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Entries Tagged as 'Fashion industry'

“I can shape anyone’s body into a teeny-tiny dancer type”

May 1st, 2008 · 9 Comments

“My formula works on everyone as long as they’re consistent. I can shape anyone’s body into a teeny-tiny dancer type.”
…thus spake professional trainer to the stars Tracey Anderson.
I have one question for Ms Anderson - are you out of your mind? I really, really wanted to use the term teeny-tiny mind, but that’s just [...]

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Tags: Catpaw's Mad · Celebrity · Dubious Marketing · Fashion industry · Rants · Utter Stupidity

I beg your pardon - Miss Bimbo? MISS BIMBO???

April 1st, 2008 · 5 Comments

What the hell is going on out there? I just stumbled across a noxious website that is claiming to be an online “girl games for girls”. It’s called Miss Bimbo. Yes you read that correctly - Miss Bimbo a virtual fashion game.
I don’t even need to go any further to understand what is going on [...]

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Tags: Catpaw's Mad · Dubious Marketing · Fashion industry · Rants · Utter Stupidity

Another peculiar moment here at catpaw central

December 4th, 2007 · No Comments

There must be something in the air here in Toronto. No, I’m not talking about the cold, the snow, the wind we are having, I’m talking about something much less tangible. I can’t seem to travel along the subway without having ‘thoughts’. Oh get your mind out of the sewer! Not that kind of thoughts.
Everytime [...]

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Tags: Celebrity · Day in the Life · Evils of Advertising · Fashion industry · Humour · Rants · Silly Moments · TV · Toronto

Ridiculous body images mean huge bank accounts

October 10th, 2007 · 5 Comments

Dove soap has a new video out - a frightening and illuminating short that is the perfect companion piece to their earlier work, evolution.
The new video is a blitz on the senses, travelling at high speed through all the artificial images of beauty, society is assaulted with on a daily basis. In many ways, the [...]

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Tags: Catpaw's Mad · Celebrity · Corporate Greed · Dove · Dubious Marketing · Evils of Advertising · Fashion industry · Rants