Style
Feb. 8, 2012

For every Fashion Week the modeling agencies release show packages to the fashion world. The packages features individual cards with each model’s photo and their measurements and is likened to baseball cards. IMG Models has created an original and delightful concept for their fall 2012 New York Fashion Week package that has been creating buzz on the web. 

As reported by the International Business Times "The agency turned their models into literal works of art by taking shots of them from editorial campaigns and...

Style
Feb. 7, 2012

As New York Fashion Week fast approaches many are focusing their attention off the runway and towards the street. What began thirty years ago in publications such as New York Times and Glamour has now becoming a thriving global trend, with street style photography now considered one of the most influential fashion mediums. 

Art Zulu recently read an interesting article about street photography at New York Fashion Week by David Yi from The New York Daily News, which you can read below. It might change...

Style
Feb. 7, 2012

Just because you can’t make it to Fashion Week doesn’t mean you have to miss out. Stay up to date on all the events of New York’s Fall 2012 Fashion Week without leaving the comfort of your bedroom. Many designers will stream their fashion shows and backstage footage live and on their social media accounts and there is a lot of great commentary from fashion insiders to be found. Read on to find out what your online Fashion Week options include for live video, twitter, fashion news websites, tumblr and instagram.

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News
Jan. 30, 2012

With Apple in His Head, New CEO Tosses Out Old Pricing Models and Formats at Department Store

By DANA MATTIOLI - The Wall Street Journal

Shortly after taking the top job at J.C. Penney Co. last fall, Chief Executive Ron Johnson signed up for the company's email alerts. He was shocked by what landed in his inbox.

The former Apple Inc. retail executive was deluged by sales announcements, sometimes two a day. He and his team counted 590 separate sales last year. They didn't bring in shoppers—Mr. Johnson's team found...

News
Jan. 30, 2012

By Paul Sloan CNET Editor
 
From where he stands, as the guy who co-founded Netscape Communications and now co-runs the powerful Silicon Valley venture firm Andreessen Horowitz, no industry is safe from software. Or, as Andreessen put it in a much-discussed piece he wrote for The Wall Street Journal, "Software is eating the world."
 
Software has chewed up music and publishing. It's eaten away at Madison Avenue. It's swallowed up retail outlets like Tower Records. The list goes on.
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News
Jul. 18, 2011

 PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas, July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ 

Miss Texas Teen USA, Danielle Doty, was crowned Miss Teen USA 2011 this past Saturday at the beautiful Atlantis, Paradise Island in the Bahamas on July 16, 2011. The 18-year-old winner is from Harlingen, Texas. The MISS TEEN USA® pageant was streamed online to a worldwide audience of over 100,000 viewers at www.missteenusa.com and www....

News
Jul. 18, 2011

Excerpted from the New York Times
By KATE TAYLOR
Published: July 12, 2011

Until recently Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s antiquities minister, was a global symbol of Egyptian national pride. A famous archaeologist in an Indiana Jones hat, he was virtually unassailable in the old Egypt, protected by his success in boosting tourism,...

News
Jun. 1, 2011

Stand Up To Cancer is a new initiative created to accelerate groundbreaking cancer research that will get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives. SU2C's goal is to bring together the best and the brightest in the cancer community, encouraging collaboration instead of competition. By spurring the entertainment industry, SU2C creates awareness and builds broad public support for this effort. Celebrities who have participated in SU2C events include George Clooney, Gwyneth...

News
Jun. 1, 2011

The Art Zulu team would like to say congratulations to Rob Stone for starting a new position at William Morris Agency. Rob has recommended Art Zulu’s creative services on many successful brand launches and licensing programs. We look forward to all the new opportunities while working with him and William Morris. Congrats Rob!

Branding
May. 12, 2011

As William Gibson offhandedly noted, ‘Customers don’t buy products so much as narratives.’ Just how little offhand this comment reads is well attested in the most recent byplay between the real and the virtual as seen in the shift into fashion within the gaming industry, which has long since made active use of product placement but which is now producing fashion collections to sell pertinent clothing to its fans—an obvious ploy to market its narrative in a further step.

For instance a clothing line has been...