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Amy Chaffins is a journalist working for the Echo Press newspaper. After graduating from St. Cloud State University, Amy's first job was at KSAX-TV working as an anchor and reporter. From 2003-2010, Amy worked as an editor and reporter for the Pope County Tribune and Starbuck Times newspapers. During her journalism career, Amy earned writing and photography awards from the Associated Press, Minnesota Newspaper Association and Society of Professional Journalists. Amy and her husband, Brandon, live in Alexandria and together write "He Sez, She Sez," a humor column in the local women's magazine, Chicz.
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Tickets are on sale now for the always-popular Taste of Home Cooking School set for Tuesday, September 24 at Lake Geneva Christian Center in Alexandria. Tickets are available at two locations: -- Echo Press office: 225 7th Avenue East in Alexandria; and -- Elden's Fresh Foods: corner of Third Avenue East and Nokomis Street in Alexandria. General admission tickets are $12 and available at either location. VIP tickets are available for $35 at the Echo Press office.
Next time you look to the stars, consider this: Osakis is key in what scientists are learning about space. A farm place east of Osakis houses scientific equipment that gathers data on the weather in space. The equipment is used as part of a project called Canadian Array for Realtime Investigations of Magnetic Activity (CARISMA), led by Professor David Milling at the University of Alberta (UofA) in Canada. Judi and Gregg Anderson of Osakis partnered with Milling and offered up a corner of their pole barn to host the UofA's big black box.
On August 6, thousands of communities nationwide will celebrate the 30th annual National Night Out and Alexandria is taking part too with its annual Community Night Out. Local families are invited to attend Community Night Out at City Park in Alexandria on Tuesday, August 6 from 5 to 7 p.m.
Amanda Lea Peltier, 31, of Starbuck has been charged with the murder of 4-year-old Eric Parker Dean, her fiance's son. Eric was the son of Sommar Kemp of Glenwood and David Dean of Starbuck.
Active Living Douglas County (ALDC) recently celebrated five years of progress.
A rough ride will soon be a whole lot smoother for students, staff, parents and bus drivers who use the Discovery Middle School parking lots. District 206 school board members unanimously approved a project to repair the bus loop that runs in front of the school and the bus parking area behind the school. Improvements are set to begin early to mid-August. The project was awarded to low-bidder Riley Brothers Companies of Morris for $240,498; the engineer's estimated cost for the project was $294,000.
Test results have been returned to city officials regarding the impact of a water runoff event that flowed into Lake Osakis. A heavy rain moved through the Osakis area June 20-21 and forced the release of rainwater runoff that had reportedly infiltrated the city's sewer system. How much was released remains unknown. Three of six water samples taken from Lake Osakis indicated elevated E. coli levels.
Alexandria School Board members donned hard hats and safety vests Monday evening and ventured inside the shell of the new Alexandria Area High School. The tour of the new high school construction seemed to breathe life into months and months of meetings, blueprints and planning. Dean Anderson, school board chair, said, "I was impressed with the quality of the construction. Both the exactness and accuracy of a project of this size and the strength and robustness of the structure. We are getting a very quality building.
Calvin Uhl of Osakis took center stage in June to receive the state's Veterans of Foreign War (VFW) J.
Summertime has proven to be the deadliest time of year on the roads in Minnesota, largely due to motorists traveling faster at unsafe speeds, with clear roads providing a false sense of security, according to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS). As part of an effort to slow down speeders, DPS is stepping up speed enforcement through this weekend. Statewide, there were 243 speed-related deaths in the last three years. Younger drivers, younger than age 30, accounted for nearly 60 percent of speed-related deaths statewide from 2010 through 2012. Drivers in the ages 30 to 64 age-gr


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100th International Women's Day
An incredible amount of progress has been achieved for women over the last 100 years. In the U.S., a recent report released by the White House titled
Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being
shows that the number of women attending college and going into the workforce is closely equal to men. However, overall women still earn only 75% of what men earn. Women continue to struggle with issues such as balancing work and family commitments, succeeding in male-dominated workplaces, and being true to their own voice and dreams.
