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Changing trends and styles are the stuff that the fashion industry is built on. But some of the biggest changes the multibillion-dollar global industry is undergoing have more to do with global warming than the usual shifts in season and taste. In New York over the past two weeks, international designers have been showing their resort - or cruise - collections. It’s an increasingly profitable avenue for the industry, promoted with expensive catwalk shows and celebrity-studded parties. The warm-weather designs, which arrive in the shops in November, are sold alongside winter clothes which, fashion observers say, may no longer be very wintry anyway. “The fashion seasons and the weather seasons are equally offkilter,” said W magazine’s Trina Lombardo. “They’ll put bikinis in the stores in February, and winter clothes in the stores in July when the weather won’t turn cold till December. Everyone’s talking about season-less clothes, or clothing for all climates.” Originally designed for wealthy women going on beach holidays in January and February, the onceniche cruise collections are an increasingly important component of the fashion business.
The confusion between winter and summer in the fashion industry has been growing for a number of years, said designer Narciso Rodriguez. “The materials we used to work with aren’t cutting it, so we try to find new ways to address the issue. People aren’t really interested in heavy winter coats. They want year-round materials because the seasons have become so erratic. “In the past, if I designed a collection for winter that had 20 wool fabrics, I now have 12 and many other different kinds of materials,” said Rodriguez. “The season shift has become a very real part of our work and it has definitely affected how we design and the way we go about doing business.” As the seasons blur, the industry is adding subsets to the traditional autumn-winter, spring-summer arrangement: pre-collection, cruise or resort, high summer and Vogue’s own special designation, “transseasonal”. “Women want things that can cross climates and seasons,” said Quick. “They want clothes that are neither high summer nor deep winter.”
that department stores are putting on early sales, and winter designs already being pushed on to shop floors. “You can no longer always tell what you are looking at,” said Liz Walker, executive fashion editor at Marie Claire. “A winter fashion show may have no coats or sweaters, and the only thing that reminds you it’s a summer show is if you see a girl in bikini. “It’s definitely to do with climate change. Ten years ago you knew you were going to have to shoot coats and sweaters in Russia or Iceland, but nobody wants those clothes anymore.” The typical, twice-yearly fashion tour of New York, London, Milan and Paris in January and September is being extended with the emphasis on lighter clothes. “Now that there is a longer season for selling, resort collections can be easy to produce and profitable collections for designers,” said US Vogue’s Hamish Bowles. But with the gloomy economic outlook, there is concern that consumers may decide to spend less freely on fashion. Last week, the world’s leading fashion designers put on their best, most glamorous evocations of winter spent luxuriating in the Caribbean, to ensure that won’t happen
Fashion-conscious consumers should get used to buying fur coats in the summer and sandals in the winter. That, at least, is the advice of leading designers, who warn that unpredictable weather patterns caused by climate change are playing havoc with the traditional pattern of spring/summer and autumn/winter collections. With seasons increasingly out of kilter, customers are no longer guaranteed clothing tailored for specific temperatures. “The whole fashion industry will have to change”, Beppe Modenese, founder of Milan Fashion Week, told The New York Times last week. He said the industry “must adapt to the reality that there is no strong difference between summer and winter any more”. “You can’t have everyone showing four times a year to present the same thing. People are not prepared to invest in these clothes that, from one season to the other, use the same fabrics at the same weight,” he added. Modenese was reflecting wider concerns among fashion-world luminaries about the impact of longer summers, particularly on new lines of clothing. Retailers in New York blamed poor autumn sales on a prolonged “Indian summer”, with high temperatures suppressing demand for warmer clothing.
Hamnett, known for her overtly political T-shirts and campaigning for ethical consumerism, said that, if the industry did not adapt to climate change, it will not survive. “The entire clothing industry is upside-down right now, and has been for some time,” she said. “We have bikinis being sold in January, and fur coats being sold in August. It’s bonkers”. Hamnett said that, as weather patterns change, new styles will emerge to satisfy the demands of all-weather clothing. “I think we may see a move toward more layered clothing in the winter, rather than bulk clothing as we seem to favour now. Layers are both more effective and more adaptable: they show the fashion industry being responsive and innovative at the same time. “The trouble is, climate change is just so unpredictable. It throws conventional patterns out of the window. While the weather fluctuates like it has done recently, I don’t think anybody knows how relevant our seasonal collections will be.” Harriet Quick, fashion features director of Vogue UK, said: “Many boutiques are starting to find themselves saddled with heavy winter clothing. I think we’ll start to see a move toward what you could call trans-seasonal or all-year clothing.”
Three US fashion giants, Liz Claiborne Inc, Target and Kohl’s, have all hired climatologists to help them plan their next collections, and Target is promising to sell swimwear all year round from January. At Paris Fashion Week, the highly rated young Canadian designer Rad Hourani raised eyebrows following his acclaimed debut collection by declaring that “with global warming, I don’t believe in four distinct seasons any more”. And the celebrated British designer Katherine
Warm weather clothes are now offered from the end of November with the arrival of cruise - to August. But even this is confused. The Wall Street Journal reported last week
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Of the several dozen presentations over the past two weeks, designer John Galliano won praise for his fantasy fiesta-inspired Christian Dior catwalk show in New York; Chanel’s Karl Lagerfeld threw an Esther Williams-inspired pool party in Miami with a display of synchronised swimmers; and at Calvin Klein, designer Francisco Costa showed sexy, sophisticated clothes that drew acclaim.
Some designers see changes in their business to do with climate; others say that they have clients all over the world, particularly in the increasingly important eastern and Russian markets, who need clothes for different temperatures at different times from the western market. “Women are demanding new things outside the typical season, but it’s also climate-related,” said Harriet Quick, fashion features editor of Vogue. “You can now buy lighter things all year round.”
STUBBURBAN newsletter issue #01
Fashion adjusts to demands of climate change by Edward Helmore
STUBBBURBAN newsletter issue #01
Changing trends and styles are the stuff that the fashion industry is built on. But some of the biggest changes the multibillion-dollar global industry is undergoing have more to do with global warming than the usual shifts in season and taste. In New York over the past two weeks, international designers have been showing their resort - or cruise - collections. It’s an increasingly profitable avenue for the industry, promoted with expensive catwalk shows and celebrity-studded parties. The warm-weather designs, which arrive in the shops in November, are sold alongside winter clothes which, fashion observers say, may no longer be very wintry anyway. “The fashion seasons and the weather seasons are equally offkilter,” said W magazine’s Trina Lombardo. “They’ll put bikinis in the stores in February, and winter clothes in the stores in July when the weather won’t turn cold till December. Everyone’s talking about season-less clothes, or clothing for all climates.” Originally designed for wealthy women going on beach holidays in January and February, the onceniche cruise collections are an increasingly important component of the fashion business.
