Creating a fashion event is a huge amount of work. There are so many elements that go into it. So many people. So many places for things to go wrong. When it comes to show time most people in the audience have no idea what the event planner went through to make it all happen. They are just there to have a good time, and look at pretty girls. Then they leave.
Since I have been doing the body painting for some of these events I have noticed some things that seem to be the “norm” for the shows. It seems that several or many models cancelling is an absolute certainty. You never book exactly the number of models you need you book more so you can get the number you need. Another absolute certainty is that something that belongs to the models is going to be stolen. Sometimes it is a wallet, phone, cash, outfits, shoes, or anything else they brought in the door. Somehow it magically disappears by some invisible means by the time they get off the runway.
Everyone is hoping to get their big break. The hairstylist will do shows for free until someone sees how amazing they are and pay them for their artistry. The make-up artists are in the same boat and so are the photographers. And of course the models. So the guest artist event I did last night should have cost the show $500 at a minimum (everyone involved getting ONLY $50, plus paying for supplies). The models should have gotten $100 a piece. The hairdresser normally gets $150 for a photo shoot. I normally get $200 plus supplies. The photographer is normally $250. We also bought pizza since we started at noon and the show finished at 10pm. There was also a run to Walgreens for other supplies. Each of the models also had to buy underwear for the shoot. So in order for everyone to be paid their normal fee, it should have cost somewhere in the ballpark of $900.
Like I said. I think most people have no idea. That was just for two models! I know that before I started doing this I had no idea, which is why I wrote this.
Which brings me to my second point. The assumptions of these events are that stealing is normal, saying you are going to be there, and not showing up, is normal. Not in my world! I want to create events where people participating, in general, aren’t afraid that their things are going to be stolen. I also want everyone to get paid something! This has got to change! Lastly I want the audience to stay and actually talk to everyone! I mean people should get to meet the human beings who put hours of their life together for two to three minutes of runway time! These are artists! The models are NOT just bodies, they are people. We have to start caring, and I want to create special events where everyone WANTS to participate they are treated like real people, they are respected, their things are safe and don’t go missing, they get paid for their time and effort, and everyone stays to talk, dance, and have a good time past the runway show.
How is that possible? Easy. Relationships. You spend time getting to know the people that are on time, show up, do good work, and have awesome attitudes on and off the runway. Drama queens, flakes, lewd audience members and jealous boyfriends can go to other people’s shows. The idea is that the people who do all the bad behavior may want to get into my show, but it requires them to be better than anyone has thought possible of them before.
2011年12月19日星期一
2011年12月8日星期四
Newspaper Briefing, including 'Mario Draghi under pressure as Europes banks beg for help'
Gilt futures held steady but lagged bunds after a well-bid German debt auction and fears that an agreement to solve the Eurozone debt crisis will not be reached. The March gilt future settled one tick down on the day at 114.33, while the equivalent bund future was 78 ticks higher. In the cash market, the yield on ten-year gilts was two basis points lower at 2.23%.
Deal of the day: Roofing might not be the most interesting work but at least Hightex is going to be doing it in one of the worlds greatest football stadiums. Shares in the group rose 0.35p to 1.97p, after it won a 10 million contract to install the cable and membrane roof structure for Rio de Janeiros Maracaa stadium, where the final of the 2014 World Cup will be played.
Tiddler to watch: Petroceltic added 0.7p to 7.4p, after reporting the best appraisal results to date at its Ain Tsila field in Algeria. Bank of America Merrill Lynch said that the oil flow rate had reassured it of the fields productivity and, as such, its commercial prospects, which would generate greater interest in an upcoming sale of a stake in the project.
Mario Draghi under pressure as Europes banks beg for help: Mario Draghi is expected to announce fresh, ultra-long term loan programmes to help to alleviate the funding gap in the regions banking sector this afternoon. The ECB said that banks had demanded more than $50 billion of cut-rate dollar loans, the most since the aftermath of the Lehman crash, after it joined the Federal Reserve and other central banks in a co-ordinated action last week.