In other countries around the world, the working and living conditions of women varies widely. Some enjoy the near-equality found in the U.S. while others are still fighting a steep up-hill battle against wide-spread discrimination and violence.
Personally, I am very grateful to all the women who have gone before me who fought to bring about the changes in law and society that I enjoy today. They made many sacrifices, but most importantly they refused to accept conditions that were unacceptable. They envisioned a world of equality that didn't yet exist, and bit by bit made that world more of a reality.
We've come a long way, but we've still got some hurdles to jump. One of the biggest is the lack of financial equality. I believe that starts with financial education, which is why I created Rich Woman.
Today, I challenge you to ask yourself these two questions:
1) In what way(s) am I facing inequality in my life?
2) What can I do to succeed despite these inequalities?
Whatever you do, don't let the fact that life isn't fair hold you back from pursuing your dreams! Not only can you succeed, you can help pave the way for the women who will follow in your footsteps.
Here's to you!
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I always envied people on the West Coast because I thought they had more competitions, seminars, and open mats, but this week I found out I might have been looking in the wrong places.
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Cuba was a destination I had been wanting to visit for years, but the idea of spending a week at an all inclusive wasn't appealing. When I was booking my trip there, Viñales was one of the towns I knew I wanted to explore. Viñales is a World Heritage Site, but the main reason why I wanted to visit was to explore the tobacco fields and see how cigars are prepared. My trip was with Cuban Adventures, on the New Years Rumba tour. In Viñales, they did a wonderful job, arranging a guide for us who lived in the area and knew it as only a local could. He had a wealth of knowledge on tobacco, vegetation and the people who live there. Even for those not big on tobacco, Viñales has lots to offer: its surrounding farmland is lush and plentiful, with organic farms, caves, horseback riding, beach excursions, swimming and lots of day hikes. Valeri, our main guide for the tour, gave us plenty of tips about what we could do, joined us for lunch and made sure we were taken care of in our homestays. Continue Reading
Celebrating Christmas Eve in Cuba – Las Parrandas de Remedios
I'm home from Cuba and it has been a hard transition back to my everyday life in Vancouver. I miss my travel companions from the Cuban Adventures tour, the delicious and cheap mojitos, the hot weather, smoking Cuban cigars, walking around exploring new cities and towns and the people that I met. The photographic opportunities ranged from crumbling old buildings in Havana to white sand beaches at sunset in Varadero and lush, tropical fields of tobacco in Vinales. I can't wait to share my stories and photos of my Cuban trip. One of my adventures was heading to Remedios to celebrate Noche Buena (Christmas Eve), a night that I won't forget anytime soon. Las Parrandas de Remedios is a night of partying in the streets and celebrating Christmas Eve on a rooftop. We enjoyed fireworks, dancing, partying, wandering the streets, exploring the stalls and squeezing past locals drinking rum and Cristal, all while the final touches were being made to parade floats. Las Parrandas de Remedios Continue Reading
Jumping in at Lake of the Woods
Have you ever had the desire to pull your car over and jump into a cold but refreshing body of water? Well, go for it! I was on my way home from a road trip to Lytton, BC, driving along Hwy #1 when I pulled over on the shoulder of the road. I was hot, sweaty and a bit tired, I needed something refreshing and drinking water wasn't doing it. I did a Google search and found out that there was a lake only six minutes away just before Hope, BC. I decided that Lake of the Woods (Schkam Lake) would be my next stop. As I pulled closer to the lake, cars were parked along the side of the road and the parking lot was full. It was British Columbia Day and the place was packed. As the view of the lake came into view, the colours drew me in, crystal clear blue waters with a hint of green. I climbed down a small, dirt hill to enjoy a spot away from the families enjoying the lake. I threw my sandals to the side and walked in, the cold water was exhilarating. No bathing suit was available so Continue Reading
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One Incredible Road Trip to Lytton, British Columbia I needed an escape from the hot weather for a weekend and wanted some time to myself. I decided a road trip would solve this dilemma. In August, I picked up a Modo car and headed east towards the Fraser Canyon, along Hwy #1 to Lytton, British Columbia. The Fraser Canyon was on my left as I drove through tunnels in the mountains and stopped off at a view points along the way. After stopping for breakfast, I pulled into the small town of Lytton, BC. Lytton was my destination for the weekend full of white water rafting and exploring. Lytton is a small town of approximately 228 people, most people would drive right past the small town, but I encourage you to stop and get out on the river. You don't know what you are missing until you experience it. If you aren't up for paddling, jump in one of the motor boats and get a unique view of the Thompson River and the Fraser Canyon. My highlights of the weekend are included in the video Continue Reading