The confusion between winter and summer in the fashion industry has been growing for a number of years, said designer Narciso Rodriguez. “The materials we used to work with aren’t cutting it, so we try to find new ways to address the issue. People aren’t really interested in heavy winter coats. They want year-round materials because the seasons have become so erratic. “In the past, if I designed a collection for winter that had 20 wool fabrics, I now have 12 and many other different kinds of materials,” said Rodriguez. “The season shift has become a very real part of our work and it has definitely affected how we design and the way we go about doing business.” As the seasons blur, the industry is adding subsets to the traditional autumn-winter, spring-summer arrangement: pre-collection, cruise or resort, high summer and Vogue’s own special designation, “transseasonal”. “Women want things that can cross climates and seasons,” said Quick. “They want clothes that are neither high summer nor deep winter.”
that department stores are putting on early sales, and winter designs already being pushed on to shop floors. “You can no longer always tell what you are looking at,” said Liz Walker, executive fashion editor at Marie Claire. “A winter fashion show may have no coats or sweaters, and the only thing that reminds you it’s a summer show is if you see a girl in bikini. “It’s definitely to do with climate change. Ten years ago you knew you were going to have to shoot coats and sweaters in Russia or Iceland, but nobody wants those clothes anymore.” The typical, twice-yearly fashion tour of New York, London, Milan and Paris in January and September is being extended with the emphasis on lighter clothes. “Now that there is a longer season for selling, resort collections can be easy to produce and profitable collections for designers,” said US Vogue’s Hamish Bowles. But with the gloomy economic outlook, there is concern that consumers may decide to spend less freely on fashion. Last week, the world’s leading fashion designers put on their best, most glamorous evocations of winter spent luxuriating in the Caribbean, to ensure that won’t happen
Fashion-conscious consumers should get used to buying fur coats in the summer and sandals in the winter. That, at least, is the advice of leading designers, who warn that unpredictable weather patterns caused by climate change are playing havoc with the traditional pattern of spring/summer and autumn/ winter collections. With seasons increasingly out of kilter, customers are no longer guaranteed clothing tailored for specific temperatures. “The whole fashion industry will have to change”, Beppe Modenese, founder of Milan Fashion Week, told The New York Times last week. He said the industry “must adapt to the reality that there is no strong difference between summer and winter any more”. “You can’t have everyone showing four times a year to present the same thing. People are not prepared to invest in these clothes that, from one season to the other, use the same fabrics at the same weight,” he added. Modenese was reflecting wider concerns among fashion-world luminaries about the impact of longer summers, particularly on new lines of clothing. Retailers in New York blamed poor autumn sales on a pro-
longed “Indian summer”, with high temperatures suppressing demand for warmer clothing. Three US fashion giants, Liz Claiborne Inc, Target and Kohl’s, have all hired climatologists to help them plan their next collections, and Target is promising to sell swimwear all year round from January. At Paris Fashion Week, the highly rated young Canadian designer Rad Hourani raised eyebrows following his acclaimed debut collection by declaring that “with global warming, I don’t believe in four distinct seasons any more”. And the celebrated British designer Katherine Hamnett, known for her overtly political T-shirts and campaigning for ethical consumerism, said that, if the industry did not adapt to climate change, it will not survive. “The entire clothing industry is upsidedown right now, and has been for some time,” she said. “We have bikinis being sold in January, and fur coats being sold in August. It’s bonkers”. Hamnett said that, as weather patterns change, new styles will emerge to satisfy the demands of all-weather clothing. “I think we may see a move toward more layered clothing in the winter, rather than bulk clothing as we seem to favour now. Layers are both more effective and more adaptable: they show the
fashion industry being responsive and innovative at the same time. “The trouble is, climate change is just so unpredictable. It throws conventional patterns out of the window. While the weather fluctuates like it has done recently, I don’t think anybody knows how relevant our seasonal collections will be.” Harriet Quick, fashion features director of Vogue UK, said: “Many boutiques are starting to find themselves saddled with heavy winter clothing. I think we’ll start to see a move toward what you could call trans-seasonal or all-year clothing.”
Warm weather clothes are now offered from the end of November with the arrival of cruise - to August. But even this is confused. The Wall Street Journal reported last week
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Of the several dozen presentations over the past two weeks, designer John Galliano won praise for his fantasy fiesta-inspired Christian Dior catwalk show in New York; Chanel’s Karl Lagerfeld threw an Esther Williams-inspired pool party in Miami with a display of synchronised swimmers; and at Calvin Klein, designer Francisco Costa showed sexy, sophisticated clothes that drew acclaim.
Some designers see changes in their business to do with climate; others say that they have clients all over the world, particularly in the increasingly important eastern and Russian markets, who need clothes for different temperatures at different times from the western market. “Women are demanding new things outside the typical season, but it’s also climate-related,” said Harriet Quick, fashion features editor of Vogue. “You can now buy lighter things all year round.”
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Fashion adjusts to demands of climate change by Edward Helmore
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Fashion adjusts to demands of climate change by Edward Helmore Changing trends and styles are the stuff that the fashion industry is built on. But some of the biggest changes the multibillion-dollar global industry is undergoing have more to do with global warming than the usual shifts in season and taste. In New York over the past two weeks, international designers have been showing their resort - or cruise - collections. It’s an increasingly profitable avenue for the industry, promoted with expensive catwalk shows and celebrity-studded parties. The warm-weather designs, which arrive in the shops in November, are sold alongside winter clothes which, fashion observers say, may no longer be very wintry anyway. “The fashion seasons and the weather seasons are equally offkilter,” said W magazine’s Trina Lombardo. “They’ll put bikinis in the stores in February, and winter clothes in the stores in July when the weather won’t turn cold till December. Everyone’s talking about season-less clothes, or clothing for all climates.” Originally designed for wealthy women going on beach holidays in January and February, the onceniche cruise collections are an increasingly important component of the fashion business. Of the several dozen presentations over the past two weeks, designer John Galliano won praise for his fantasy fiesta-inspired Christian Dior catwalk show in New York; Chanel’s Karl Lagerfeld threw an Esther Williams-inspired pool party in Miami with a display of synchronised swimmers; and at Calvin Klein, designer Francisco Costa showed sexy, sophisticated clothes that drew acclaim.
