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MAC & Rodarte Thought They Could Sell Latina Femicide as Beautiful
6:10 am By Maegan La Mala · Fashion|U.S.-Mexico Border|Violence|Women · 19 Comments
20 Jul 2010It may be old news already for some, since MAC & Rodarte have officially apologized for their Fall 2010 fashion and makeup collection based on what the designers felt and thought they saw in the border city of Juarez.
The blushes, lip glosses, eyeshadows and nail polishes were given names like “factory,” “Juarez,” “Ghost town,” “del Norte,” and “quinceanera” and look like this:
The models bear no resemblance to the hijas mourned over, hijas like Solangie Medina.
The models look like this:
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English Only Makes It’s Way to Spain Via Kohl’s
6:16 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Fashion|language|Shopping|Spain · 8 Comments
10 May 2010
VivirLatino reader, Gilbert Velasquez, went into his local Kohl’s when he came across a section with shirts that had the names of different countries across them. As he looked through them he saw a shirt for Spain that had the text “ESPANA” written across the front. They had incorrectly spelled “ESPANA” with an N.
Is this laziness on the part of the manufacturer? Did they think that people outside of Spain or that Spanish speakers wouldn’t notice? Could they not find the ñ?
What’s particularly funny to me is that it’s being marketed as a way to show pride- with a typo. On the Kohl’s website, where you can also buy the product (see here), in the product description it says:
“Espana” graphic offers national pride.
If there were such a country as “Espana”, maybe.
I reached out to Kohl’s customer service and Public Relations departments and will let you know what they say.
The difference between an n and an ñ is the difference between a year and an asshole (Spanish speakers/writers should figure that one out).
JLo is Anita in Vanity Fair’s West Side Story
11:25 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|Fashion|Magazines|Movies · Comments Off
23 Mar 2009
JLo participated in Vanity Fair’s photo homage to classic Broadway musical made Hollywood classic movie West Side Story. Who was she? Well, Anita no less!
Posing for a glossy, starlet-studded photoshoot with Vanity Fair, Lopez admits, “I never wanted to be that wimpy Maria, who sits around pining for her guy. I wanted to be Anita, who danced her way to the top.” That’s because it’s almost how J.Lo’s career happened, except with more spray-tan and highlights.
Well put! I wonder what Rita Moreno would think. More importantly, what do you think?
Check out the whole series (featuring a ton of B-list actors) at Vanity Fair.
Via / Socialite Life
Photo: Mark Seliger for Vanity Fair
Nude Carnival Queen Paints Obama on her Thigh
8:13 pm By la Macha · Arts|Brazil|dance|Fashion|Lifestyle|sex|Women · 1 Comment
23 Feb 2009My girl bfp just reminded me why she’s got the best taste in the world. She sent me the link to this picture: Nude Carnival Queen, Viviane Castro, with a picture of Obama painted on her thigh. The picture is totally not safe for work–but here’s a video with a small clip of the artist working on Ms. Castro’s thigh.
Um…holy hotness? Make it to the link if you can! Or, as bfp notes–what wouldn’t we give to be a picture of Obama right now!
VivirLatino Goes to the Oscars
8:52 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Events|Fashion|Movies|TV · Comments Off
22 Feb 2009Well not actually to the Oscars, more like we’ll be on the sofa watching it along with the rest of you, and we can watch it together via twitter.
I and other tweeters will be looking at the Oscars though through a slightly political lens, as we look at the issues at who was nominated and who wasn’t and what Latinos are represented and how, plus mas claro and yes you can still say “damn that dress is ugly”.
Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/vivirlatino, many of you have already starting at 8pm EST (we don’t know if we’ll watch the red carpet).
In the meantime enjoy your Sunday.
While VivirLatino was Down, Mala Was Out
7:21 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Fashion|HPVT|Lifestyle|Marketing|New York City|Tech · 4 Comments
21 Feb 2009While behind the scenes an entire team was frantically dealing with hackers and figuring out how to get VivirLatino back online, your truely was also engaging in a little fashion frivolity and networking gracias to Buzz Corps, HP and Vivienne Tam.