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As I pull on my sweater, grab my tea and open the front door, I realize that colder weather will soon be coming. I was walking to my day job, when I was wished that I had taken my gloves with me. The summer had flown by! Granted, I was recovering from my accident for most of it but I still can't believe fall is here! It is sitting by a fire, sipping hot drinks and wearing rain gear season again. I do love winter in Vancouver but the rain can get to you. The temperature hardly ever goes below zero, and the snow usually stays on the mountains; the rest of Canada laughs at Vancouver at how we handle snow if it does fall in the city. This year, I've planned a winter escape as a celebration for a milestone birthday. The big news is I'm going to Cuba for my 30th birthday! I'm excited for this trip. As I enter into a new decade, I want to do something memorable. I could have booked an all-inclusive package for the two weeks but I wanted to see Cuba that is outside of Continue Reading
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Day trip to Bainbridge Island Do you enjoy a ferry trip while travelling? Yes please for me! One of the things I love about travelling is when I get to go out or be by the water. If I can't be in a kayak or a canoe, I'll take any boat that I can. I thought about renting a sailboat when visiting Seattle with family but it was out of the question as none of us knew how to sail! After searching for different options, I stumbled upon one that was accessible and inexpensive, the Washington State Ferries. There are a couple of different route options but we chose one of the short ones, a trip to Bainbridge Island! What I love about this ferry is that it leaves right from downtown Seattle, no commuting out of town to the terminals. You have the option of walking on and off or driving on. A tip, you don't need a car if you are exploring the small but cute downtown area of Bainbridge. We drove on the ferry as we couldn't find a good deal for downtown Seattle parking and didn't Continue Reading
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As I prepare for my next road trip to Tofino, I'm reflecting back on a road trip that I took in July, when my father came out to visit. I wish I could spend every weekend going someplace new and travelling but work limits that. After spending time in Vancouver, we booked a rental car and headed into Washington State. After a couple of stops, we were pulling into our Airbnb ready to settle in for a multi-day trip. Road trips hold a special place in my heart, I love the open road, driving on the highway and having the freedom to stop when and where you wish. One problem that I've experienced when crossing the border is my cell phone goes into roaming and the costs are ridiculous. I use to stand in front of a big coffee chain every time I went down, just to check my e-mail or to look up directions. The one time I didn't, I came home to hundreds of dollars on my cell bill. I learned my lesson! This time, I was looking at buying an upgrade plan with my carrier, Bell, however it Continue Reading


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Since the initial shock of Research In Motion's(RIMM) disappointing quarterly earnings numbers last month, a number of investors have tried to call a bottom and point out how cheap are the company's shares. They shouldn't. A report from TheStreet.
Stocks remained lower Wednesday after the Fed's latest "beige book" report pointed to a slowly recovering economy. Boeing fell. RIM rose.
Traders as well as Fast Money friends have revealed some of their top trading ideas for the second half of 2010.
Larry Ellison, founder and chief executive of Oracle, raked in that sum from 1999 to 2009, making him the highest-paid CEO and the next poster boy for the pay prudes.
The traders agree that the market wants to make a big move. Will technical resistance give bears momentum to send stocks whooshing?
Investors should look for companies with strong earnings and growth potential, said Doug Bantum, head of sales at Capstone Investments. He discussed his best plays.
According to the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, specific absorption rate, or SAR, is "a way of measuring the quantity of radio frequency (RF) energy that is absorbed by the body." For a phone to pass FCC certification and be sold in the United States, its maximum SAR level must be less than 1.6 watts per kilogram. In Europe, the level is capped at 2 watts per kilogram while Canada allows a maximum of 1.6 watts per kilogram.
