HOT TIPS : FOSSILS FACE FACTS.Fossil's retro marketing assault first targeted America's wrists with sleek watches, then moved on to shoulders and hip pockets with leather wallets and purses. Now they're going straight for the face - eyeglasses eyeglasses or spectacles, instrument or device for aiding and correcting defective sight. Eyeglasses usually consist of a pair of lenses mounted in a frame to hold them in position before the eyes. . Hey, if Calvin Klein Noun 1. Calvin Klein - United States fashion designer noted for understated fashions (born in 1942) Calvin Richard Klein, Klein can design eyewear, why not a watchmaker? And the Fossil frames do look pretty cool. Fossil advertising borrows heavily from the '50s, but the frames and matching sunglasses clips look nothing like the horned-rim glasses of yesteryear yes·ter·year n. 1. The year before the present year. 2. Time past; yore. yes . There are 20 frames, including 11 ``unisex looks,'' four women's styles, four children's frames and one men's. The price is comparable to other designer frames: Roughly $100 for the frames and another $40 for an optional sunglasses clip. Check them out at major department stores This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. , specialty retailers and on the Internet at www.fossil.com. - Phil Davis
When the bottoms are tops It's not enough that parents have to cope with the latest toy craze, now they have to worry if their child's diapers are in style. Target stores are to blame. They've introduced Show-Offs, a new product they're calling an ``upscale brand of diapers, designed with fashion in mind.'' Fashion and diapers? When I think of my 15-month-old son's diapers, I think functional. Not anymore. Show-Offs come in sizes 2 through 5; each package includes various colors with designs - pastels dotted with stars, for example - that will change periodically to reflect the latest trends in fashion. As far as functional goes, Show-Offs passed the poo-poo test. (Yes, I really tested them.) Frankly, plain white diapers are just as effective, but if you insist on dressing your little one in ``fashion diapers,'' prepare to pay $4.99 for a package of 21. That may sound a little steep but, hey, fashion doesn't come cheap. Break through with Mental Block A computer, and all its accouterments ac·cou·ter·ment or ac·cou·tre·ment n. 1. An accessory item of equipment or dress. Often used in the plural. 2. Military equipment other than uniforms and weapons. Often used in the plural. 3. . The phone, plus the portable headset. A pen jar, a Rolodex, a stapler sta·pler 1 n. One who deals in staple goods or staple fibers. stapler Noun a device used to fasten things together with a staple Noun 1. , a tape dispenser, reference books, photographs, paper clips ... In this mess, who's got room for a calendar? Easy, says Andrews McMeel Publishing, distributors of the brand-new, multifunctional Mental Block. It's a calendar. It's a toy. It's a paperweight. It's art and function rolled into one Adj. 1. rolled into one - made up of several components combined into a single entity combined - made or joined or united into one . The big block actually consists of eight smaller cubes that unfold and realign re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. to expose 12 different sides - each side exposing a new month. It's just the thing for fidgeters with cluttered desks. Mental Block calendars for 2000 come in four choices: Dilbert, cats, dogs and fine art. The suggested retail price is $7.99 and they're available now at bookstores. - Betty Kwong CAPTION(S): 4 Photos Photo: (1) no caption (Fossil eyeglasses) (2) no caption (Show-Offs diapers) (3--4) no caption (Mental Blocks) |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion