Fendi FW Milan 2007/2008 Womens Part 1

Fendi, the Italian fashion icon beloved for its shoes and handbags, is hosting its next fashion show on the Great Wall of China. The show will take place in October.

The video shown here is from Fendi’s 2007/08 Fall/Winter collection in Milan. The show, which was 3 months ago, shows the most recent Fendi designs. While this could be similar to what we’ll see from Fendi in China, I think the blockbuster location sets Fendi up to reveal a dramatically new collection.

"Italian luxury group Fendi will hold a fashion show on the Great Wall in China in October as parent company, LVMH Moet Hennessy-Louis Vuitton, seeks to double its sales by 2008. LVMH Chairman Bernard Arnault has said repeatedly he sees potential for Fendi to become a "star brand" alongside LVMH stablemates such as leather-goods maker Louis Vuitton and TAG Heuer watches." (Reuters)

No Middle Managers for Romania...and fairly few top ones

By annalysing the general socio-economical aspects of the "modern"Romania, a deep though passes through my mind: why there are so few good managers in Romania? and, nevertheless, why does the "brain battle" struggle in just a certain number of managers?

This thought was first brought to me few years ago while i was watching my alltime favourite tv show-"The Apprentice".Eversince, by working in different places, from local and national televisions to multinationals, i tried to understand the Romanian phenomenon.

Firstly,why can't we reach a certain top level?
The answer is simple,considering the Trump "experiment".In order to reach a certain top position,one needs to understand the entire management process,by passing from "selling lemonade"on Broadway, to organizing charities sponsored by major companies such as Yahoo for example.In Romania the entry levels ar not apprenti.Just simple subordinates and nothing more.Some may migrate to a more open company and become majors,but most just give up because of the few chances provided.Yet, even more migrate to better countries with more balanced "lifestyles".

Secondly, the Romanian mentality is focused on the so very old system of birocracy. We don't focus on talent,opportunities and ideas, but on authority, status, bosses and obedient subordonates.

Also,though the multinationals invaded the country in the last 2 years, there is no struggle on getting and managing "new brains".The fight is jut for those few already managed brains,the so called "top managers".

That is why Trump's insights are compulsory for the Romanian market:

Know what you’re doing. Sounds simple, but I’ve seen a lot of instances where I couldn’t believe how much the other side didn’t know. I immediately knew I could have a grand slam and fast, just based on their apparent lack of preparation. My father used to tell me, “Know everything you can about what you’re doing.” He was absolutely right, and I’m giving you the same advice. Follow it.

Remember, it takes a lot of smarts to play dumb. This is a good way to see how much your negotiating partners don’t know. It’s also a good way to see if they are bulldozing you.

Keep them a bit off balance. What they don’t know won’t hurt you, and that may help you down the line. Knowledge is power, so keep as much of it to yourself as possible.

Trust your instincts. There are a lot of situations that will not be black and white in negotiating, so go with your gut. Combine this with your homework and you’ll be ahead of the game.

Don’t be confined by expectations. There are no exact rules, and sometimes I’ve changed course in the middle of negotiations when something new has occurred to me. Remain flexible and open to new ideas, even when you think you know exactly what you want. This attitude has provided me with opportunities that I would not have thought about before.

Know when to say no. This has become instinct for me by now, but I think we all know when that buzzer goes off inside. Pay attention to that signal.

Be patient. I’ve waited for some deals for decades, and it was worth the wait. But make sure what you’re waiting for is worth it to begin with.

To speed up negotiations, be indifferent. That way you’ll find out if the other side is eager to proceed.

Remember that in the best negotiations, everyone wins. This is the ideal situation to strive for. You will also be laying the ground work for future business deals with people who know what integrity is.

And nevertheless, the most important business assets for a future top manager (even in Romania):

1. Formulate a strategy. Realize that no matter how carefully and ethically you conduct yourself and your business, it is highly likely that you may be sued.
2. Recruit and organize professionals who can help you accomplish this goal. Most likely, you’ll need an attorney and an accountant who are both skilled at asset protection structures and methods.
3. Prioritize your objectives. Evaluate your overall financial situation, but in a way that doesn’t negatively affect your other financial planning objectives. Consider how a transfer of assets from one entity to another may affect your tax and/or estate planning. If you put your personal residence into a limited partnership, you’ll gain asset protection - but lose the tax exemption.
4. Measure your wealth. What assets do you have at risk, and how do you expect your wealth to change in the future?
5. Be proactive in your planning. You can’t put an asset protection system in place after you’ve been sued. Unfortunately, people often think about how to protect their assets when it’s too late.