Aren't you bored with summer fun in the sun? Our traders can hardly wait to say goodbye to the Hamptons and hello to cold winter weather.
The Dow pulled off its fourth-straight gain, led by DuPont after better-than-expected earnings from the chemicals maker. But the gain was more modest than in recent sessions as a drop in consumer confidence tempered investors' enthusiasm. Financials rose, while energy and consumer-discretionary stocks were among the weakest links.
In today's trading session, 42 stocks in the S&P 500 reached a new 52-week high. Here is a look at those companies.
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Stocks turned lower Tuesday as worries about a drop in consumer confidence offset better-than-expected result from DuPont.
iPhone users don't have to fear criminal charges for jailbreaking their iPhones, thanks to new rules the Library of Congress handed down yesterday. But the hack is still risky.
Can commercial real estate possibly resurrect itself without the mortgage-backed securitization market? It's a chicken and egg question, really. Does commercial real estate need securitization to come back to survive, or will the securitization market return if prices go up?
U.S. stock index futures pushed higher ahead of the open Tuesday in the wake of better-than-expected result from DuPont and ahead of more corporate earnings.
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I forget additions all the time and just recently made an entire batch of beer with cascade instead of crystal (I am not sure how it turned out yet, but I am sure it's fine), but probably my most problematic batch was when I made "hobgoblin" and accidentally got dark DME instead of light, and bought chocolate rye instead of chocolate malt. I then had to try and crush the rye with a rolling pin since the local joint didn't have any way to crush it.
The batch turned out great.
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My worst mistake ever was right at pitching time, when I knocked over a White Labs yeast vial (yeah, no starter for this brew) and poured it all out onto my countertop.
Hmm. No other yeast in the house. Saturday evening, so LHBS is closed until Monday. Do I leave my wort sitting around for two days? Nah...
I can't remember when I last cleaned the countertop, but at least judging by a quick eyeball check all I can see is a bunch of breadcrumbs. So I scrape up as much of the spilled yeast as I can (using the side of a knife to slide it onto a thin sheet of metal), then go ahead and pitch it.
I lost so much yeast in the process, I underpitched by a ridiculous amount, and I guarantee I picked up some wild nasties from the breadcrumbs.
But the brew turned out fine. A little slow to start, but it was done fermenting within a week, and came out perfectly clear and clean with no off flavors.
Most of my other mistakes have been failing to follow recipes correctly:
My first brew ever, I picked a recipe that called for honey malt. "What's that?" I asked the friendly supplier in my LHBS. "Oh, that just means regular honey. 'Malt' is used as a generic term for any kind of fermentable stuff" he replies. So in goes a pound of honey. Later on I learn that he was completely wrong, and honey malt is of course a kind of specialty malt. But in retrospect this was actually a good thing, since real honey malt wouldn't have worked for me as I didn't know how to mash it. I also later found a different LHBS with more knowledgeable staff :-)
Another time I was doing a partial mash using first wort hopping. But I forgot I was first wort hopping, and for some reason decided to recirculate a huge amount of wort back through my grain bed by pouring it back out of the brew kettle into the mash tun (this was only my second partial mash, so I hadn't quite got my technique down). Of course this ended up with all my hops mixed in with the grain. Inexplicably, it didn't occur to me that I needed to get them back into the kettle, so I ended up with almost no hopping at all. This was an English brown with half a pound of molasses. After 3+3 weeks in primary and bottle, it was so bland as to be undrinkable: overly sweet, but lacking any kind of flavor whatsoever. So I left it and moved onto the next brew. A year later, it tasted great. Still a little on the sweet side, but it developed a wonderful complexity, with a kind of raisiny liquorice character that must have originated with the molasses.
My worst so far is adding too much top-off water to a cherry stout - ended up with about a 6.5 gal batch instead of 5.5 gal. Watery OG combined with the 1.020 curse and I ended up with a "stout" about 3% abv. The hydro sample from bottling day tasted like crap - too sweet, and very chemically from the cherry extract - imagine Robitussin mixed with dark LME. Spent two weeks trying to think of people I didn't like to give it away to.