Unions broadside greets George Osborne plan to end national pay bargaining: The Government faced fresh anger from unions after the Chancellor announced plans to end national pay bargaining sooner than expected. Signalling that he was keen to get the ball rolling, George Osborne told the Treasury Select Committee that he had written to pay review bodies about his plans to base public sector wages on local conditions and that he hoped to implement the new rules in the pay year 2013-14.
Protests force Ministers to shelve supermarket opening: The Prime Minister of India was facing humiliation after he was forced to abandon a long-awaited plan to allow foreign chains such as Tesco to open supermarkets in the country. The U-turn, announced by Manmohan Singh in Parliament, followed two weeks of mounting street protests by shopkeepers who feared that the big multinational chains would drive them out of business.
Apple loses latest round of iPad battle: The unfettered rise of Apples iPad has hit an unexpected stumbling block after a court in China rejected the companys claim to the iPad trademark, potentially hitting sales in the worlds largest consumer market. Apple has been in a long dispute with an Asian screens manufacturer over ownership of the iPad trademark.
Market slide takes the shine off Brewin Dolphin earnings: Volatile markets wiped 1 billion off the value of Brewin Dolphins assets under management in the second half. Its assets, managed mainly on behalf of wealthy private clients, fell by 4% between March and the end of September as Brewin felt the effects of sliding equity prices.
Ireland urged to consider selling Nama: Ireland should look into selling the National Asset Management Agency once it has made significant progress in disposing of its toxic loans, a government-commissioned report is expected to say. The agency, which has a 31 billion (26.5 billion) loan book, had previously been expected to dispose of all the assets it could.
Shares may become also-rans as we get older but not bolder: A muted desire for shares among cautious investors in the East and ageing populations in the West will hamper company growth, according to new research. The McKinsey Global Institute calculates that by 2020 an equity gap of $12.3 trillion (7.8 trillion) is likely to open up between household demand for listed shares and corporate requirements for additional equity.
Capital expense for parking your car: Parking spaces in London are so expensive now that buying a home with a private berth for your car costs more than a house in Middlesbrough. Research shows that owning a home in the capital with off-street parking can add an extra 10% to the value of the house, according to ING Direct.
Cost of power line soars to 750 million: The cost of the controversial Beauly-Denny electricity line has more than doubled, to nearly 750 million, because of delays and last-minute landscape improvement measures demanded by the Scottish government. The original estimate of 331 million in 2004 had climbed to 539 million earlier this year.
Britain tops the league for spying on employees: British companies are more likely to carry out surveillance on their staff than their overseas counterparts, a survey has found. One in four workers believes that their e-mails are being monitored, compared with only 28% of workers internationally. Almost half, 48% expect their employers to be monitoring their e-mails within ten years.
Deal of the day: Roofing might not be the most interesting work but at least Hightex is going to be doing it in one of the worlds greatest football stadiums. Shares in the group rose 0.35p to 1.97p, after it won a 10 million contract to install the cable and membrane roof structure for Rio de Janeiros Maracaa stadium, where the final of the 2014 World Cup will be played.
Tiddler to watch: Petroceltic added 0.7p to 7.4p, after reporting the best appraisal results to date at its Ain Tsila field in Algeria. Bank of America Merrill Lynch said that the oil flow rate had reassured it of the fields productivity and, as such, its commercial prospects, which would generate greater interest in an upcoming sale of a stake in the project.
Mario Draghi under pressure as Europes banks beg for help: Mario Draghi is expected to announce fresh, ultra-long term loan programmes to help to alleviate the funding gap in the regions banking sector this afternoon. The ECB said that banks had demanded more than $50 billion of cut-rate dollar loans, the most since the aftermath of the Lehman crash, after it joined the Federal Reserve and other central banks in a co-ordinated action last week.
Unions broadside greets George Osborne plan to end national pay bargaining: The Government faced fresh anger from unions after the Chancellor announced plans to end national pay bargaining sooner than expected. Signalling that he was keen to get the ball rolling, George Osborne told the Treasury Select Committee that he had written to pay review bodies about his plans to base public sector wages on local conditions and that he hoped to implement the new rules in the pay year 2013-14.
