http://trendbites.com Just Enough Trend To Whet Your Appetite Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:12:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en See L.L. Bean Signature's facebook fan page here. Never thought I'd see the day, but finally we are here. A hip L.L. Bean line of clothes and accessories for both men and women. And their website says the precollection is already sold out. Some twenty years ago I bought a ... http://trendbites.com/ll-bean-to-launch-new-hip-ll-bean-signature-line-315-bates-college/ The lines are heating up on Twitter about the Housewares Industry, so it's time for me to do a post. The industry's association lays claim to the housewares show growing by 500 exhibitors this year. And it does attract a fairly large audience, but I believe this is ... http://trendbites.com/beyond-the-international-home-housewares-show-2010-listen-up/ It's taking too long for the government to get a decent jobs bill out and if banks are only investing in sure things, where will the real innovation come from? Seems to me putting people back to work is the fastest way to getting the economy back on track, and small ... http://trendbites.com/oprah-bill-gates-warren-buffett-lend-us-your-millions/ Tavi Gevenson, 14 year old internet fashion blogging sensation (image British Vogue). When I put this piece together, I was watching Law & Order, the one where the Mom of a family of 10 adopted special needs children is murdered and the Dad, the day after, puts the family ... http://trendbites.com/the-skinny-and-not-so-skinny-on-womens-fall-winter-2010-catwalks/ Last night during St. Louis Symphony's performance of Mozart's Requiem I bid farewell to Alexander McQueen and gave thanks for prayers answered that the world was spared of the horrors of a disastrous tsuanmi. By now I am sure I've convinced you I'm a Twitterholic and not ashamed to admit it. ... http://trendbites.com/stepping-off-the-cloud/ designer Narciso Rodriguez An outstanding round table hosted by Charlie Rose "Fashion Week Update" includes fashion critic Cathy Horyn of the New York Times, designer Narciso Rodriguez, CEO of J. Crew Mickey Drexler, and Elle Magazine's fashion editor Roberta Myers. The discussion is some of the most relevant I've heard about ... http://trendbites.com/the-past-present-and-immediate-future-of-the-fashion-industry/ Alexander Wang.........................Carolina Herrera..................Prabal Gurung FW 2010 http://trendbites.com/seeing-red-fw-2010/ Today creativity suffered a severe blow with the death of Alexander McQueen. A true visionary, McQueen never failed to delight and to inspire the senses. In a world where there is too little of pushing the envelope and too much of going with the sure thing, McQueen always ... http://trendbites.com/my-tribute-to-alexander-mcqueen/ As a small business owner myself, I have insight into this banking vs. small business vs. Obama's small business proposals, much better than the pundits do and I can see there is many a slip between cup and lip. Maria Bartiroma discusses Obama's push for small bs lending w/banking executives... It's ... http://trendbites.com/the-winter-of-our-disconnect-or-management-gone-wrong/ Could not help but notice: Effeti Kitchen.................................Dior Haute Couture 2010 Motivo-Ceaserstone ...............Mickey Rourke Golden Globes 2010 http://trendbites.com/got-color-got-pattern-got-trend/