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Girls Buy Some Art And Feed A Model

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The website FeedaModel.com is very misleading. The homepage shows a model holding a cardboard sign begging for food, but they aren’t exactly soliciting donations like Sally Struthers in Africa. It’s actually an outlet for its founders Apple Price and Michelle Easter to showcase and sell their art alongside their modeling portfolios.

We applaud the runway chicks for trying to expand their brand by marrying art with skin, but it’s how they go about that’s a little confusing. They say, “Feed our skinny bellies by buying our art.” Aren’t top-notch models always looking to find ways to shed some pounds? We would gladly buy a piece of art to add some thickness to the rail-thin runway'as long as they aren’t secretly spending the money on coke. Check a gallery of the art-peddling models after the jump.

July 10, 2008 | Permalink | 1 Comment
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Style Brand Profile: United Colors of Benetton

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Italian apparel company United Colors of Benetton is getting in the face of consumers yet again with a powerful new ad campaign. This time, the brand best known for ruffling the feathers of censors by featuring their rich designs with arresting imagery of violence, sickness, and death, turns their attention to the issue of poverty in Africa.

Thanks to the financial backing of Microcredit, which gives loans to small business owners, the African economy is getting major help beyond Sally Struthers. The most recent ads prominently feature the toiling faces behind all industries, from market vendors, to mechanics. See a few of the T-shirts benefiting the worthy cause, and take a look back at some of Benetton’s other controversial ads after the jump.

April 7, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
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