The New York Timesreports that Karl Lagerfeld will be collaborating with Tod's Diego Della Valle for a collection for Tod's Hogan brand.
Mr. Lagerfeld, 76, described Hogan as a "contemporary brand" and said in a statement that he liked "the idea of collaborating" with Diego Della Valle, the founder, president and chief executive of Tod's.
Mr. Della Valle is looking to globalize the reach of Hogan, founded in 1988. It has been developed by his son Emanuele as a creative and inventive provider of technosport and urban footwear and leather goods.
Not much is known about the future collection other than that it will include clothing, shoes and accessories and will debut in spring 2011. It will likely be a one-time only collaboration.
The first photos of Padma's one-month-old baby daughter, Krishna, have been revealed. E Newsreports that Krishna's baby daddy has also been revealed. The father is venture capitalist Adam Dell and he is currently negotiating visiting rights. Here is a video with photos of the adorable Krishna. You can also view photos here. Take a look:
Dell has announced the launch of its Vostro 3000 series. The range of thin, lightweight laptops contain the latest processors from Intel. Dell says its Vistro 3000 series is designed for small businesses that require robust mobile computing solutions. All of the Vostro 3000 laptops have an embedded webcam, embedded microphone, 802.11g/n wireless LAN, Bluetooth and Windows 7. The best model in the line, the Vostro 3700, includes the Intel Core i7 Quad Core processor and the option of up to 1GB of NVIDIA GeForce discrete graphics. Pricing starts at $679. You can find the specs for the Vostro 3700 17.3-inch laptop here. Specs for the Vistro 3400 and Vistro 3500 can be found here and here.
Nancy O'Dell is the new beauty spokesperson for Rusk and BaByliss Pro. Stylelist reports that Nancy O'Dell signed a two-year deal with the professional hair care line. She will shoot an ad campaign with Rusk that will debut this summer.
Nancy O'Dell told Stylelist in an interview that hair is crucial on the red carpet. She said, "you can have the most gorgeous gown but if the hair isn't right, it throws the whole thing off-more so than the dress."
In addition to becoming a beauty spokesperson for Rusk and BaByliss Pro, Nancy O'Dell has also launch her own furniture line since leaving Access Hollywood. Her furniture line is called Red Carpet Furniture.
Zac Efron: Playing Spider-Man Would Be a Dream Come True
Nancy O'Dell interviewed Zac Efron on the red carpet for the Critics' Choice Awards last night. Nancy asked him about all those rumors flying around that Zach will play the high school aged Peter Parker/Spider-man in the new Spider-man reboot. Zac said it was a long shot that he'd get the role, but that "it would be a dream come true." Alas, Zac appears to have once again cut off his hair. Take a look:
New Dell Smartphone Will Launch in China and Brazil First
Dell has confirmed rumors they plan to enter the smartphone market. Dell will be starting with China and Brazil and not the U.S. or Europe. China Mobile and Claro in Brazil will be the first two supporting mobile operators to sell Dell Mini 3 smart phones. Dell says its Mini 3 smartphones are designed using Google's Android platform. They have a 3.5-inch high-definition touchscreen.
"Our entry into the smart phone category is a logical extension of Dell's consumer product evolution over the past two years," said Ron Garriques, President, Dell Global Consumer Group. "We are developing smaller and smarter mobile products that enable our customers to take their internet experience out of the home and do the things they want to do whenever and wherever they want."
Dell has not released information about when they would release a sell phone in the United States or the UK.
Dell CEO Michael Dell said at the FireGlobal conference that the company will be launching a smartphone in 2010. He said it will be built with Google's Android software but they are also looking at other platforms.
"That's a starting point for us. You'll probably see products next year in the U.S. that are family members of the things we started in China." He added it will be built on Android, but they may use other open platforms, too. "There are some other open platforms that are emerging that are similar to other businesses we participate in."
Michael Dell also said that he thinks people only buy desktops if they are concerned about the cost or power. He also doesn't think netbooks will get much bigger: "I think it's leveling off at 12 to 15 percent of the market. I would be surprised if it went massively higher."
Dell Launching Laptops Featuring OPI Nail Polish Colors
Dell has partnered with OPI for new laptops with colors based on OPI's nail polish colors. Pictured above is a Dell laptop in OPI's "I'm Not Really a Waitress" color. Some of the other nail polish colors include "Big Apple Red," "Strawberry Margarita," "Rosy Future" and "Kyoto Pearl." Dell says laptops will eventually be available in 26 OPI shades including six Holiday Collection colors including "Dear Santa," "Merry Midnight" and "Smitten with Mittens."
You can see some of the OPI colored Dells here on the company's Flickr. The OPI color options for Dell Mini, Inspiron and Studio laptops will be available in the Dell Design Studio at Dell.com first in the U.S. and later in other countries. Select OPI colors also will also be available at many retailers.
The WSJ Digit's reports that Dell announced its new Adamo XPS today but gave very little details about it. There is a side-view of the Adamo XPS on the website but that's about it. What we do know the Adamo XPS is that it is very thin - just 9.99 millimeters thick.
Dell offered "a glimpse," to use its language, of a new model of its style-conscious Adamo laptop that is less than a centimeter thick. The computer, called the Adamo XPS, is 9.99 millimeters thick, to be precise. That measurement is the reason the company chose to announce its existence on Wednesday (Get it? It’s 9/9/09). The current model is 16.5 millimeters thick.
We'd love to know more details but we will have to wait. Dell refused to give more details about the laptop to the WSJ Digit's blog.
Dell has launched a line of computers that have been slimed green for Nickelodeon. Reuters reports that the Nickelodeon PC line is based on Dell's Inspiron Mini 10v line, which starts at $300.
