The Weeknd Walks Away From Deal With H&M Looks like H&M lost one of their most valuable endorsers with their little racist slip up earlier today . Among all the outraged Twitter users who caught wind of the retailer placing a beautiful little black boy in a hoodie referring to him as “The Coolest Monkey In The Jungle” was one of the top artists on Pop and Urban Radio today, The Weeknd. If you’ll recall, The Weeknd launched his own XO clothing line with the retailer last year. But it looks like that won’t be continuing much longer. The Weeknd took to his Twitter to let it be known that he’s disgusted by his people being compared to monkeys in their advertising, and is pulling the plug on his relationship with the clothier. woke up this morning shocked and embarrassed by this photo. i’m deeply offended and will not be working with @hm anymore… pic.twitter.com/P3023iYzAb — The Weeknd (@theweeknd) January 8, 2018 We can’t say we blame him AT ALL. SMH. WENN/Getty
Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace spoke out against Top Shop when the retailer started selling a leather jacket bearing the name of the band without permission.
Footwearnews.com : Rihanna just hit another major moment in her career. Nearly seven months after Rihanna debuted her first runway collection with Puma at New York Fashion Week, the line was officially made available to the public today. The “Needed Me” singer was on hand for the exclusive launch at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City. While crowds swarmed Rihanna as she posed with the retailer’s shop windows, more fans eagerly waited inside to get a glimpse of Puma’s creative director and to shop her collection. She added, “For an island girl like me to carry such a prestigious brand like Puma from just the athleticism of the brand to glamour, and bring it all the way to Bergdorf Goodman is such a big deal for me. It makes me feel very special. Thank you guys for taking a chance on me. I can’t believe my fans can come here and buy my collection.” Footwearnews.com Continue reading →
Target may be removing some of its Annie-inspired ads after a Change.org petition appeared online that called out the retailer for “whitewashing” their ads. Customers noticed that…
Walmart is yet to apologize for these 37 ridiculous people who have frequented its aisles at some point in the recent past. But the global chain has come out and said it’s very sorry for offering Halloween costumes to “Fat Girls.” Earlier today, online customers were aghast to see the retailer labeled a section of its adult plus-size Halloween outfits as “Fat Girl Costumes.” An influx of negative responses turned “Fat Girl Costumes” into a trending topic on Twitter, with one user summing up everyone’s feelings thusly: “Walmart took it to another level today with their ‘fat girl costumes’ section on their website. Disappointed and flabbergasted.” In response to the controversy, a spokesperson for Walmart has issues the following statement: This never should have been on our site. It is unacceptable, and we apologize. We are working to remove it as soon as possible and ensure this never happens again.” The section of the website has since been revised to read “Women’s Plus-Size Halloween Costumes.” 17 Halloween Costumes Woman Have Somehow Made Skanky 1. Slutty Corn You’ll wanna take your time while picking these kernels from between your teeth! Last year, Target was also forced to apologize after it listed a plus-sized dress as available in manatee gray . Seriously, Webmasters, this stuff isn’t hard to not get to horribly and offensively wrong.
Topshop told her to go to hell and instead RihRih will be laughing on her way to the bank! Via MailOnline reports : Pop superstar Rihanna today won a High Court fight with clothing giant Topshop over a T-shirt they sold with her face on it in a case that could be worth £3million. The singer claimed the ‘unendorsed’ white T-shirt with a photograph of her in a bra top may have damaged her image because fans could have thought it was genuine merchandise. The Barbadian star, who sued under her real name Robyn Rihanna Fenty, claimed she is entitled to damages from Arcadia Group Brands Ltd, which operates Topshop, over the unauthorized use of her picture. Topshop disputed her claim but Judge Mr Justice Birss ruled in her favor today after a hearing in London, but will decide on damages at a later date. Justice Birss said Topshop’s sale of a Rihanna T-shirt at the center of the dispute was an act of ‘passing off’. But he said the ‘mere sale’ of a T-shirt bearing the image of a famous person was not necessarily an act of ‘passing off’. ‘A substantial number of purchasers are likely to (have been) deceived into buying (the) T-shirt because of a false belief that it has been authorized by Rihanna,’ he said. The judge said that was damaging to her ‘goodwill’ and represented a loss of control over her reputation in the ‘fashion sphere’. He said it was for the singer not Topshop to choose what garments the public thought were endorsed by her. The superstar’s team asked the high street clothing chain run by billionaire Sir Phillip Green to stop selling them. The legal threat came despite the What’s My Name singer having dined with Sir Philip and music mogul Simon Cowell while on her Christmas break to Barbados in 2010 . The star tweeted about the Boxing Day meal they had together, saying: ‘Just had dinner w/ Simon Cowell Philip Green @ Sandy Lane! Great night!’ She has also spent time with Sir Philip’s daughter Chloe while holidaying at the same time in the Caribbean two years ago. It was even rumored she might follow in the footsteps of Kate Moss and design a range for Topshop, but the two parties ended up in court. Last year Topshop released a T-shirt featuring a picture of Rihanna from her ‘We Found Love’ music video, which sold out quickly afterwards. This month the court heard that while the singer was claiming the top blighted her image it had not stopped her entourage contacting Topshop to ask for clothes for Rihanna half a dozen times since the lawsuit was launched, the retailer’s lawyers said. A barrister at London’s High Court claimed Rihanna’s representatives had asked Topshop for products for the singer on ’10 recent occasions’, and said her ‘shopping habits’ were testament to the retailer’s own considerable reputation. Of those 10 occasions, six came after Rihanna launched proceedings against Topshop, said Geoffrey Hobbs QC. The T-shirt in question is printed with a snap of the star wearing a bra top, which she says was ‘very similar’ to images used on one of her album covers. She claimed sales of the shirt amounted to ‘passing off’ and may have led to her reputation being tarnished with her fans, had they bought the garment thinking it was ‘genuine’ endorsed merchandise with ‘an emotional connection to their heroine’. Lawyers for Topshop maintained the retailer did nothing wrong, and accused the pop star of making an unjustifiable bid to establish a ‘free standing image right’ over use of her picture in the UK. Mr Justice Birss, sitting at London’s High Court, heard that Topshop bought a license to use the image on the T-shirt from the photographer who took it, during the video shoot for Rihanna’s single We Found Love which was filmed in Belfast and Bangor, Northern Ireland, in November 2011. However the 25-year-old singer protested that they had short changed her and her fans when the T-shirt went on sale. Congratulations RihRih! Props on making “the man” pay for trying to use your image without your permission. FameFlynetPictures/Tumblr
There’s no way the hardest working woman in showbiz would miss one of the biggest night’s in showbiz. Little Monsters everywhere can rejoice, because Lady Gaga will be performing at the upcoming 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. The Gaga joins a VMA roster that already includes Adele, Lil Wayne, Bruno Mars, Chris Brown and Young the Giant. The 2011 VMAs will air August 28. Gaga unexpectedly unleashed the mind-blowing six-minute “You and I” music video Tuesday via Twitter. The video makes its TV debut tonight at 7:49 p.m. on MTV. “You and I” is the fourth single to be released from Born This Way . In addition to performing, Lady Gaga is nominated for four Moonmen at the VMAs: Best Female Video (“Born This Way”), Best Art Direction (“Judas”), Best Choreography (” Judas “) and Best Video With a Message (“Born This Way”). [Photo: WENN.com]
Abercrombie & Fitch’s timing, not unlike its earnings outlook, is less than stellar. Just hours after their offer to Jersey Shore ‘s The Situation – to pay him a “substantial amount” in exchange for him NOT wearing their apparel – the latest figures for the preppy retail chain were released. Short story? They sucked. “Looks like Abercrombie got themselves into a Situation!” you-know-who tweeted. Sitch, a.k.a. Mike Sorrentino, went on to add: “Thanks #SituationNation for having my back and you are the best fans in the world! I love you guys!” An article detailing the steady decline of A&F stock coincidentally came out right after new wake of their non-endorsement offer to Sitch had leaked. There was no mention of any correlation to the Jersey Shore cast’s love for the brand, but company’s stock took a dive of nine percent regardless. Despite their offer, clearly a diss of Mike and an opportunistic PR ploy, the retailer is still offering its bestselling “The Fitchuation” t-shirts online. Not that MTV is bitter in the least. “It’s a clever PR stunt,” the network said. “We’d love to work with them on other ways they can leverage Jersey Shore to reach the largest youth audience on TV.” MTV 1, A&F 0.
Abercrombie & Fitch’s timing, not unlike its earnings outlook, is less than stellar. Just hours after their offer to Jersey Shore ‘s The Situation – to pay him a “substantial amount” in exchange for him NOT wearing their apparel – the latest figures for the preppy retail chain were released. Short story? They sucked. “Looks like Abercrombie got themselves into a Situation!” you-know-who tweeted. Sitch, a.k.a. Mike Sorrentino, went on to add: “Thanks #SituationNation for having my back and you are the best fans in the world! I love you guys!” An article detailing the steady decline of A&F stock coincidentally came out right after new wake of their non-endorsement offer to Sitch had leaked. There was no mention of any correlation to the Jersey Shore cast’s love for the brand, but company’s stock took a dive of nine percent regardless. Despite their offer, clearly a diss of Mike and an opportunistic PR ploy, the retailer is still offering its bestselling “The Fitchuation” t-shirts online. Not that MTV is bitter in the least. “It’s a clever PR stunt,” the network said. “We’d love to work with them on other ways they can leverage Jersey Shore to reach the largest youth audience on TV.” MTV 1, A&F 0.
From teenage employee to Macy’s partner, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has come full circle with the retailer thanks to a recently inked exclusive partnership de…