Some designers see changes in their business to do with climate; others say that they have clients all over the world, particularly in the increasingly important eastern and Russian markets, who need clothes for different temperatures at different times from the western market. “Women are demanding new things outside the typical season, but it’s also climate-related,” said Harriet Quick, fashion features editor of Vogue. “You can now buy lighter things all year round.” The confusion between winter and summer in the fashion industry has been growing for a number of years, said designer Narciso Rodriguez. “The materials we used to work with aren’t cutting it, so we try to find new ways to address the issue. People aren’t really interested in heavy winter coats. They want year-round materials because the seasons have become so erratic. “In the past, if I designed a collection for winter that had 20 wool fabrics, I now have 12 and many other different kinds of materials,” said Rodriguez. “The season shift has become a very real part of our work and it has definitely affected how we design and the way we go about doing business.” As the seasons blur, the industry is adding subsets to the traditional autumn-winter, spring-summer arrangement: pre-collection, cruise or resort, high summer and Vogue’s own special designation, “transseasonal”. “Women want things that can cross climates and seasons,” said Quick. “They want clothes that are neither high summer nor deep winter.” Warm weather clothes are now offered from the end of November with the arrival of cruise - to August. But even this is confused. The Wall Street Journal reported last week
that department stores are putting on early sales, and winter designs already being pushed on to shop floors. “You can no longer always tell what you are looking at,” said Liz Walker, executive fashion editor at Marie Claire. “A winter fashion show may have no coats or sweaters, and the only thing that reminds you it’s a summer show is if you see a girl in bikini. “It’s definitely to do with climate change. Ten years ago you knew you were going to have to shoot coats and sweaters in Russia or Iceland, but nobody wants those clothes anymore.” The typical, twice-yearly fashion tour of New York, London, Milan and Paris in January and September is being extended with the emphasis on lighter clothes. “Now that there is a longer season for selling, resort collections can be easy to produce and profitable collections for designers,” said US Vogue’s Hamish Bowles. But with the gloomy economic outlook, there is concern that consumers may decide to spend less freely on fashion. Last week, the world’s leading fashion designers put on their best, most glamorous evocations of winter spent luxuriating in the Caribbean, to ensure that won’t happen
Fashion-conscious consumers should get used to buying fur coats in the summer and sandals in the winter. That, at least, is the advice of leading designers, who warn that unpredictable weather patterns caused by climate change are playing havoc with the traditional pattern of spring/summer and autumn/ winter collections. With seasons increasingly out of kilter, customers are no longer guaranteed clothing tailored for specific temperatures. “The whole fashion industry will have to change”, Beppe Modenese, founder of Milan Fashion Week, told The New York Times last week. He said the industry “must adapt to the reality that there is no strong difference between summer and winter any more”. “You can’t have everyone showing four times a year to present the same thing. People are not prepared to invest in these clothes that, from one season to the other, use the same fabrics at the same weight,” he added. Modenese was reflecting wider concerns among fashion-world luminaries about the impact of longer summers, particularly on new lines of clothing. Retailers in New York blamed poor autumn sales on a pro-
longed “Indian summer”, with high temperatures suppressing demand for warmer clothing. Three US fashion giants, Liz Claiborne Inc, Target and Kohl’s, have all hired climatologists to help them plan their next collections, and Target is promising to sell swimwear all year round from January. At Paris Fashion Week, the highly rated young Canadian designer Rad Hourani raised eyebrows following his acclaimed debut collection by declaring that “with global warming, I don’t believe in four distinct seasons any more”. And the celebrated British designer Katherine Hamnett, known for her overtly political T-shirts and campaigning for ethical consumerism, said that, if the industry did not adapt to climate change, it will not survive. “The entire clothing industry is upsidedown right now, and has been for some time,” she said. “We have bikinis being sold in January, and fur coats being sold in August. It’s bonkers”. Hamnett said that, as weather patterns change, new styles will emerge to satisfy the demands of all-weather clothing. “I think we may see a move toward more layered clothing in the winter, rather than bulk clothing as we seem to favour now. Layers are both more effective and more adaptable: they show the
fashion industry being responsive and innovative at the same time. “The trouble is, climate change is just so unpredictable. It throws conventional patterns out of the window. While the weather fluctuates like it has done recently, I don’t think anybody knows how relevant our seasonal collections will be.” Harriet Quick, fashion features director of Vogue UK, said: “Many boutiques are starting to find themselves saddled with heavy winter clothing. I think we’ll start to see a move toward what you could call trans-seasonal or all-year clothing.”
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Fashion adjusts to demands of climate change by Edward Helmore
Changing trends and styles are the stuff that the fashion industry is built on. But some of the biggest changes the multibillion-dollar global industry is undergoing have more to do with global warming than the usual shifts in season and taste.
In New York over the past two weeks, international designers have been showing their resort - or cruise - collections. It’s an increasingly profitable avenue for the industry, promoted with expensive catwalk shows and celebrity-studded parties. The warm-weather designs, which arrive in the shops in November, are sold alongside winter clothes which, fashion observers say, may no longer be very wintry anyway. “The fashion seasons and the weather seasons are equally off-kilter,” said W magazine’s Trina Lombardo. “They’ll put bikinis in the stores in February, and winter clothes in the stores in July when the weather won’t turn cold till December. Everyone’s talking about season-less clothes, or clothing for all climates.” Originally designed for wealthy women going on beach holidays in January and February, the once-niche cruise collections are an increasingly important component of the fashion business. Of the several dozen presentations over the past two weeks, designer John Galliano won praise for his fantasy fiestainspired Christian Dior catwalk show in New York; Chanel’s Karl Lagerfeld threw an Esther Williams-inspired pool party in Miami with a display of synchronised swimmers; and at Calvin Klein, designer Francisco Costa showed sexy, sophisticated clothes that drew acclaim. Some designers see changes in their business to do with climate; others say that they have clients all over the world, particularly in the increasingly important eastern and Russian markets, who need clothes for different temperatures at different times from the western market. “Women are demanding new things
outside the typical season, but it’s also climate-related,” said Harriet Quick, fashion features editor of Vogue. “You can now buy lighter things all year round.”
