I can vividly remember the day Pearl Jam’s first album was released, the first time I heard “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and can with 100 percent certainty recall what I was wearing—flannel. Yes, that ultra soft, plaid delicacy that I also vividly remember donating when I could no longer even glance at it in my closet.
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Have you ever noticed that when it comes to style, true fashionistas have no fear? They are willing to take big risks, mix up some plaid with polka dots, and even toss in some stripes just for fun.
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You can study common economic indicators like the GDP, CPI, inflation, deflation, housing markets, unemployment or bull and bear markets to determine if our economy is heading in the right direction, but I prefer to take a different tack. Perhaps you could call it the “Main Street” approach as opposed to the “Wall Street” approach to analyzing the hopeful economic rebound.
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Recently, a friend of my mine posted a comment on Facebook asking the question, “At some point, feeling bad ends, right?” He was feeling great frustration within his workplace and his ability to grow both professionally and financially.
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I know it’s catalog season. Everyone in the industry is crazed, working their millionth hour getting their 2010 catalog out the door. To all of you out there I have one burning question:
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With cooler winds prevailing, this past weekend marked the annual dig for my beloved blankey of a sweater, my cashmere cardigan. While deep in the throes of digging through my closet, I was also able to unearth my beaten and battered, holey and torn, unthrowawayable (do you think thats a word?) college sweatshirt.
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As I set out to write this blog, I thought to myself if there is one thing the promotional apparel market never, ever talks about, it’s moisture-wicking fabric.
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It is that time of year when my suitcase becomes my home, when I travel coast-to-coast, shake hands and get in touch with industry leaders. I have come to recognize the value in business travel, however, sometimes it can be brutal.
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It may seem like revenue numbers in the apparel industry are irreparably damaged (mostly because we use adjectives like “plunging,” “nose dive,” “sagging,” “dropping” and the ever-painful “belly flopping” in correlation with 2009 revenue).
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I have never felt that I was getting older or that I was coming upon middle age, until recently. The other afternoon I was driving with my daughter, who is now six, when we learned the news that Michael Jackson had died.
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