And one last word . . .

A secure asset protection system in place is a lifelong process. Regular review of your assets and their vulnerabilities can ensure that you have the protection you need.And my motto eversince was:

You succeed in life by pursuing big wins, not by avoiding small losses, because it is not where you end up,but what you do along the way, so hitch your waggon to a star!

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Happy Birthday, Marilyn!

“Hollywood is a place,” Marilyn Monroe once said, “where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.

“I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough, and held out for the fifty cents.”

Had she lived, Marilyn Monroe would have turned 81 today. But she didn’t live. She died 45 years ago, at age 36. Columnist Army Archerd wrote in DAILY VARIETY at the time, “Marilyn Monroe was late for everything – but much too early for death.”

Who was Marilyn Monroe? What does she and her films mean to each new generation? And why and how did she die so young?

For starters, obviously, first, last and always, Marilyn was uniquely beautiful, and tragically vulnerable. As the songs say, and the continuing parade of documentaries show, her voluptuous yet seemingly accessible and innocent image established her as the blonde bombshell against which all others have, and will be measured, and for some time to come. She was unquestionably the sex goddess of the twentieth century. So she wasn’t the most photographed woman in the history of creation for nothing. Our eyes go straight to her in any still photo, and in every movie scene, too. Those external features are simply remarkable, and demand attention.

Our hearts are drawn to her as well, as soon as we learn anything about her true life story. She was the little girl who never knew her father, and whose unstable mother was institutionalized. “I never lived with my mother,” Marilyn revealed in her final interview. As a child, nobody wanted her. She lived in foster homes. “The whole world was always closed to me,” she lamented. That is, until she turned eleven. Then, to her everlasting astonishment, everybody wanted her. What to make of that?

She could never reconcile such extremes in her extraordinary life, or make sense of what happened, or why. She was suddenly this model, and then starlet, who all alone, overcame enormous odds, fighting up hill, to become a movie queen, and marry baseball immortal Joe DiMaggio, in what was surely a storybook romance. Wasn’t it? Storybook? The happily-ever-after kind?

It seemed so, if ever so briefly. Because then, just as suddenly, it all unraveled. Her final movie was called SOMETHING’S GOT TO GIVE. So it did. Like her life, she never got to finish it.



Hers is an irresistible story, from poignant, disadvantaged childhood innocence, to spectacular success in Hollywood, to tragic, early death. In her wake has come an ever-growing library of books, each telling – but many only inventing -- Marilyn’s inside story, and naturally exploiting her sexual escapades, too. In fact if one is to believe every new “as told to” Hollywood biography written over the past half-century, was there ever anyone pictured in the ACADEMY PLAYERS DIRECTORY back then that she didn’t have sex with?

“They took it, they grabbed it, and they ran,” she said.

If the poor woman herself could not make sense of what happened in her life, how is anyone else supposed to? Yet so many try, with no let up in sight.

Maybe only one thing is certain. With all the pinup shots taken by master photographers, and such classic movies as ALL ABOUT EVE, THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH, and SOME LIKE IT HOT -- where Marilyn will presumably live forever on screen -- though she left us as a young woman decades ago, it is not likely that her story and her iconic image will even begin to fade from public consciousness. Not for many generations to come, if ever. That combination of innocence and vulnerability together with the kind of world class, luminous sensuality Marilyn had, will doubtless continue to transcend time and cultural barriers. So far, from this remove, it certainly looks that way. And if for no other reason than her looks are that way.

Actor and stage director Lee Strasberg, in his eulogy, made this observation: “Marilyn Monroe was a legend. In her own lifetime she created a myth of what a poor girl from a deprived background could attain. For the entire world she became a symbol of the eternal feminine.”

In her final interview, in words one can hear her speak in this documentary, she explains, “I want to say, that if I am a star, the people made me a star. There was no studio, and no person … but the people did it. It was a reaction that came in, to the studio. I mean, fan mail … you can’t imagine. When (the people) go to see a movie, they judge, for themselves.”



Today, tomorrow, and for a long time to come, everyone knows the verdict.