Ten years ago you knew you were going to have to shoot coats and sweaters in Russia or Iceland, but nobody wants those clothes anymore.”
The confusion between winter and summer in the fashion industry has been growing for a number of years, said designer Narciso Rodriguez. “The materials we used to work with aren’t cutting it, so we try to find new ways to address the issue. People aren’t really interested in heavy winter coats. They want year-round materials because the seasons have become so erratic. “In the past, if I designed a collection for winter that had 20 wool fabrics, I now have 12 and many other different kinds of materials,” said Rodriguez. “The season shift has become a very real part of our work and it has definitely affected how we design and the way we go about doing business.”
The typical, twice-yearly fashion tour of New York, London, Milan and Paris in January and September is being extended with the emphasis on lighter clothes. “Now that there is a longer season for selling, resort collections can be easy to produce and profitable collections for designers,” said US Vogue’s Hamish Bowles.
As the seasons blur, the industry is adding subsets to the traditional autumnwinter, spring-summer arrangement: precollection, cruise or resort, high summer and Vogue’s own special designation, “trans-seasonal”. “Women want things that can cross climates and seasons,” said Quick. “They want clothes that are neither high summer nor deep winter.” Warm weather clothes are now offered from the end of November - with the arrival of cruise - to August. But even this is confused. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that department stores are putting on early sales, and winter designs already being pushed on to shop floors. “You can no longer always tell what you are looking at,” said Liz Walker, executive fashion editor at Marie Claire. “A winter fashion show may have no coats or sweaters, and the only thing that reminds you it’s a summer show is if you see a girl in bikini. “It’s definitely to do with climate change.
But with the gloomy economic outlook, there is concern that consumers may decide to spend less freely on fashion. Last week, the world’s leading fashion designers put on their best, most glamorous evocations of winter spent luxuriating in the Caribbean, to ensure that won’t happen
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Fashion-conscious consumers should get used to buying fur coats in the summer and sandals in the winter. That, at least, is the advice of leading designers, who warn that unpredictable weather patterns caused by climate change are playing havoc with the traditional pattern of spring/summer and autumn/winter collections. With seasons increasingly out of kilter, customers are no longer guaranteed clothing tailored for specific temperatures. “The whole fashion industry will have to change”, Beppe Modenese, founder of Milan Fashion Week, told The New York Times last week. He said the industry “must adapt to the reality that there is no strong difference between summer and winter any more”. “You can’t have everyone showing four times a year to present the same thing. People are not prepared to invest in these clothes that, from one season to the other, use the same fabrics at the same weight,” he added. Modenese was reflecting wider concerns among fashion-world luminaries about the impact of longer summers, particularly on new lines of clothing. Retailers in New York blamed poor autumn sales on a prolonged “Indian summer”, with high temperatures suppressing demand for warmer clothing.
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Three US fashion giants, Liz Claiborne Inc, Target and Kohl’s, have all hired climatologists to help them plan their next collections, and Target is promising to sell swimwear all year round from January. At Paris Fashion Week, the highly rated young Canadian designer Rad Hourani raised eyebrows following his acclaimed debut collection by declaring that “with global warming, I don’t believe in four distinct seasons any more”. And the celebrated British designer Katherine Hamnett, known for her overtly political T-shirts and campaigning for ethical consumerism, said that, if the industry did not adapt to climate change, it will not survive. “The entire clothing industry is upside-down right now, and has been for some time,” she said. “We have bikinis being sold in January, and fur coats being sold in August. It’s bonkers”. Hamnett said that, as weather patterns change, new styles will emerge to satisfy the demands of all-weather clothing. “I think we may see a move toward more layered clothing in the winter, rather than bulk clothing as we seem to favour now. Layers are both more effective and more adaptable: they show the fashion industry being responsive and innovative at the same time. “The trouble is, climate change is just so unpredictable. It throws conventional patterns out of the window. While the weather fluctuates like it has done
recently, I don’t think anybody knows how relevant our seasonal collections will be.” Harriet Quick, fashion features director of Vogue UK, said: “Many boutiques are starting to find themselves saddled with heavy winter clothing. I think we’ll start to see a move toward what you could call trans-seasonal or all-year clothing.”
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Fashion adjusts to demands of climate change by Edward Helmore Changing trends and styles are the stuff that the fashion industry is built on. But some of the biggest changes the multibilliondollar global industry is undergoing have more to do with global warming than the usual shifts in season and taste.
wool fabrics, I now have 12 and many other different kinds of materials,” said Rodriguez. “The season shift has become a very real part of our work and it has definitely affected how we design and the way we go about doing business.”
In New York over the past two weeks, international designers have been showing their resort - or cruise - collections. It’s an increasingly profitable avenue for the industry, promoted with expensive catwalk shows and celebrity-studded parties. The warm-weather designs, which arrive in the shops in November, are sold alongside winter clothes which, fashion observers say, may no longer be very wintry anyway.
As the seasons blur, the industry is adding subsets to the traditional autumn-winter, spring-summer arrangement: pre-collection, cruise or resort, high summer and Vogue’s own special designation, “trans-seasonal”. “Women want things that can cross climates and seasons,” said Quick. “They want clothes that are neither high summer nor deep winter.”
“The fashion seasons and the weather seasons are equally offkilter,” said W magazine’s Trina Lombardo. “They’ll put bikinis in the stores in February, and winter clothes in the stores in July when the weather won’t turn cold till December. Everyone’s talking about season-less clothes, or clothing for all climates.”
Warm weather clothes are now offered from the end of November - with the arrival of cruise - to August. But even this is confused. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that department stores are putting on early sales, and winter designs already being pushed on to shop floors.
Originally designed for wealthy women going on beach holidays in January and February, the once-niche cruise collections are an increasingly important component of the fashion business.
“You can no longer always tell what you are looking at,” said Liz Walker, executive fashion editor at Marie Claire. “A winter fashion show may have no coats or sweaters, and the only thing that reminds you it’s a summer show is if you see a girl in bikini.