Protests force Ministers to shelve supermarket opening: The Prime Minister of India was facing humiliation after he was forced to abandon a long-awaited plan to allow foreign chains such as Tesco to open supermarkets in the country. The U-turn, announced by Manmohan Singh in Parliament, followed two weeks of mounting street protests by shopkeepers who feared that the big multinational chains would drive them out of business.
Apple loses latest round of iPad battle: The unfettered rise of Apples iPad has hit an unexpected stumbling block after a court in China rejected the companys claim to the iPad trademark, potentially hitting sales in the worlds largest consumer market. Apple has been in a long dispute with an Asian screens manufacturer over ownership of the iPad trademark.
Market slide takes the shine off Brewin Dolphin earnings: Volatile markets wiped 1 billion off the value of Brewin Dolphins assets under management in the second half. Its assets, managed mainly on behalf of wealthy private clients, fell by 4% between March and the end of September as Brewin felt the effects of sliding equity prices.
Ireland urged to consider selling Nama: Ireland should look into selling the National Asset Management Agency once it has made significant progress in disposing of its toxic loans, a government-commissioned report is expected to say. The agency, which has a 31 billion (26.5 billion) loan book, had previously been expected to dispose of all the assets it could.
Shares may become also-rans as we get older but not bolder: A muted desire for shares among cautious investors in the East and ageing populations in the West will hamper company growth, according to new research. The McKinsey Global Institute calculates that by 2020 an equity gap of $12.3 trillion (7.8 trillion) is likely to open up between household demand for listed shares and corporate requirements for additional equity.
Capital expense for parking your car: Parking spaces in London are so expensive now that buying a home with a private berth for your car costs more than a house in Middlesbrough. Research shows that owning a home in the capital with off-street parking can add an extra 10% to the value of the house, according to ING Direct.
Cost of power line soars to 750 million: The cost of the controversial Beauly-Denny electricity line has more than doubled, to nearly 750 million, because of delays and last-minute landscape improvement measures demanded by the Scottish government. The original estimate of 331 million in 2004 had climbed to 539 million earlier this year.
Britain tops the league for spying on employees: British companies are more likely to carry out surveillance on their staff than their overseas counterparts, a survey has found. One in four workers believes that their e-mails are being monitored, compared with only 28% of workers internationally. Almost half, 48% expect their employers to be monitoring their e-mails within ten years.
2011年7月18日星期一
3 Stocks Shaking the Market
Some stocks are one-hit wonders, making a big splash when they first appear, then quickly fizzling into obscurity or oblivion. But for other stocks, that initial big move is only a preview for even bigger and better gains to come.
Today, we've listed three stocks that made some of the biggest upward moves over the past month, which we'll pair with the ratings issued by our Motley Fool CAPS community. The higher each stock's rating, the greater CAPS members' faith in that company's ability to keep on beating the market.
While you were out, the markets have staged a remarkable recovery recently, enjoying its best week last week in almost two years. So before we get shaken out again, let's see why the CAPS community thinks some of these companies might continue to outperform the market.
A mighty temblor
Sure, Australian biotech Genetic Technologies has doubled over the past month, but over the past year, it's gained nearly 1000%, rising from a literal penny stock to over $10 a share. It's this type of gain that penny stock investors typically look for, though GT is the exception more than the rule.
Yet there's still a lot of risk here that the company could lose all of those gains. Genetic Technologies is the exclusive Australian licensee of Myriad Genetics' BRCA1 and BRCA2 patents, genes that indicate breast cancer susceptibility. Earlier this year a judge ruled that companies can't patent isolated DNA sequences since they occur in nature, and last week, Genetic Technologies requested that its shares not trade on the markets as it considers raising capital.
While it said it didn't expect the halt to last past Thursday, the stock has yet to trade and no further explanation has been forthcoming. Investors have a right to be fearful. Significant dilution or a significantly underpriced offering could cause the stock to plummet from its heights. Stopping a stock from trading for a day or two is one thing. For a week is just odd.
With just 29% of the CAPS members rating Genetic Technologies to outperform the broad market averages there's obviously deep skepticism here. But add it to your watchlist to keep an eye on what happens next.
