Excited for @WMag’s redesign … And it’s documentary – regardless of the name! #fashion #film

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Christine Perkett

I’m pretty sure there’s enough creative minds at W to go beyond an “obvious” title. Can’t wait.

Amplify’d from nymag.com

Cameras have been trolling the halls of the W offices filming a documentary of the making of the magazine’s September issue under new editor-in-chief Stefano Tonchi. The magazine’s redesign will debut for September, which is, traditionally, any fashion magazine’s biggest issue of the year. A rep for the magazine tells us the release date for the film will be “around late October,” but wouldn’t provide many more details. So it’s unclear if this will be anywhere near as big as Vogue‘s documentary about its September issue, directed by R.J. Cutler. Of course, the bad thing about being the second magazine to do this kind of thing is that the most obvious title — The September Issue — has already been taken.
W Is Filming a Documentary About Its September Issue

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No lazy, hazy days of summer? The Summer vacation quandry in America.

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Christine Perkett

I’m torn about this topic from TIME Magazine. On one hand, I have a hard time believing that four weeks more of school per year sets our country back in education. I think there are a lot of other reasons we are behind in education – over crowded schools, lack of parent involvement, not enough good teachers (and not enough quality pay for them), etc. On the other hand, they talk a lot about underprivileged children here – so is the case really about summer vacation? Or about taking better care of our country’s citizens? Making sure each child has opportunities and care both during the school year and the summer? Shouldn’t we focus on continuing education in other ways for all children over the summer – how can we get kids in camps? Enrichment programs? Learning in other ways all through the year but not stripping them of a perceived “break?”

No easy answers but an important topic to think about – and a good read.

Amplify’d from www.time.com

Blame Tom Sawyer: Americans have a skewed view of childhood and summertime. We associate the school year with oppression and the summer months with liberty. School is regimen; summer is creativity. School is work and summer is play. But when American students are competing with children around the globe who may be spending four weeks longer in school each year, larking through summer is a luxury we can’t afford. What’s more, for many children — especially children of low-income families — summer is a season of boredom, inactivity and isolation.

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The “Shopping Diet” Experiment from @NYTimes. Imagine the horror! @sixitemsorless contest in frugality. #fashion

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Christine Perkett

This story is from an experiment by one woman who took the Six Items or Less challenge: http://sixitemsorless.com/

By they way – no one NEEDS “all those clothes.” We just WANT them. And why on earth does anyone want to “reject fashion?” If it makes you happy, then who cares!

Amplify’d from www.nytimes.com

IMAGINE that horrible though all-too-familiar feeling: You are standing before a fully stuffed closet and yet have nothing to wear.

Now, imagine something worse: Your closet contains only six items, and you are restricted to wearing only those six items for an entire month.

Now, if you can bear it, imagine something unspeakable:

No one notices.

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Why I will never rule the world… damn you, @INCMagazine

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Christine Perkett

I want to love early morning … but we just haven’t found our groove together yet. That being said, so far, I seem to be doing okay as a night owl.

Amplify’d from www.inc.com

Why Morning People Rule the World

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