Johan is ‘TAXI’s’ creative embodiment of all that is Swedish Coffee: Gevalia. Or more to the point–all that the Canadian based Agency hopes will appeal to their targeted consumer group–not surprisingly, women aged 35-45. Gotta love us MILFS.

We drink a lot of coffee. And Johan knows what We Like.

Taxi thinks we should buy Gevalia INSTEAD of Starbucks Instant at the supermarket.

Gevalia is the largest coffee roastery in Scandinavia.

It is also a wholly owned subsidiary of Kraft Foods producing more than 40 different varieties of coffee and tea.

Enter Johan.
…unlike Starbucks, based in Seattle, Gevalia is vying for a different image.
After all, Johan doesn’t have tattoos or a piercing (in sight…or is that insight?…could even be on site).

He has No Weird Ear Grommets (well, weird per my demographic, thank you) large enough to shove a coffee spoon inside….no plaid shirts.
Nothing ‘Smells like Team Spirit,’ (or Wet Gym Socks).

And Hey STARBUCKS: what IS with the ‘Aquariuan/Piscean’ Starbucks Green/White logo “Maiden” anyway?
She looks three cups short of Medusa.

In the past, Gevalia coffee was only available for home delivery.
I hope that’s still an option.

välkomna älskling

….of course….some of us enjoy a darker—even perhaps more full bodied, bigger, thicker FIKA

(banned in Sweden)

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We all have them.
Some are better than others.
I had The Best.
and
If at the end of my days–
I possess even a fraction of the wisdom, humor, grace and compassion that you embodied then I will be fortunate indeed.
I miss you Mama.

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This is…. like…. what I dream of IF I eat a loaded pizza before I go to sleep.

Do Killer Clowns make you want to buy accessories?

Personally, I’d be locking THIS ‘mannequin’ in a ZERO Haliburton trunk–and mailing it to a different hemisphere with no return address.

Of course, this looks like it might be able to eat it’s way out and find a way home.

I’m envisioning a movie deal, but not a jewelry sale.

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Enter: Jon Bon Jovi

Quote:
‘Singer, Songwriter, PHILANTHROPIST, father—this is what people picture when they think of me’….

No Jon, you are ‘living on a prayer’ (and a wing)…and some Advil.

People think of Big Hair.
Maybe of New Jersey.
.
They think of that guy in your band that landed Heather Locklear and dumped her for her best buddy: (yeah, people picture an astrophysicist with a clipboard)-Denise Richards.

No One thinks of philanthropy that I know.

Cut a check to: Ryota Shiga for Fukushima and the Runway for Japan charity in his hometown of Fukushima…. and I will indeed rethink my hypothesis.

Advil.
I’m gonna take one.

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Now a Surgical Fairy Princess.
xoxo MOM

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Photo: Eddie Curtis, BDG

Okay, this looks more like a vase than a boot.

Yeah, it’s missing glass….and looks improbable—but, it looks pretty improbable as a shoe/boot, too.

Well, I think whoever the misogynist at McQueen is that conjured up this demonic design SHOULD be laced into a pair of them and forced to walk…oh, I’ll be kind.. ONE HOUR and two flights of stairs as penance. (Just wait until you see “his” next collection of flat, sensible shoes with arch support that will debut for Fall.)

Enough said.

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Mr. Clark suffered a heart attack in Santa Monica, California earlier today while at St. John’s Hospital for an outpatient procedure, his publicist said. “Attempts to resuscitate were unsuccessful.”

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Galliano is synonymous with bias cut silks, those annoying 415 small button loop closures that encase his side zipper feature, the feminine draped neck and wisps of silk harkening to earlier days of fashion. You know, when women wore dresses and could legitimately blush about something…. Gone.

Simons (not Simmons….) is known for his work at Jil Sander. Minimalistic fashion, new textures and straightforward designs.

This is not the stuff of sugar plum faeries, Rapunzel, Knights in Shining Armour–it is a men’s sartorial focus–NO NONSENSE tailoring- (crafted with excellent “goods,” of course). His work is straightforward, typically ‘Belgian’ in aesthetic, but it is NOT the stuff of Christian Dior.

It’s like the ‘Mustang’ when Ford tried to keep the name, but turn it into a family car. Some things are what they are (and NOT what they are NOT).

Even master John Galliano himself attempted to stray from the core that WAS the House of Dior.

He got all ‘Def Comedy Jam’ on our butts for a few seasons–bringing in tag art, logo denim, handbags that resembled license plates–but John returned to the iconic ‘New Look Glamour’ that put the Brand front row centre after sales reflected a conclusive slip in revenue and popularity.

Mr. Galliano revived the silks and chiffons and ousted the funk and denim that he had peppered Dior with—returning to better sales and dare we say: ‘Lady-like’ dressing.

Apparently Simons had met with Marc Jacobs as sister company in the LVMH (Moet, Hennessy, Louis Vuitton) dynasty to head Louis Vuitton. Sister company, Celine, is currently headed by Phoebe Philo. Minimalism at its best? We’ll see.

Fashion is a business and one might suppose that this is reflecting a more no nonsense woman going forth in 2013. Maybe we should just fast forward and start shopping Tom Ford’s Men’s Line. Why even bother with these interim steps. Art imitating life. I’m sure that we can expect to see men wearing more florid pastels and with lace treatment–after all men need to ‘feel pretty, too’.

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Well, they (”brangelina”…don’t you just love that trend, merging names…yawn…started with Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s Union back when that never manifested) are finally making it “legal”….as if everyone wondered. I mean, one would think that all those kids alone would drive home that commitment point, but it’s probably nice for their families….

Speculation be damned, it’s OFFICIAL. Brad (who has tried his hand at designing just about everything by now) designed the ring with the year long collaboration of Beverly Hills jeweler Robert Procop–who we’ve never heard of, but we’re thankful it isn’t Loree Rodkin……Anyway, Somehow, I don’t think Harry Winston needs to close up shop just yet.

Apparently the couple had insisted that they wouldn’t marry unless ALL couples could marry harkening to the gay rights issues that they support publicly.

Jolie, 36 & Brad, 48 met while filming “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” in 2005. They have six children—three adopted and three biologically conceived together. Frankly, it would be a bit of an imaginative stretch to see them juggling this act if they did separate ways.

Stay tuned for more of what will surely become a media circus.

Needless to say, they have that ring bearer/flower girl thing in the bag.

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Additionally, Do you have to order the Wise Men as a set or can you just buy the tall black Dude (is the one with the frankincense? because I liked that one) and have him visit my creche?  

Additionally, does the swaddling velvet and ermine “blankie” come with little Jesus for this special price or is that extra. (IF I call now do I get two saviours for the price of one?)

Sign me,
“Tempted” in Tokyo

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