During those two weeks it got a lot better. Very good after two more weeks. Now, everyone I've served it to raves about it, and so what if it is only 3%? It makes a great session beer...
I did my first batch of beer from a Best Brewer's American Pale Ale kit two months ago. Steeped my grains at 100 degrees for twenty minutes, then rocketed up to 185 for twenty minutes, cooled it down and added my extract. Added both cans, then I forgot to stir it in to avoid carmelization, so it sat on the bottom until the boil was done. Had three boilovers because my turkey fryer is hot *&^( Kept the boil covered with a lid the entire time. A pinecone fell in about the middle of the boil. Pitched yeast without rehydrating. Racked to primary after 3 days, moved to keg after 6 days in secondary. Went and bought a cool kegging setup and a minifrige off craigslist, and kept freezing my keg/room temping because the temperature control is busted. I've now varied the keg between room temp and a solid block of ice 4 times, and I'm buying a better frige this weekend. The darndest thing is, the beer tasted like dirty behind two weeks after I brewed it, two weeks after that it was barely drinkable, and I swear I had one last night that was pretty decent!
Just brewed an Oktoberfest kit with a full boil that went MUCH smoother, but I learned a lot from my first mistakes, so I'm hoping it will turn out even better (if I can stop making beercicles out of my keg).
I am by no means one of the "big boys".
That said, my very first brew was (supposed to be) an extract amber. 2 gallon batch split between 2 1-gallon carboys. After pitching the yeast, I had the "brilliant" notion to toss in a 1/2 cup of whole coffee beans. Without sanitizing. With all the sanitizing that I was doing, it never occurred to me that I should sanitize the coffee beans before adding them to the carboy. The first bottle had a nice coffee flavor to it, not too strong, but nice.
The rest of them tasted like vomit.
I manage with only a 12 quart boil kettle, so I usually start by 3 gallon boil pretty close to the top...The second time I did a partial mash Dead Guy clone, I overshot my sparge water by about a quart. I couldn't bear to throw it out so I thought I'd just wait until I boiled off about a quart, then add it back in. Aces, right? Except that I forgot that I needed that extra space in the kettle when I dumped in 6.5 lbs of LME in the last 10 minutes. So now with my tub of LME in one hand and spatula/spoon in the other, my wort started overflowing the kettle and burning onto the still hot stovetop (gas was off though). Doh! I had to dip out over a quart to get it back down to a safe level to continue the boil and it was still pretty full.
I actually just boiled that extra quart and a half seperately (just long enough to pasteurize it) and then cooled it and added it to the fermenter with the cooled wort and top-off water. The beer still turned out great, cleaning the stove top was a PITA though.
Lost o-ring and fished around bare arm to get it back.
Left lid off bucket when phone rang, My bulldog drenk from the bucket- The absolute best beer I have made.
Forgot to add whirlflock, just let it sit an extra bit, clear as a bell.
On my 2nd or 3rd brew I was siphoning from the BK to my Primary, got a mouth full of wort and spit it back back into the BK. Beer turned out fine.
Thought I would take a little 15 min power nap while boiling once and wound up sleeping for an hour. Boiled down a little far and messed up my hop additions, but it still turned out fine.
I've missed my mash temperature and had to heat it up and cool it down mulitple times. the mash turned out to be thin, but still made a good beer. Enzymes were confused though.


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Former Australia head coach Eddie Jones has accused England of arrogance following their recent victory over the All Blacks.
Jones slammed England centre Manu Tuilagi for walking across the try line, which Jones viewed as taunting the World Champions, rather than sprinting under the posts as he scored in the 38-21 win at Twickenham last weekend.
Jones, who now coaches Japan, believes Stuart Lancaster should stamp out such behaviour as it is disrespectful to the opposition and damaging to the game.
"There were already signs at the weekend of arrogance, with their centre walking over the line. That's disrespectful to the world champions," Jones told the Sunday Express.
