Share.. 24/7 Wall St. recently drew up their annual list of brands that are on the verge of extinction. This year’s list reads: Sears, Sony Pictures, American Apparel, Nokia, Saab, A&W All-American Foods Restaurants, Soap Opera Digest, Sony Ericsson, MySpace, and Kellog’s Corn Pops all appear on the list. Last year’s list predicted the demise [...]
Brands Fading Into Yesterday
June 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · Fashion & Style, In the News
Tags: Brands·fashion·Sales·USA
Balmain American Flag Shirt
May 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Fashion & Style, New Stuff, Reviews
Share..A Balmain’s tank had many a fashionista and patriot alike irate this Mother’s Day. The “Embellished flag-print silk tank,” a starred and striped shirt perforated with burn holes and attached at the seams by safety pins costs only $1,515. Actually it is sold out on Net-A-Porter.com. Celebrities such as Kate Bosworth and Ke$ha have recently [...]
Tags: celebrities·Fashion Disasters·USA
Performing Arts See More Revenue Than Cinema These Days
May 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Art, In the News, Reviews
Share..The National Endowment for the Arts recently released a study that showed while more Americans go to the movies on a regular basis they spend more of their money on live performing arts, judging by ticket revenue, that is. Falling in between sports events and the movies as a measure of economic value, performing arts [...]
Tags: Art·Movies·Performing Arts·Sales·USA
Debut Novelist, Adam Levin Tells All To The Chicago Tribune
November 18th, 2010 · No Comments · New Stuff, Specials
Share..Adam Levin is the 33-year-old writer of “The Instructions“, a 1,030 page debut novel about a violent yet genius 10-year-old with a Messiah complex. Levin says he was a smoker for a long time and has a parrot who he is protective of and his apartment smells and looks like “an old man’s apartment.” In [...]
National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia
November 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Art, Judaism
Share..Friday, the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia is opening its new building for a weekend of celebrations. The balcony of the $150 million museum overlooks the Liberty Bell and Independence National Historical Park – the place where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed. The setting is very appropriate as [...]
Tags: Art·History·Jewish·museum·USA
Israeli Ceramic Art Exhibit In North America
November 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Art, Original Artwork
Share..The Belger Arts Center is one of just three North American stops for Israeli ceramic artwork. Other venues include the Gardiner Museum in Toronto and the Mint Museum in Charlotte, N.C. In the upcoming exhibit there will be 37 pieces from 42 artists (five of which are collaborative pieces). The exhibit organizers say the sculptural [...]
Tags: Art·ceramic art·Israel·USA
Michelle: First Lady of Fashion
April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Environment, Fashion & Style
Share..The bracelets and bangles that First Lady Michelle Obama was seen wearing when she traveled to Mexico last week were actually eco-friendly, sustainable jewels made by Monique Pean. According to the blog this dish is veg: “Pean’s pieces–considered “wearable art”–are created from 100% recycled gold supporting her belief that jewelry producers should reduce the demand [...]
Tags: eco-friendly·fashion·jewelry·Michelle Obama·USA
Happy Easter to Someone in Irvington NJ
April 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Customer Stories
Share..Once in a while we have some great “delivery” stories. We had a customer that ordered from Amulet Gifts and as luck would have it had to move before she received the package. We were lucky enough to get the package back and are happy to say that this Easter her package is being resent [...]