First on the agenda: A visit to Vivienne Tam’s boutique at 40 Mercer Street, NYC, on February 18, 2009, for a look at her Fall/Winter 2009 collection which revolved around the theme of an Exploration of Nothingness.
One of the reasons I was there is not cuz I’m such a fashionista. I was sent the HP Mini Vivienne Tam edition to review and this was all part of the marketing and promotional fun, porque carajo, especially when our site was down and we were pulling our hair out trying to get it up for you, the VL team needed some fun.
Ay pero lest you think that as I was having fun that I wasn’t paying attention to the multiple ironies around me, I’m working on a follow up that will go into the politics of this adventure porque you know mala, I make everything personal and professional political.
Salud!
Post Valentine’s Giveaway : HP Vivienne Tam Edition Wireless Optical Mouse
9:43 am By Maegan La Mala · Fashion|Marketing|Tech|VivirLatino · 7 Comments
17 Feb 2009
Last week I wrote about the HP Mini Vivienne Tam Edition that HP had sent for me to play with.
Originally, I had gifts to give away for Valentine’s day, pero since we were under a not so loving attack that took us offline, let’s just call this VivirLatino’s post-Valentine’s Day/Fashion Week Giveaway.
This week in NYC is Fashion Week, and I will be at the Vivienne Tam boutique tomorrow for a fashion show. Since I can’t bring all of you with me (although it looks like I’ll be able to live blog the event), we are giving away 3 HP wireless optical mice with the Vivienne Tam peony design.
It’s ready to use, with a micro USB receiver, and batteries. Apparently you can’t even get these in the U.S. Pero, sorry Apple heads (this even applies to me), the mouse only works with Windows.
The first three comments with email addresses will win.
Jueves Jugetes : HP Mini Vivienne Tam Edition
12 Feb 2009
That’s yours truly at a reading last month and no I am not looking into my makeup case to read poetry. I am reading off the HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam edition sent to me to test out and review.
Netbooks are all the rage now and after a few weeks of playing around with this one I can see why. The HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam edition is super light and portable and yes it’s pretty too, with is red background/purple peony cover design.
I don’t care much about the pretty pero when others see me using it, they notice, and usually want it. Pero pretty comes at a cost.
Michelle Obama Wears Cubana Designer for Inauguration
9:12 pm By Maegan La Mala · Fashion|Obama inauguration · Comments Off
20 Jan 2009
What are people paying more attention to than the politics? The fashion pues! Michelle Obama chose Cubana designer Isabel Toledo to wear for the inauguration earlier today.
Toledo, a New York designer who immigrated to the U.S. from Cuba when she was eight, didn’t know that Obama picked her outfit until watching the TV and told the Times that 13 people worked on clothes—”Chinese ladies, Polish ladies, Spanish ladies”—and added, “We’re all grateful for this opportunity, and we don’t even have a PR person!”
I met Isabel Toledo and her husband last year at an event for El Museo del Barrio and they definitely are cutting edge even if Mrs. Obama’s dress was vintage looking.
I liked Michelle Obama’s dress. Did you?
“Jewtinos” Get their own Clothing Line
7:45 am By Maegan La Mala · Culture|Fashion|Religion · Comments Off
31 Dec 2008
“Jewtinos”, people of Latino and Jewish origin, aren’t a huge demographic for marketers, and therefore the door is left wide open for those looking to cater to customers wanting specialized products that represent this ethnicity and/or faith combination. Enter Adriana Lopez, founder of the new clothing line Jewtina, who is making clothes that reflect Latino Jewish culture.
“I’m very proud to be Jewish and also to be Latina, but I never found anything anywhere that allowed me to express both of these sentiments,” Lopez told EFE. Born in Los Angeles, the fruit of a marriage between a Colombian father and a Mexican mother, both of Jewish descent, Lopez said she felt the need to creat something that would distinguish people like her.“I always joked, telling people that I was Jewtina, and one day my husband, who’s Cuban, told me I should register the brand and I did, said the 35 year-old businesswoman.
Adriana sees opportunity in this market, not only in the U.S. but also throughout Latin America, in countries with sizable Jewish populations, such as Argentina and Brasil.
Via / RPP Noticias
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