Of the several dozen presentations over the past two weeks, designer John Galliano won praise for his fantasy fiestainspired Christian Dior catwalk show in New York; Chanel’s Karl Lagerfeld threw an Esther Williams-inspired pool party in Miami with a display of synchronised swimmers; and at Calvin Klein, designer Francisco Costa showed sexy, sophisticated clothes that drew acclaim. Some designers see changes in their business to do with climate; others say that they have clients all over the world, particularly in the increasingly important eastern and Russian markets, who need clothes for different temperatures at different times from the western market. “Women are demanding new things outside the typical season, but it’s also climate-related,” said Harriet Quick, fashion features editor of Vogue. “You can now buy lighter things all year round.” The confusion between winter and summer in the fashion industry has been growing for a number of years, said designer Narciso Rodriguez. “The materials we used to work with aren’t cutting it, so we try to find new ways to address the issue. People aren’t really interested in heavy winter coats. They want year-round materials because the seasons have become so erratic. “In the past, if I designed a collection for winter that had 20
“It’s definitely to do with climate change. Ten years ago you knew you were going to have to shoot coats and sweaters in Russia or Iceland, but nobody wants those clothes anymore.” The typical, twice-yearly fashion tour of New York, London, Milan and Paris in January and September is being extended with the emphasis on lighter clothes. “Now that there is a longer season for selling, resort collections can be easy to produce and profitable collections for designers,” said US Vogue’s Hamish Bowles. But with the gloomy economic outlook, there is concern that consumers may decide to spend less freely on fashion. Last week, the world’s leading fashion designers put on their best, most glamorous evocations of winter spent luxuriating in the Caribbean, to ensure that won’t happen
Fashion-conscious consumers should get used to buying fur coats in the summer and sandals in the winter. That, at least, is the advice of leading designers, who warn that unpredictable weather patterns caused by climate change are playing havoc with the traditional pattern of spring/summer and autumn/winter collections. With seasons increasingly out of kilter, customers are no longer guaranteed clothing tailored for specific temperatures. “The whole fashion industry will have to change”, Beppe Modenese, founder of Milan Fashion Week, told The New York Times last week. He said the industry “must adapt to the reality that there is no strong difference between summer and winter any more”. “You can’t have everyone showing four times a year to present the same thing. People are not prepared to invest in these clothes that, from one season to the other, use the same fabrics at the same weight,” he added. Modenese was reflecting wider concerns among fashion-world luminaries about the impact of longer summers, particularly on new lines of clothing. Retailers in New York blamed poor autumn sales on a prolonged “Indian summer”, with high temperatures suppressing demand for warmer clothing. Three US fashion giants, Liz Claiborne Inc, Target and Kohl’s, have all hired climatologists to help them plan their next collections, and Target is promising to sell swimwear all year round from January. At Paris Fashion Week, the highly rated young Canadian designer Rad Hourani raised eyebrows following his acclaimed
debut collection by declaring that “with global warming, I don’t believe in four distinct seasons any more”. And the celebrated British designer Katherine Hamnett, known for her overtly political T-shirts and campaigning for ethical consumerism, said that, if the industry did not adapt to climate change, it will not survive. “The entire clothing industry is upside-down right now, and has been for some time,” she said. “We have bikinis being sold in January, and fur coats being sold in August. It’s bonkers”. Hamnett said that, as weather patterns change, new styles will emerge to satisfy the demands of all-weather clothing. “I think we may see a move toward more layered clothing in the winter, rather than bulk clothing as we seem to favour now. Layers are both more effective and more adaptable: they show the fashion industry being responsive and innovative at the same time. “The trouble is, climate change is just so unpredictable. It throws conventional patterns out of the window. While the weather fluctuates like it has done recently, I don’t think anybody knows how relevant our seasonal collections will be.” Harriet Quick, fashion features director of Vogue UK, said: “Many boutiques are starting to find themselves saddled with heavy winter clothing. I think we’ll start to see a move toward what you could call trans-seasonal or all-year clothing.”
The habitual showing of seasonal garments has been around since 1943, the first fashion show held in New York. The traditional fashion catwalk has been built around two pinnacle season changes, Autumn/Winter collections shown in February and Spring/Summer collections shown in September. Recently the climate has been so unpredictable and with only worse forecasts predicted, the future of the traditional catwalk is unstable. Showcasing skimpy summer dresses in between heavy snow and sporadic rainfalls is not going to attain high sales of garments, ringing true of heavy woollen coats and cosy knits shown in September in the middle of a record heat wave. “The whole fashion system will have to change and accept that there is no strong difference between summer and winter any more”. (Beppe Modenese for Leonard.T 2007) The fashion consumer is left in a quandary of whether to buy into aesthetic trend at the cost of comfort and practicality or to seek alternative option. This leaves the industry at a loss of what to stock, what to order into store and what is going to sell. High street stores are having to change their ordering systems, rather than ridding all winter items in sale in January, it is safer to hang on to them, for we are still having days of snow and bitter cold at the end of March. The consumer is not going to go out of their way to purchase summer items so far in advance while the weather situation in the next few months is as good as unknown. Fashion houses are starting to be tactical about what to purchase and at what times in the year, some are consulting climate experts for example, Liz Claiborne Inc hired a New York climatologist to advise on suitable fabrics they should be using to the timing of retail deliveries and seasonal markdowns. Retailers have begun to rotate their stock on a weekly basis rather than seasonally, dependant on the weather forecast for that week.
