday-suited Brown for the ladies. The Inside …
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CT Corp. Makes Scott Brown Action Figure (Bostonist)
Tired of being visually assaulted by skinny jeans, trucker hats, plastic sunglass frames, fanny packs ( make your own !), and other such absurdities, we’ve made a decision: hipsters are the new torture. (Skinny jeans are particularly dangerous .) And since Massachusetts Senate candidate Scott Brown does not oppose waterboarding , held to be torture by many, we thought we’d try to represent …
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The skinny jean have made it into the new decade — and recently one Daily News reporter tried out a few different pairs of the skinny jean’s evil offspring, the jegging, for a very important fashion research piece. She starts out optimistic, declaring that women have been uncomfortable in their jeans for years, so maybe less-constricting leggings that look like jeans would allow the same style …
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Jeggings Make It To 2010 (Gothamist)
The Natural History Musuem and Spaceland Productions have once again teamed up to produce a season of First Fridays for the first half of 2010. Although the full line-up of bands has not announced, January and February has been booked: Atlas Sound and the Tune-Yards on January 8th and Yeasayer and Warpaint on February 5th. DJ Them Jeans (aka Jason Stewart) will spin throughout the …
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Indie Bands & Local Scientists: Natural History Museum Announces 2010 First Fridays Series (LAist)
