Bald is Beauitful…And Profitable
Have you ever wanted to emblazon a corporate trademark on your body? You do? Well, here is your chance!
Air New Zealand is looking for thirty adults to become cranial billboards to tell people all about life-changing journeys to New Zealand. The first criteria is that you have to be an adult. Otherwise, you will really have something to talk to your parents about later. Secondly, you have to be willing to shave your head and tattoo a little ditty about www.airnewzealand.com on the back of it. You won’t get to make up your own, of course. On the contrary you will have to choose whatever the marketing department decides is best.
I am not sure what the other criteria will be as far as it coming down to the shape of the head, the attractiveness of the person, or if they will choose the oddest looking ones.
New Zealand has beautiful rolling hills, sheeps, goats, kiwis, maybe a unicorn, and, of course, lots of Hobbits.
Who would we like to see walking around Los Angeles? William Shatner. We all know he wears a hair piece. Why doesn’t he just admit it? He admits it because we know, but he has never appeared bald in any publication, film, or appearance that we know about. I guess he is not a method actor.
Joe Famolare and the Platform Shoe – Part II
Joe Famolare and the Platform ShoePart II.
The Capezio and Bandolino Years
Capezio was founded in 1887 by Salvatore Capezio and still exists today as a tristed source and household name for dance shoes, later on fashion shoes, and now competitive ice skates. During Joe’s tenure he designed shoes for the Bolshoi Ballet and many others. Other highlights were designing shoes for the legendary Twyla Tharp’s Dance company.
His designs and selections also most notably appeared in the original Broadway Production of West Side story. The “Dance Oxford” created by Joe especially for West Side Story is still in use on the stage to this very day.
In my opinion, heading for the theater not only gave him an understanding of what was required in active shoes but gave him a lot of inspiration on how to be savvy, unconventional marketer and promoter of his product. One instance later found him skating on a float in a Thanksgiving Day parade to promote his shoes!
He left Capezio in 1965 over irreconcilable differences. Capezio was heading more and more into putting fashion before function, and wanting to break into the fashion market more while eliminating some comfort features in shoes, and Joe wanted to concentrate a little more on function.
His next stop along the way, was in 1965, as an executive for Marx and Newman. He was in charge of their popular division, Bandolino shoes that were sold at Neiman Marcus and elsewhere . He not only was executive vice president but designed while he was there. I am not sure exactly which models he designed, but they all were at least selected by Joe even if he didn’t design every single model during his tenure there. The company started to take a turn when Mr. Newman left the business, and as the company got more political, Joe decided that it was time to leave.
In 1969, Joe formed Famolare shoes…and the rest, as they say, is history.
Tomorrow: Part Three…Joe “Gets There”.
Better Check the Photo
In the olden days, whenever those were, some people met the traditional face to face way. Some folks met their mate as a wartime penpal. In fact, I know a few older couples who have met that way. Today, the internet is inundated with dating and matching sites. It reminds me of a singles ad an old friend of mine placed years ago. In fact, she placed two of them. One said she was fun and crazy looking for a good time. The other said she was a woman who was very into her ethnic heritege and was quite scholarly. Did you know that all the same guys called both of the ads and presented themselves differently each time? It wasn’t a coincidence that the man just had a similar voice, nor did they disguise it the same time around. It was really just all the same guys. Unbelievable.
Sites like True.com can be kind of humorous. If you are the single type, unlike me, you can search for free and have a few laughs. Why do people put up so many pictures of them pouting?
Nevertheless, if you are serious, always meet someone in a public place. Also, you may want to ask to carry a certain color of umbrella as they might have used a photo from thirty years ago and you wouldn’t recognize them otherwise.
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