Sustainable and Eco friendly fashion has been creeping its way into shops through big advertising campaigns for fair-trade and organic cottons. Sales of fair-trade produce have been soaring up, not just in food produce but in fashion as well. Despite prices being that bit higher, generally consumers are happier to pay a little extra in safe knowledge that to enjoy their product the producers have not been mistreated or harmed in manufacture. Even in the recession, despite sales slowing down on everything, fair trade sales have not been stunted by as much as it could have been expected when the produce is that bit more expensive. “Fair Trade doesn’t just mean paying a fair price. It is an entirely different way of doing business, where the objective is not profit at any cost, but to help people in the world’s most marginalised communities escape poverty and promote sustainability.” ( People Tree 2010) Despite the phrase “Sustainable fashion” being an oxymoron, fashion meaning fickle/ a fad and sustainable meaning steady and slow, the industry is slowly beginning to realise what damage it has done in contributing to climate change. Recent focus has slowly been turning more towards “slow fashion” to try to promote more sustainable practices. From organic farming methods to making garments that will last, the industry is in dire need to change its wasteful and harmful methods. Big names in the fashion industry such as Vivienne Westwood have been campaigning to “act fast/slow down and stop climate change”. In 2009 Westwood participated in a campaign to help reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation by creating a sustainable t-shirt as part of the ‘AnvilSustainable’ collection which was made from three recycled plastic bottles and transitional cotton that is from organic farms. Despite her profession as couture designer, where the ultimate aim is to sell to consumers who are buying into your brand, Westwood has been a main figure in promoting slow fashion. “I don’t feel comfortable defending my clothes. But if you’ve got the money to afford them, then buy something from me. Just don’t buy too much” Westwood.V, 2007) As a high profile designer Westwood has huge influence within the industry, she has, amongst others, challenged the industry’s ethics and helped to push a more moral form of consumerism. Instead of buying into cheap, fickle and poorly made fashion, Westwood believes in buying to last. She openly advises investing more money in a garment that is going to fit, sustain throughout washes and ultimately last you a lifetime.
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Tactical buying, although good for ensuring sales still continue to rise, is not promoting a needed change within the industry. Garments are always going to be bought, they are needed within society, to give identity, to provide order with uniforms and appropriate work wear, and essentially to protect and prevent people from being exposed, which is not socially acceptable.
I am going to look into designers particularly Vivienne Westwood who is endorsing sustainable practices and discouraging excessive consumerism despite it being in her economic interest to do so. “Fashion makes an important contribution to society. It creates jobs and products that satisfy fundamental human needs. Yet it can also damage individuals and societies more widely through appalling working practices, and the detrimental psychological and ecological effect of consumerist fashion.” (McDowell.C, Corner.F. et al, June 2009)
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To what extent is climate change affecting the tradition of seasonal fashion,the recent focus on sustainable fashionand the development of Smart Fabrics and their place in the future of garment design & function fashion. by Laura Stubbs
The increasingly erratic climate is causing chaos with transport, farming, flooding and destruction of coastal areas due to sea levels rising. It would take a lifetime of research to calculate and understand to what extent all of these are taking place, so I am going to focus on how the irregular weather is changing the fashion design industry in the form of garment design, buying stock to sell and the development of smart fabrics. I am going to look into designers who have already adopted attitudes towards change and who are influencing the industry to prompt a revolution in the future of fashion. “Climate change and the pressure to reduce carbon emissions coupled with the exploitation of workers means that factors such as design, eco-fabrics, refashioning, new technologies, new fabrics and recycling are all being explored as the industry begins to look at how fashion can develop a more responsible approach to production and consumption.” (Corner.F, 2008)
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The habitual showing of seasonal garments has been around since 1943, the first fashion show held in New York. The traditional fashion catwalk has been built around two pinnacle season changes, Autumn/Winter collections shown in February and Spring/Summer collections shown in September. Recently the climate has been so unpredictable and with only worse forecasts predicted, the future of the traditional catwalk is unstable. Showcasing skimpy summer dresses in between heavy snow and sporadic rainfalls is not going to attain high sales of garments, ringing true of heavy woollen coats and cosy knits shown in September in the middle of a record heat wave. “The whole fashion system will have to change and accept that there is no strong difference between summer and winter any more”. (Beppe Modenese for Leonard.T 2007) The fashion consumer is left in a quandary of whether to buy into aesthetic trend at the cost of comfort and practicality or to seek alternative option. This leaves the industry at a loss of what to stock, what to order into store and what is going to sell. High street stores are having to change their ordering systems, rather than ridding all winter items in sale in January, it is safer to hang on to them, for we are still having days of snow and bitter cold at the end of March. The consumer is not going to go out of their way to purchase summer items so far in advance while the weather situation in the next few months is as good as unknown. Fashion houses are starting to be tactical about what to purchase and at what times in the year, some are consulting climate experts for example, Liz Claiborne Inc hired a New York climatologist to advise on suitable fabrics they should be using to the timing of retail deliveries and seasonal markdowns. Retailers have begun to rotate their stock on a weekly basis rather than seasonally, dependant on the weather forecast for that week. Tactical buying, although good for ensuring sales still continue to rise, is not promoting a needed change within the industry. Garments are always going to be bought, they are needed within society, to give identity, to provide order with uniforms and appropriate work wear, and essentially to protect and prevent people from being exposed, which is not socially acceptable.
I am going to look into designers particularly Vivienne Westwood who is endorsing sustainable practices and discouraging excessive consumerism despite it being in her economic interest to do so. “Fashion makes an important contribution to society. It creates jobs and products that satisfy fundamental human needs. Yet it can also damage individuals and societies more widely through appalling working practices, and the detrimental psychological and ecological effect of consumerist fashion.” (McDowell.C, Corner.F. et al, June 2009) Sustainable and Eco friendly fashion has been creeping its way into shops through big advertising campaigns for fair-trade and organic cottons. Sales of fair-trade produce have been soaring up, not just in food produce but in fashion as well. Despite prices being that bit higher, generally consumers are happier to pay a little extra in safe knowledge that to enjoy their product the producers have not been mistreated or harmed in manufacture. Even in the recession, despite sales slowing down on everything, fair trade sales have not been stunted by as much as it could have been expected when the produce is that bit more expensive. “Fair Trade doesn’t just mean paying a fair price. It is an entirely different way of doing business, where the objective is not profit at any cost, but to help people in the world’s most marginalised communities escape poverty and promote sustainability.” ( People Tree 2010) Despite the phrase “Sustainable fashion” being an oxymoron, fashion meaning fickle/ a fad and sustainable meaning steady and slow, the industry is slowly beginning to realise what damage it has done in contributing to climate change. Recent focus has slowly been turning more towards “slow fashion” to try to promote more sustainable practices. From organic farming methods to making garments that will last, the industry is in dire need to change its wasteful and harmful methods. Big names in the fashion industry such as Vivienne Westwood have been campaigning to “act fast/slow down and stop climate change”. In 2009 Westwood participated in a campaign to help reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation by creating a sustainable t-shirt as part of the ‘AnvilSustainable’ collection which was made from three recycled plastic bottles and transitional cotton that is from organic farms. Despite her profession as couture designer, where the ultimate aim is to sell to consumers who are buying into your brand, Westwood has been a main figure in promoting slow fashion. “I don’t feel comfortable defending my clothes. But if you’ve got the money to afford them, then buy something from me. Just don’t buy too much” Westwood.V, 2007) As a high profile designer Westwood has huge influence within the industry, she has, amongst others, challenged the industry’s ethics and helped to push a more moral form of consumerism. Instead of buying into cheap, fickle and poorly made fashion, Westwood believes in buying to last. She openly advises investing more money in a garment that is going to fit, sustain throughout washes and ultimately last you a lifetime.
