Eva Chen, Trending Now at Lucky Magazine Eva Chen, the latest editor in chief of Lucky magazine, begins many days photographing her accessories while sitting in the back of a taxi on the way from her apartment near Union Square to her large, light-filled sixth-floor office on Times Square. These pictures will be posted on… Continue Reading… Continue Reading
In still scratching my head news, Bentley Motors is launching a line of luxury handbags. The lifestyle branding move is an attempt to leverage the brand’s heritage through fashion to draw more women to the company.… Continue Reading
Target is betting big on beauty these days. Earlier this year, the retail giant expanded its beauty concierge pilot program to more than 200 stores. And now, they are positioning themselves for the long-haul with new acquisitions and brand extensions.… Continue Reading
HBO Developing Comedy Series from Larry Wilmore and Issa Rae to Star Rae Larry Wilmore and Issa Rae have teamed to co-write a comedy series project for HBO, with Rae set to star. The project focuses on the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern day African-American woman. These are also themes Rae has… Continue Reading… Continue Reading
1. Refinery29 Evolves Into a Lifestyle Platform Refinery29 is ready to make the leap from fashion Web site to lifestyle player — and is looking to define how the next generation of media companies operate. Once a site that published just a single post per week, Refinery29 now garners 90 million page views per month and will see its first overhaul since its… Continue Reading
After Conde Nast announced that Eva Chen would be replacing Brandon Holley as the editor-in-chief late last month, many media outlets and blogs were clamoring to get an interview with Chen. However, Conde Nast PR shut that down and said that she was “behind closed doors working on the September issue.” I thought they might… Continue Reading… Continue Reading
According to Google Play, only half (100k -500k) of the one million Magna Carta apps available, have been downloaded. Up from the 10k-50k that was listed there on Tuesday. The app, a partnership between Samsung and Jay-Z which was announced in a commercial during the NBA Finals, went live on Monday, June 24th. As a… Continue Reading
Later today, W Magazine will post an interview with Kanye West (only his 2nd since recording Yeezus) to coincide with the launch of their newly redesigned website. W is hoping to make lightening strike twice after seeing how West’s extensive New York Times interview went viral earlier this month. Does this mean that they had a… Continue Reading
When Kanye announced that he was going to be premiering the song and video for New Slaves in 66 locations around the globe, I pointed out (here) that he was taking a page out of Jay-Z’s book. In 2010, Jay-Z partnered with Bing and Droga5 to launch a global scavenger hunt for his new book Decoded. Yesterday,… Continue Reading
Every time I read or watch an interview with Zosia Mamet I get the sense that she would rather be some place else. Zosia, whose career has taken off thanks to her role as Shoshanna on HBO’s hit show GIRLS, doesn’t come off as media-friendly or savvy so when I learned that she launched a Kickstarter… Continue Reading