Eva Goes Nude

post from StyleCritics on 02 March 2009 11:32:12 PM. © StyleCritics

Looks like someone woke up at the right side of fashion! Eva Longoria never looked so hot! Sexy in a beige Versace dress and sizzling in a red DVF number with nude Louboutins. I can’t believe this will just boil down to her hair and make-up. Never happened before!I’m going with the shorter ‘do and [...]

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IPods From Bill Clinton, Marc Jacobs For Sale on
Tonic

post from ShoppingBlog.com on 02 March 2009 11:20:00 PM. © ShoppingBlog.com

Tonic iPod Auctions Tonic's celebrity iPod auctions for charity continues this week. Bill Clinton and Marc Jacobs both have iPods up for auction that include their personal playlists. Bill Clinton's playlist includes Van Morrison, Carly Simon, Sarah McLachlan, Elton John and Willie Nelson. Marc Jacobs' playlist includes Lady GaGa, Britney Spears, Amy Winehouse, Madonna and TLC. Other celebrities with iPods currently up for auction include designers Marc Ecko, Donna Karan and Alice Temperley.

The iPod sales benefit Musicrising.org, a campaign that was launched to rescue the musical culture of the Central Gulf region of the United States. iPods from Hilary Duff, Scarlett Johansson and Mandy Moore will be auctioned on Tonic later this month.

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Lindsay Looks for the Perfect Fit

post from StyleCritics on 02 March 2009 11:00:33 PM. © StyleCritics

This goes to show you that the right fit goes a long way. So Lindsay wore a super cute white dress, the coveted YSL heels and a delicate pink Chanel bag. She should have covered up a little (okay, a lot) and this ensemble would have been a dream.Rating: 4[Source]

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eBags Closes UK Website, Cuts Staff in U.S.

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eBags Logo Internet Retailer reports that eBags.com is closing its UK website, ebags.co.uk. eBags.com has been running the site since October, 2004.

The closing resulted in the company eliminating the jobs of its 10 employees in the Cambridge facility where the U.K. operation was based since it was set up in October 2004. Those employees handled merchandising, product photography, marketing and fulfillment for eBags.co.uk, the U.K. site. Such other tasks as web design and information were handled from the company's base in Denver, Cobb says.

While Cobb says eBags.co.uk became the leading U.K. online retailer of handbags, luggage, backpacks and laptop cases, it never broke even. Among the reasons he cites are the expense of establishing the eBags brand with heavy paid search spending, the unfavorable exchange rate for most of the time the U.K. unit was operated and generally higher costs for facilities and personnel in Britain.

The recession was to blame because eBags.com cofounder Peter Cobb said they probably would not have closed the website if the economy had been better. eBags has also cut staff in the U.S. 36 jobs have been eliminated, which is about 30% of the company's work force. eBags about page says they have sold nearly 7 million bags since they started the company. They are currently running a sale on designer handbags.

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Pearl Carpet of Baroda Could Sell for $20 Million

post from ShoppingBlog.com on 02 March 2009 10:33:00 PM. © ShoppingBlog.com

Forbes reports that The Pearl Carpet of Baroda could sell for as much as $20 million at an upcoming Sotheby's auction. The carpet was created in the 1860s as a gift for the tomb of Prophet Mohammad in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Over 2.2 million pearls and beads were used to decorate the carpet. Hundres of rubies, sapphires and diamonds were also used in the carpet which took five years to make. Forbes says bidding will start at $5 million.

Bidding will start at $5 million, says Howard-Sneyd, who has already fielded inquiries from private clients in India and the Middle East interested in the piece.

Crafted in the 1860s as a gift for the tomb of the Prophet Mohammad in Medina, Saudi Arabia, the carpet was created under the auspices of Gaekwar Kande Rao, the maharajah of Baroda, a former kingdom in northwest India that is now part of Gujarat state. It took five years of labor by hundreds of craftsmen. Some 2 million seed pearls and colored glass beads and gems set in a gold foil background make up the swirling rosette design.

You can zoom in on the carpet's image here on Sotheby's. Rug Rag also has some close ups here. (via Born Rich)

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Consumers Eating More Chicken, Less Beef

post from ShoppingBlog.com on 02 March 2009 10:15:00 PM. © ShoppingBlog.com

Bloomberg reports that meat-eating consumers are "trading down" from beef to chicken as they look for a cheaper meat. The article cites Deutsche Bank and Safeway as the source of the data.

The switch will squeeze beef and pork producers, while chicken sellers may gain from the quest for "cheaper protein," Deutsche Bank said in its "Monthly Mouthful" report. Still, poultry prices face pressure as rising protectionism and global recession make global trade more competitive, the report said.

"We're seeing more shifts in the meat category to cheaper meats -- ground beef and chicken -- than we saw earlier in the year," said Safeway Chairman Steven Burd. There is "a trading down virtually across the board" in retail and even "non- retail" products, he said during the Pleasanton, California- based company's earnings teleconference on Feb. 26.

The article also talks about the expected increase in the slaughter of dairy cows as farmers try and cut costs. We mentioned one reason the slaughter of dairy cows is increasing earlier. Dairy farmers want to sell the cows to cut costs. Normally the dairy cows would be sold to another dairy farmer but because so many dairy farmer are struggling they can't find any dairy farmers that are doing well enough to buy their cows and so the dairy cows end up being sold to the beef market.

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Prince Chooses Target For Exclusive Three Disc
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post from ShoppingBlog.com on 02 March 2009 09:33:00 PM. © ShoppingBlog.com

Reuters reports that Prince has cut an exclusive deal with Target for the upcoming released of a three-disc set. The album will go on sale exclusively at Target stores on March 29th. The three disc set will retail for $11.98 and will include two original Prince albums Lotusflow3r and MPLSound as well as an album by Prince's protege, singer Bria Valente. You can see a picture of Bria here from an earlier post.

The exclusive retailer album release method is close to becoming a standard for major album releases. Some artists who have gone this route recently include Bruce Springsteen with Wal-Mart (details), AC/DC at Wal-Mart (details) and Guns N' Roses at Best Buy (details). In a battle last year of retailer exclusives Wal-Mart's AC/DC sales outperformed Best Buy's Guns N' Roses sales.

There's a website here for Lotusflow3r. Pop & Hiss and Spinner says some singles could leak from the lotusflow3r.com site or a subscription service could be launched. You can read more about Prince's new albums here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.

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Jessica Stroups Ruffled Winner

One dress is a winner, the other is a rag. It does not take a genius (or five seconds) to figure out which is which. The deep blue ruffled number is to-die-for awesome. Good job with the silver accessories too.Jessica Stroup?s Pamella Roland number is a rag, to say the least. The plunging [...]

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Killzone 2 or women

Saw this on Digg and had to take a screenshot and post it. You can almost imagine the person who wrote this sign. In my humble opinion, Killzone 2is a close substitute for women, but not quite. And...

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Web Round Up: $0.33 for two tops at Old Navy,
Nine West trends, Balmain pieces, Mary Kate Olsen

Love Nine West? So does the blog of The Find! They have their finger on the pulse of the new spring line trend: platforms with wide straps. (Nine by NineWest)

Get the scoop on how the frugal and resourceful Cheap Chica scored two new trendy spring tops from Old Navy for only $0.33! Great

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