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To what extent is climate change affecting the tradition of seasonal fashion,the recent focus on sustainable fashionand the development of Smart Fabrics and their place in the future of garment design & function fashion. by Laura Stubbs
The increasingly erratic climate is causing chaos with transport, farming, flooding and destruction of coastal areas due to sea levels rising. It would take a lifetime of research to calculate and understand to what extent all of these are taking place, so I am going to focus on how the irregular weather is changing the fashion design industry in the form of garment design, buying stock to sell and the development of smart fabrics. I am going to look into designers who have already adopted attitudes towards change and who are influencing the industry to prompt a revolution in the future of fashion. “Climate change and the pressure to reduce carbon emissions coupled with the exploitation of workers means that factors such as design, eco-fabrics, refashioning, new technologies, new fabrics and recycling are all being explored as the industry begins to look at how fashion can develop a more responsible approach to production and consumption.” (Corner.F, 2008)
Interview with: Gareth Bale
SB: The assist you’re most pleased with? GB: When we beat Arsenal at the Emirates I was involved in some of the goals which was a really special moment. Then at White Hart Lane when we played Inter Milan, it was great to have a hand in such a big win for the club. We have a fantastic squad and it’s great to play with so many top class footballers. SB: Who would win in a race between you and Aaron Lennon? GB: Good question! Aaron is extremely quick so he might just edge it but I think it would be close!
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SB: In your opinion, who is currently the best footballer in the world? GB: I don’t think you can look past Lionel Messi, he’s out of this world. His ability with the ball at his feet is brilliant to watch.
He’s enjoying one of his most prolific seasons so far in the English Premier League and is being likened to some of the biggest names in world football. Gareth Bale has emerged as one of the most dangerous attacking players in the game over the past year with his explosive pace and acceleration. Now, with the new STUBBURBAN football boots, Bale has a lighter weapon of choice on his feet! STUBBURBAN recently caught up with the Welsh and Tottenham Hotspur star to see what he thought of his new boots. With his profile recently being elevated to new heights, Bale is now one of the main players tSTUBBURBAN are using to partner their new Hcl Football boots with. His blistering pace goes hand-inhand with what the new. Hcl football boots are all about. Check out what he had to say when he spoke exclusively to STUBBURBAN
SB: What would you say is your career highlight? GB: Becoming a first team regular at Spurs has been amazing for me. I had quite a bad injury soon after I joined the club which kept me on the sidelines for a long time. When I came back I had to try and adapt to the pace of the Premier League. It meant a lot of hard work on the training pitch to get to a point where I got my chance and I’m thankful that things are going well and I’m really enjoying my football. The club are in a great position and I hope we can keep pushing up the table and onwards in the Champions League. SB: Do you have a boot collection at home, have you kept any memorable pairs from special games? GB: To be honest I don’t have a collection at the moment but I am starting to try and build one. I’ve been lucky enough to be involved in some really special games with Spurs and so I’m going to start to keep certain pairs. SB: If you could pick any player as a dream teammate, from the past or currently playing, who would it be? GB: Zidane. SB: Finally, what’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given in your career? GB: Never give up, work hard and always strive to succeed.
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SB: Which sportsman was your idol when you were growing up? GB: Ryan Giggs. He is a fantastic professional and someone who I have always looked up to. I’d have chosen him as my ideal team-mate but we play the same position so he’d probably keep me out of the team!
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Interview with: Gareth Bale
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SB: The assist you’re most pleased with? GB: When we beat Arsenal at the Emirates I was involved in some of the goals which was a really special moment. Then at White Hart Lane when we played Inter Milan, it was great to have a hand in such a big win for the club. We have a fantastic squad and it’s great to play with so many top class footballers. SB: Who would win in a race between you and Aaron Lennon? GB: Good question! Aaron is extremely quick so he might just edge it but I think it would be close! SB: Which sportsman was your idol when you were growing up? GB: Ryan Giggs. He is a fantastic professional and someone who I have always looked up to. I’d have chosen him as my ideal team-mate but we play the same position so he’d probably keep me out of the team! SB: In your opinion, who is currently the best footballer in the world? GB: I don’t think you can look past Lionel Messi, he’s out of this world. His ability with the ball at his feet is brilliant to watch.
He’s enjoying one of his most prolific seasons so far in the English Premier League and is being likened to some of the biggest names in world football. Gareth Bale has emerged as one of the most dangerous attacking players in the game over the past year with his explosive pace and acceleration. Now, with the new STUBBURBAN football boots, Bale has a lighter weapon of choice on his feet! STUBBURBAN recently caught up with the Welsh and Tottenham Hotspur star to see what he thought of his new boots. With his profile recently being elevated to new heights, Bale is now one of the main players tSTUBBURBAN are using to partner their new Hcl Football boots with. His blistering pace goes hand-inhand with what the new. Hcl football boots are all about. Check out what he had to say when he spoke exclusively to STUBBURBAN
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SB: What would you say is your career highlight? GB: Becoming a first team regular at Spurs has been amazing for me. I had quite a bad injury soon after I joined the club which kept me on the sidelines for a long time. When I came back I had to try and adapt to the pace of the Premier League. It meant a lot of hard work on the training pitch to get to a point where I got my chance and I’m thankful that things are going well and I’m really enjoying my football. The club are in a great position and I hope we can keep pushing up the table and onwards in the Champions League. SB: Do you have a boot collection at home, have you kept any memorable pairs from special games? GB: To be honest I don’t have a collection at the moment but I am starting to try and build one. I’ve been lucky enough to be involved in some really special games with Spurs and so I’m going to start to keep certain pairs. SB: If you could pick any player as a dream teammate, from the past or currently playing, who would it be? GB: Zidane. SB: Finally, what’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given in your career? GB: Never give up, work hard and always strive to succeed.
