According to WWD Dolce & Gabanna is to cut prices by 10% to 20% without sacrificing its quality or creativity. The change in price will come in effect the upcoming spring season (Spring 2010).

You probably wonder how they are going to do it? First of all, the successful designers always remember about the final consumer. Secondly, the moment of economical uncertainty seems to last longer than expected. Taking the first two into consideration Dolce and Gabbana  decided to work on their pricing structure.

To obtain the price cuts, the designers talked their suppliers and manufacturers into a collective, cost-efficient approach across the entire supply chain. And everyone, from button suppliers to mills to manufacturers, is doing their part, stressed the designers. In addition, the designers’ usual selection of hundreds of fabrics was dropped to dozens that will be served up in a more far-ranging palette, while constructions will be simpler. For example, Dolce and Gabbana worked hard to develop alternative stitching techniques that are innovative, but reduce manufacturing costs.

Here are a few examples: A pair of five-pocket jeans for spring will sell for $450 (for spring 2009 they cost $695); a dress will cost $1,469, down from $2,295; a leather bomber jacket will be priced at $1,499, compared with $2,296, and an iconic stretch silk tulle corset dress will go to $3,589 from last year’s $5,200.

Happy Shopping!

First seen on WWD’s Dolce & Gabbana to Cut Prices by Alessandra Ilari

Men take significantly longer to get over their lost loves than women.

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1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You’re a big girl. If it’s up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don’t hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

2. Sunday = sports. It’s like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.

3. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way.

4. Crying is blackmail.

5. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it!

6. “Yes” and “No” are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

7. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That’s what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

8. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.

9. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days.

10. If you won’t dress like the Victoria’s Secret girls, don’t expect us to act like soap opera guys.

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I keep hearing and reading the same two words: Love sucks. What happened to love? It seems that we just can’t work it out. A man and a woman just can’t manage to be together anymore. I have been trying to figure out what could be the reasons for the failure of our relationships, and I came up with the following  few:

1. We don’t need each other to “survive”. Back in the days, way before Myspace and Facebook and Twitter and, and, and, people needed each other to survive and/or to improve their status. Today, it seems that the other person is more a burden than an addition.

2. Selection, selection and selection. We have too many choices. If one guy/girl doesn’t do it, another guy/girl might. We don’t stick around to find out what the other person is really about. We just keep it moving to the next.

3. Internet and Transportation. You don’t know anyone who lives on your block, but you do know a couple of guys who live across the country. Not only that you know them, you have met them, dated them, and now you are not feeling them. Transportation and Internet made it possible for us to “beam” ourselves anywhere we may think the perfect guy lives.

4. Sex is worthless. Going to dinner has more value than having sex. Back in the good old days when a girl said no, the guy patiently waited for his lucky moment. The lucky moment was the wedding night. Today sex comes before titles, deep conversations and romantic moments.

5. Independent women. Our independency took unexpected turn. Every guy wants an independent woman; hardly any guy knows how to handle one. It doesn’t matter how independent we are, we still need affection and attention.

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2thickmiss is a  great girlfriend to have. She knows exactly what it takes to be self-confident and doesn’t mind to share her secrets with us.

1. Get a new haircut, outfit, and a new attitude. When I wake up some mornings feeling bad, I spruce up extra nice and it makes me feel better.

2. Manicures, pedicures, candlelit bubble baths and massages do wonders for your self-esteem.

3. Disconnect yourself from negative people, even if they are your significant others or family members. You may not realize it, but negative spirits cause YOU to become chronic negative thinkers. When all you hear are bad things, then you tend to start beliving them. Loose yourself! I don’t fool with my own mother for that very reason. You don’t need to listen to people telling you what you CAN’T DO, adopt some friends that tell you, YOU CAN DO IT.

4. Chill out, quit frowning, complaining and crying. Avoid situations that cause you to be upset. If you know everytime you go to Aunt Clara’s for Christmas dinner, there is always this family member dogging you, don’t go back. Hold the next dinner at your place and disinvite her/him and don’t feel bad about it. The law of the world is survival of the fittest, and if you are the weakest link, you must say good-bye.

5. Learn how to be selfish. If you don’t love who you are, then why should anyone else? When you love yourself and treat yourself right, you’re showing others how to love you and treat you right. And if they don’t like who you are, F**CK em! You don’t need them anyway.

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Movie review: If you liked th movie Crash you will probably like this one as well.

Plot: Fashion designer Amer Atrash, perpetually on the verge of success, is undergoing a personal crisis in both his marriage and his business. Attributing his misfortune to bad karma from a wrongdoing committed fifteen years prior, he sets out to correct his mistake, and in doing so, experiences a spiritual awakening. (from imbd.com)

Ripple Effect: The Ripple Effect is a term used by the Humanity Healing Foundation[1] in their articles on Spiritual Activism to refer to how positive thoughts and actions expand outward to effect other’s lives, who in turn will add to the “ripple” with their own positive thoughts and actions.

You’ve come to the conclusion that 8 to 12 minutes of foreplay is just not good enough.

You actually have a crush. Yippee!

Out with your gals, you’re shocked to finally learn that Sara got promoted a month ago and Julie has a new boyfriend whom she’s completely in love with. Turns out you’ve been so busy monopolizing convos with your get-him- back master plan that you missed what was going on in their lives.

You’ve decided that being friends with your ex isn’t such a hot idea. You have enough pals already, and by the way, none of them treat you like a piece of poo on the bottom of their shoe.

The guy at your local corner store, who nicknamed you Chocolate Chip for a while (What? You needed comfort!), has changed your name to Sexy.

The other day, you dropped out of cell-phone range — for, oh, two seconds — but you didn’t panic. Normally you’d be freaking that you missed a call from him, but face it, that’s not going to happen.

You just had an epiphany: It’s his loss, not yours.

You finally returned your collection of sappy tear-jerker DVDs — Titanic, The Notebook, and Love Actually — to the video store and rented some new, more empowering movies — Charlie’s Angels and Kill Bill: Volumes 1 and 2.

Your computer at work has a meltdown and deletes all of his e-mails and the loving dialogue you shared. And (gasp!) you’re not under the desk in the fetal position, howling in pain and bawling your eyes out.

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