Did Abercrombie & Fitch go too far with kiddie push-up bikini bra

Ambercrombie & Fitch is out with a new push-up bikini bra for kids.  What would a 7-year old girl need with a push-up bra? Have they gone too far this time? let the insider know 

The New Promotional - Can Fashion Be Next

There is a new way to market that has finally hit YouTube. I just watched the very funny "Pastor Steward" and noticed that the makers of the skit are using it as a way to advertise. With fashion being the perfect eye-candy. Can Polo or Michael Kors dress puppets in designer duds...just saying

Outlets - "Back To the Future"

Is it me or are the majors retailers going back to the future when is comes to outlet stores? Over the past year two players in the industry, Lord & Taylor and Bloomingdales have made an aggressive push towards outlets stores. Lord and Taylor is joining Bloomingdales at the high traffic Dolphin Mall in Miami (Sweetwater) Florida, which will be the third outlet location for Lord & Taylor in the last 9 months.

The outlet business is has become the new cash cow for may high end retailers in this "new economy" but has been around for decades. The difference now is many retailers are developing private label merchandise or working with vendors to produce a less expensive lines that would be sold exclusively at outlets. I miss the days of seeing a $1,000 Gucci sweater at the outlets for $150. Tell the Insider what you think

Dior Show gets "Dissed"

John Galliano - House of Dior

Unless you were under a rock this week you know now about the the "public firing" of John Galliano; an HR nightmare for sure
An emotional week, sometimes as overwrought as couture itself, ended this afternoon on a surprisingly calm and graceful note as members of the Dior ateliers, all in their white lab coats, took to the catwalk for the final bow of the fall 2011 Dior show.
Ever since Tuesday, when Dior dismissed designer John Galliano for anti-Semitic remarks that were caught on video, there has been nonstop speculation about how the house would handle the show, or even if there would be a show at all. This has been a public-relations nightmare for Dior, as well as an emotional and stressful ordeal for employees of the house and its chief executive, Sidney Toledano. Typically, a Dior show would be an occasion for a mob scene at the front gates, celebrities filling front-row seats, and the arrival of Bernard Arnault, the chairman of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, with his wife, Hélène.

Valerio Mezzanotti for The New York Times Christian Dior fall 2011.

But there was nothing typical about this day in fashion. The scene outside the entrance to the Musée Rodin was beyond a mob scene; I would say more than 300 people were there, along with extra French police officers. More than a few guests remarked, perhaps with a touch of black humor, that it felt that they were arriving for a funeral. The mood was rather somber and tense, and yet, as people knew, they were coming to a fashion show — in a tent behind the museum.
Mr. Arnault did not attend. And there were few celebrities, certainly no prominent names. I saw a few friends of the house — Ralph Toledano, the former Chloé chief, who is a relative of Mr. Toledano’s — and also a number of Dior staff, like Catherine Rivière, who runs the haute couture salon. It was obvious that the aim was to create a low-key, professional atmosphere — and to keep the legacy of the house uppermost in mind.

courtesy of the New York Times