This is my last post about my recent trip to the music festival in Taos so it’s a catch-all of eco stuff, campground conditions, fashion finds, designer entrepreneurs I found there, and general observations. For the people who found this site looking for information on campsite conditions, skip to the end of this post.…
Month: June 2006
Ingeo & Top 10 online retailers
According to WWD, Linda Loudermilk is launching a denim line with 26 pieces next spring. Linda’s been at the forefront of sustainable, ecologically sane apparel manufacturing since she started. Apparently, her denim line will follow suit. For those who don’t know, the biggest problem with premium denim lines are their ecological load in both fiber and processing.…
Millicent Rogers Museum
I’d meant to post on my visit to the Millicent Rogers museum in Taos before now but it’s hard for me to get back in the swing of things after time off. Regarding Millicent, in a previous post I wrote:
Millicent Rogers was an heiress, granddaughter of one of the original founders of Standard Oil.
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How much can you make the first year?
This is a question I hear a lot from people developing business plans. I am never able to reply with an answer they like. Handily, WWD provides an excellent example and answer. Apparently, one can expect to sell 20 million dollars worth of stuff in the debut year.…
700 lb Gorilla
Susan sent me an article from the Sun about a 16 year old girl in the UK who got married in a dress that weighed 50 stone (700 lbs) and cost 25,000 pounds sterling ($45,000.). Her groom is 17. Her dress is so extravagant because she wanted to top “Jordan’s wedding” (Jordan is an english model).…