OMG. What’s happened to David Beckham?
Ol’ Golden Balls is currently hawking ‘Instinct’, his men’s fragrance, in the UK glossies (well, ES Magazine). It looks like he’s borrowed both his wife’s plastic surgeon and her air-brusher. And that is so a girl’s jacket. Is this how his marketing people aim to capture his ambisexuality? Eeuw.
Wee Scottish actor Alan Cumming has launched an eponymous perfume – no, really.
Both Gawker and ad-rag have already picked up on this but we thought we’d cover it because it’s genuinely Out There. You can imagine the brainstorm: ” so, Mr Cumming what can we stick your name to to leverage your celebrity brand. Cumming, cumming, cumming … hmmm … I’m cumming … Eureka!”. Nice. And he means it – having deployed the radical perfumer, Christopher Brosius, to develop the scent.
It’s either the most audacious/downright silly celebrity perfume launch ever or a brazen postmodern deconstruction of the fragrance industry. An anti-perfume, if you like. If it’s the latter then Comme des Garcons got there first but full marks for trying. Check it out for yourself on the ‘Cumming the Fragrance’ site.
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AF: “the geckos are 'warming' to us” | |
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AF: “holiday! celebrate! etc.” | |
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AF: “do we need to take two laptops on holiday? Really?” | |
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India unveils 'laptop' costing $35 | |
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AF: “designing a cat calendar” | |
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We posted 2 pictures on Flickr... | |
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AF: “RT @PeterTatchell: You can see BBC footage of my ambush of Nick Griffin, and of his thugs shoving me away, here:  ” |
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Advanced Style: Forever Shop at Selfridges Department Store | |
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A billion Chinese speakers get easier access to Internet | |
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YouTube - The Runners in NYC Downlow @ Lovebox | |
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AF: “Now that Vanessa L Williams is joining Desperate Housewives, I might start watching it again” | |
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The First Real iPad Magazine | |
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AF: “Can't believe that the BBC is dignifying this 'story' by covering it. Leave the Brass Eye-isms to the Daily Mail ” |
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BBC News - Do typefaces really matter? | |
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Facebook reaches 500 million users | |
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AF: “I see that HHCL is now being referred to as 'legendary agency HHCL'. Good.” | |
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Attention Men: Japan's Uniqlo Says You Can Lose Weight Just by Wearing its Latest High-tech Underwear - Japan Real Time - WSJ | |
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Campaigns struggle to mix awards with ROI | |
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Alas, The Old Spice Guy Didn't Actually Help Old Spice. Here's Why. | |
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Amazon's ebook milestone: digital sales outstrip hardbacks for first time in US | |
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comScore data shows smartphone situation in Europe | |
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AF: “RT @darrellberry: #Lovebox 2010 ” |
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AF: “#maccosmeticsfail #CiudadJuárez ” |
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AF: “Loved @Dickiebeau and @HelenNoir at the ICA. Loved Inception. Loved the NYC Downlow at Lovebox. Now need a lie down.” | |
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Tokyo’s Digital Billboards Know Who’s Checking Them Out | Singularity Hub | |
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AF: “Lovebox Sunday” | |
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Zen and now: Japan's ryokans get a modern twist | Travel | The Guardian | |
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Review: Sex and the City 2 | ICON MAGAZINE ONLINE | |
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Teen issue | Life and style | guardian.co.uk | |
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AF: “Smiles all round. Argentine Senate backs bill legalising gay marriage ” |
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Wise words from the information design guru.
Pew Internet publishes its latest findings on news consumption.
Nike in ‘cool new robot not cool or new’ shock.
Amazon’s ‘vanishment’ of LGBT literature from sales ranks spurs a realtime revolt via social media.
Running a club night in London will require reporting of all acts and ‘target audience’ to the Met. WHAT?
Or at least, what it might be up to…
The continuation of exclusion, by other means…
Self-appointed internet censors mess with Wikipedia.
New times call for new words and phrases. The list starts here.
This matters. Get involved.
Google explains its new browser, comic-book style
And how to make a business from it
Interactive lushness at the electronic art fair.
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