Today, we've listed three stocks that made some of the biggest upward moves over the past month, which we'll pair with the ratings issued by our Motley Fool CAPS community. The higher each stock's rating, the greater CAPS members' faith in that company's ability to keep on beating the market.
While you were out, the markets have staged a remarkable recovery recently, enjoying its best week last week in almost two years. So before we get shaken out again, let's see why the CAPS community thinks some of these companies might continue to outperform the market.
A mighty temblor
Sure, Australian biotech Genetic Technologies has doubled over the past month, but over the past year, it's gained nearly 1000%, rising from a literal penny stock to over $10 a share. It's this type of gain that penny stock investors typically look for, though GT is the exception more than the rule.
Yet there's still a lot of risk here that the company could lose all of those gains. Genetic Technologies is the exclusive Australian licensee of Myriad Genetics' BRCA1 and BRCA2 patents, genes that indicate breast cancer susceptibility. Earlier this year a judge ruled that companies can't patent isolated DNA sequences since they occur in nature, and last week, Genetic Technologies requested that its shares not trade on the markets as it considers raising capital.
While it said it didn't expect the halt to last past Thursday, the stock has yet to trade and no further explanation has been forthcoming. Investors have a right to be fearful. Significant dilution or a significantly underpriced offering could cause the stock to plummet from its heights. Stopping a stock from trading for a day or two is one thing. For a week is just odd.
With just 29% of the CAPS members rating Genetic Technologies to outperform the broad market averages there's obviously deep skepticism here. But add it to your watchlist to keep an eye on what happens next.
2011年3月31日星期四
New regulations combat increased metal theft
On Valentine's Day, TV news reported that drainage grates were disappearing from the streets and parking lots in Clifton, New Jersey. Bronze plaques were also pried off war memorials. Gaps in the pavement created dangerous pedestrian hazards and the desecration of the memorials was heartbreaking for the community. Police attributed it to metal thieves and suggested that the culprits may be methamphetamine addicts looking to pay for a quick fix. Law enforcement experts believe that the majority of the thefts are crimes of opportunity rather than anything organized.
In a tough economy, however, and with the rising prices of scrap metals, random crimes of opportunity are aggravating the metal theft situation.
Unfortunately, increased metal thefts are happening at a time when state and municipal budgets are being stretched to pay for essential services. It also comes when hiring freezes and cuts in law enforcement are being imposed. The reality is that in many jurisdictions, more serious crimes take higher priority.
Gary Bush, the national law enforcement liaison director of material theft prevention at Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), spent 33 years in Florida law enforcement as a patrol officer, sergeant and field training supervisor.
In his last years in Florida, he was a metal theft investigator. In October, 2008 Bush joined ISRI. Today he oversees ScrapTheftAlert.com, ISRI's web-based system that helps members and law enforcement catch thieves, recover materials and return them to the rightful owner.
"I handle most of the day to day operations for the system for the United States and Canada, approving alerts issued by recyclers and other stakeholders, vetting new officers into the system, and providing guidance to those using it. I've also developed an outreach plan, conducting workshops to help law enforcement and recyclers learn how we can help each other in combating metal theft."
In a tough economy, however, and with the rising prices of scrap metals, random crimes of opportunity are aggravating the metal theft situation.
Unfortunately, increased metal thefts are happening at a time when state and municipal budgets are being stretched to pay for essential services. It also comes when hiring freezes and cuts in law enforcement are being imposed. The reality is that in many jurisdictions, more serious crimes take higher priority.
Gary Bush, the national law enforcement liaison director of material theft prevention at Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), spent 33 years in Florida law enforcement as a patrol officer, sergeant and field training supervisor.
In his last years in Florida, he was a metal theft investigator. In October, 2008 Bush joined ISRI. Today he oversees ScrapTheftAlert.com, ISRI's web-based system that helps members and law enforcement catch thieves, recover materials and return them to the rightful owner.
"I handle most of the day to day operations for the system for the United States and Canada, approving alerts issued by recyclers and other stakeholders, vetting new officers into the system, and providing guidance to those using it. I've also developed an outreach plan, conducting workshops to help law enforcement and recyclers learn how we can help each other in combating metal theft."
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