The 10-inch netbook has wireless Internet access, weighs less than 3 pounds and comes loaded with entertainment and educational content. It will also feature a personalized user interface with Nickelodeon-branded desktop wallpaper and icons, and easy access to the channel's online content.
Michael Tatelman, vice president of global consumer sales and marketing for Dell, said the Nickelodeon netbook is just the start of its co-branding effort as it pushes into areas such as college students and pro sports.
"The PC, like the smartphone, has become a 21st century symbol of self-expression. People are identified by what they carry, and people identify with what they carry," he said.
Reuters says the new line of PCs will be available starting in October at Dell.com, Wal-Mart locations and Walmart.com.
Dell's Alienware Launches Special Micro Center Store
Alienware, Dell's high-performance PC gaming brand, has launched its first Alienware Gaming Area at a Micro Center North Jersey location in Paterson. The store-within-a-store will showcase several of Alienware's latest products including the recently introduced Alienware M17xlaptop, the M17 and Area-51 m15x laptops and the Area-51 X58 desktop.
The Alienware Gaming Area will kick off on Saturday, July 25th, with a LAN event at noon EDT. The first 500 guests to arrive will receive Alienware t-shirts, draw string bags and 2GB USB thumb drives.
Pixie Geldof, Dasiy Lowe and Alice Dellal Reportedly Dropped by Agency
Marie Claire UK reports that Pixie Geldof, Dasiy Lowe and Alice Dellal have been dropped by Select Model Management. The girls may have been lost their jobs because of their party girl reputations.
The London agency confirmed today that it had closed its talent section, and would no longer be representing all three girls: 'It's correct we no longer have a talent section in our agency. This included girls such as Lowe and Geldof but we cannot comment on individuals because of legal issues.'
Reports suggest though that the agency had grown tired of the girl's constant late-nights. A source revealed: 'All the girls were being pictured partying hard. They were becoming over-exposed in the papers which is probably why Select thought the agency was moving in the wrong direction.'
It is good for models to keep their names in the press but if the press is negative it probably won't be helpful to an agency. There have been articles in the British press calling Pixie Geldof "wild child" - see here.
Update: A story from RTE Entertainment says the girls deny being dropped by Select Model Management. All three of the girls have apparently been picked up by Next Model Management.
The Wall Street Journalreports that Dell is developing a small device that the people could use to access the Internet. The WSJ says people who have seen it say it is a little bigger than the iPod Touch.
The gadget would run on Google Inc.'s Android software, these people said. Two people who saw early prototypes described the device as slightly larger than Apple Inc.'s iPod Touch, which is similar to the iPhone but does not have cellphone capabilities.
Another person who was briefed on the company's plans said Dell may begin selling the device later this year, though this person said the plan could be delayed or scrapped entirely.
The development effort is one of the first experiments by a big-name PC maker in a nascent category of products known as mobile Internet devices, or MIDs,which are designed to fill a perceived gap between mobile phones and laptop computers.
A Dell spokesman declined to comment on any plans for the product category.
The article says Dell has also been developing smartphones that would be powered by Android. The Dell smartphone rumor first surfaced in January. If the Wall Street Journal is correct then it sounds like Dell plans to take on both the iPhone and the iPod Touch using Google's smartphone operating system.
Dell Makes Over $3 Million in Revenues With Twitter
USA Todayreports that Dell says it is has made $3 million in revenue so far from its @delloutlet Twitter account.
"We've surpassed $2 million in revenue in terms of Dell Outlet sales, but we're also seeing that it's driving interest in new product as well," Stefanie Nelson wrote just after midnight Friday in the official Dell corporate blog. "We're seeing people come from @DellOutlet on Twitter into the Dell.com/outlet site, and then ultimately decide to purchase a new system from elsewhere on Dell.com.
If we factor those new system purchases that come from @DellOutlet, we've actually eclipsed $3 million in overall sales."
That's a drop in the bucket for a multil-billion company like Dell, of course. But it suggests all sorts of possibilities for how Twitter may ultimately earn some loot.
Dell Outlet has over 640,000 followers on its Twitter account. Dell's account is one of several retailers that have a large number of followers. You can see a directory of retailers on Twitter here.
Diego Della Valle has already
shown a paper profit on his investment in Saks Fifth Avenue. Things are moving quickly: Della Valle is reportedly attempting to set up a personal meeting with the other major rival for the company, investor and shareholder Carlos Slim Helu.
Shares of Saks Inc. didn't hold onto all of the gains made last week, but Diego Della Valle has made a $3.1 million profit on his increased investment in the luxury retailer.
Della Valle, chief executive officer of Tod's SpA, the Italian footwear and accessories firm that includes Saks on its account list, acquired a 5.9 percent stake in Saks through the acquisition of 8.48 million shares between Feb. 20 and May 7. The total consideration for the stake was $30.3 million, making the average price paid $3.57 a share.
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Shares fell during the rest of the week, ratcheting down 2 percent Friday to $3.94, but on paper, Della Valle was still holding a better than $3.1 million profit.
In comments after the disclosure of earnings results on Tuesday, Stephen I. Sadove, chairman and ceo of Saks, described Della Valle as "a great vendor for Saks and knows the business. I am happy he is an investor in the company."
The Italian entrepreneur has yet to comment on his stake but, according to a published report in Italy, he wants to meet with Carlos Slim Helu, the Mexican billionaire who owns 18.6 percent of Saks.
The market seems to like the fact that Della Valle and Helu are so determined to own the company: clearly they think Saks will rebound when the economy turns around.
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