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Interview with: Gareth Bale
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SB: The assist you’re most pleased with? GB: When we beat Arsenal at the Emirates I was involved in some of the goals which was a really special moment. Then at White Hart Lane when we played Inter Milan, it was great to have a hand in such a big win for the club. We have a fantastic squad and it’s great to play with so many top class footballers. SB: Who would win in a race between you and Aaron Lennon? GB: Good question! Aaron is extremely quick so he might just edge it but I think it would be close! SB: Which sportsman was your idol when you were growing up? GB: Ryan Giggs. He is a fantastic professional and someone who I have always looked up to. I’d have chosen him as my ideal team-mate but we play the same position so he’d probably keep me out of the team! SB: In your opinion, who is currently the best footballer in the world? GB: I don’t think you can look past Lionel Messi, he’s out of this world. His ability with the ball at his feet is brilliant to watch.
He’s enjoying one of his most prolific seasons so far in the English Premier League and is being likened to some of the biggest names in world football. Gareth Bale has emerged as one of the most dangerous attacking players in the game over the past year with his explosive pace and acceleration. Now, with the new STUBBURBAN football boots, Bale has a lighter weapon of choice on his feet! STUBBURBAN recently caught up with the Welsh and Tottenham Hotspur star to see what he thought of his new boots. With his profile recently being elevated to new heights, Bale is now one of the main players tSTUBBURBAN are using to partner their new Hcl Football boots with. His blistering pace goes hand-inhand with what the new. Hcl football boots are all about. Check out what he had to say when he spoke exclusively to STUBBURBAN
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SB: What would you say is your career highlight? GB: Becoming a first team regular at Spurs has been amazing for me. I had quite a bad injury soon after I joined the club which kept me on the sidelines for a long time. When I came back I had to try and adapt to the pace of the Premier League. It meant a lot of hard work on the training pitch to get to a point where I got my chance and I’m thankful that things are going well and I’m really enjoying my football. The club are in a great position and I hope we can keep pushing up the table and onwards in the Champions League. SB: Do you have a boot collection at home, have you kept any memorable pairs from special games? GB: To be honest I don’t have a collection at the moment but I am starting to try and build one. I’ve been lucky enough to be involved in some really special games with Spurs and so I’m going to start to keep certain pairs. SB: If you could pick any player as a dream teammate, from the past or currently playing, who would it be? GB: Zidane. SB: Finally, what’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given in your career? GB: Never give up, work hard and always strive to succeed.
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Chevolt Thoughtful efficiency By its very nature, the all-new Volt is engineered to change the face of transportation as we know it. Nearly every component of the Volt has been selected to get the most out of every charge, including:
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Technology & Gadgets
“The Nike+ SportWatch GPS is designed for high performance with an extremely clear and readable user interface that delivers the information necessary to the user while in-run. It adds personalization and motivational features to the running experience, including audible sounds, challenges, run reminders and more. The Nike+ SportWatch GPS is designed to be simple and intuitive with only three buttons and a Tap Screen for navigation. During the run, the new Nike+ SportWatch GPS captures location information while showing runners their time, distance, pace, and calories burned on an easyto-read screen featuring a customizable layout. Throughout the run, the GPS receiver works in tandem with the shoebased Nike+ Sensor to deliver highly accurate pace and distance data.”
- Aerodynamics that maximize the distance per charge and miles per gallon of fuel - A closed grille and aerodynamic back edges contribute to its fuel efficiency(9) -Energy-efficient Bose® Sound System -Goodyear Assurance Fuel Max tires
MiLi has added to its iPhone accessory line-up with the release of what it bills as the “world’s thinnest external battery and protective case for iPhone 3G and 3GS.” The slender MiLi Power Skin has a 1,200 mAH battery capacity which can provide up to double the battery life of the iPhone, a pass-through USB/mini-USB for syncing and charging without removing the case and is designed to be easily removed for docking. In the thickness stakes, the Power Skin comes in at 0.7-inches (18mm), a shade thinner than the Mophie juice pack which measures 0.75-inches. It’s available in eight two-toned colors (combinations of black, white, blue, green, orange, and silver), is Apple certified with a one-year manufacturer’s warranty and costs US$69.95.
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MiLi has also announced a diminutive mobile phone USB charger called PocketPal which features a folding, 100240vAC plug. PocketPal costs US$19.95.
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STUBBURBAN newsletter issue #01
Technology & Gadgets Chevolt Thoughtful efficiency By its very nature, the all-new Volt is engineered to change the face of transportation as we know it. Nearly every component of the Volt has been selected to get the most out of every charge, including: - Aerodynamics that maximize the distance per charge and miles per gallon of fuel - A closed grille and aerodynamic back edges contribute to its fuel efficiency(9) -Energy-efficient Bose® Sound System -Goodyear Assurance Fuel Max tires
“The Nike+ SportWatch GPS is designed for high performance with an extremely clear and readable user interface that delivers the information necessary to the user while in-run. It adds personalization and motivational features to the running experience, including audible sounds, challenges, run reminders and more. The Nike+ SportWatch GPS is designed to be simple and intuitive with only three buttons and a Tap Screen for navigation. During the run, the new Nike+ SportWatch GPS captures location information while showing runners their time, distance, pace, and calories burned on an easyto-read screen featuring a customizable layout. Throughout the run, the GPS receiver works in tandem with the shoebased Nike+ Sensor to deliver highly accurate pace and distance data.”
MiLi has added to its iPhone accessory line-up with the release of what it bills as the “world’s thinnest external battery and protective case for iPhone 3G and 3GS.” The slender MiLi Power Skin has a 1,200 mAH battery capacity which can provide up to double the battery life of the iPhone, a pass-through USB/mini-USB for syncing and charging without removing the case and is designed to be easily removed for docking. In the thickness stakes, the Power Skin comes in at 0.7-inches (18mm), a shade thinner than the Mophie juice pack which measures 0.75-inches. It’s available in eight two-toned colors (combinations of black, white, blue, green, orange, and silver), is Apple certified with a one-year manufacturer’s warranty and costs US$69.95.
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MiLi has also announced a diminutive mobile phone USB charger called PocketPal which features a folding, 100240vAC plug. PocketPal costs US$19.95.