"If they don't control that kind of thing, they won't go forward as a team. You don't want to see that sort of thing creep into the game because it's not good for rugby.
"It doesn't wind up other teams but the game is about respect. That's one thing we simply must keep in the game. You'd never see any of New Zealand's players do that.
"They run hard and try to get under the posts to make the kick as easy as possible. So why didn't the England boy do that? Why didn't he run under the posts to make the kick easier? It is very important to keep a tight lid on that kind of attitude."
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A designer in Sarah Palin's hometown is hoping to launch a made-in-Alaska lingerie label called Camerie with startup funding raised through Kickstarter. With 22 days left in her KS campaign, she's raised $476 toward her $4,500 funding goal.
Meanwhile in New York, a new line of plus-size designer intimates called Delicate Curves has raised $2,371 the same way — but there's only 20 days left to meet its $50,000 target.
And in L.A., the established boho undies brand Private Arts is trying to raise $30,000 to finance a brand expansion. With 30 days left in their Indiegogo campaign, they've raised $910.
Only one these efforts is guaranteed to walk away with any money at all. Can you guess which one, and why?
Lingerie Talk spoke to several lingerie entrepreneurs who ran successful crowdfunding campaigns to find out what works, what doesn't, and what pitfalls to avoid.
Our contributors were UK designer Karolina Laskowska (KL); Toronto's Joanna Griffiths of Knix Wear (KNIX); and Chelsea Carson, co-founder of New York label Relique (REL). Their advice is in italics below.
10 Tips For A Killer Crowdfunding Effort
1. Choose Your Platform Carefully
Everybody knows about Kickstarter, but there are many other crowdfunding sites around, and each appeals to a different community, geographic base or product niche. Some target creative artists, some are women-centric, some are focused on charitable causes. You'll want to know which one has the kind of visitor traffic you need, what kind of projects they allow, and how they set their fees.
The latter issue is especially important. Kickstarter has an all-or-nothing model where you must reach your self-determined goal or lose all your donations. Indiegogo has a "flexible funding" option that pays out if you fall short of your goal, while holding back 9% in commissions. Thus, of the three examples cited at the top of this article, only Private Arts is guaranteed to get something, since they chose Indiegogo's flexible option.
Whichever site you choose, read their rules and restrictions very carefully. You don't want to spend months developing your business plan only to have it booted off the funding site of your choice.
See also: GoGetFunding, Crowdfunder, FundRazr, RocketHub, GoFundMe, CrowdRise, RockThePost, Moola Hoop, Quirky, Ulule, AngelList.
2. Set A Reachable Target
This may sound self-evident, but it's still the top reason many crowdfunding campaigns fail.
"You don't want to aim too high only to see all your hard work result in nothing when you don't achieve it." (KL)
"It sounds silly, but in crowdfunding if you want to raise $10,000 you are more likely to hit that target if you set your goal at $5,000 than if you set it at $10,000. Strangers in particular want to be a part of a winning campaign and the sooner you can hit your target, the better." (KNIX)
"Don't go crazy with the amount you are asking … There were a few other similar campaigns going on at the same time as ours but asking an unrealistic amount of money for what they were trying to do." (REL)
3. Have A Pre-Existing Web Presence
Crowdfunding is not about asking for money, it's about engaging with (and creating) a community of supporters. Before you launch your appeal, make sure you have a robust internet presence — including website, Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook and more. Let your supporters follow you on the platform of their choice and keep up with your progress — because they will.
4. Tell A Good Story
Your ambitions, your backstory and your inspirations all make for a ripping yarn that supporters will devour. Tell your story in as much depth and in as many ways as you can. Supporters want to know about YOU.
"People are investing in you as much as they are in your product or designs. Don't be shy to tell you personal story or inspiration." (KNIX)
5. Be Perky
One of the main incentives for supporters is the donor perks and rewards offered in your campaign. Many campaigns simply use discounted products as an incentive, but that's just pre-paying for your order. Come up with some creative and unique offers that will get people talking.
"Offer rewards and perks that people actually want and will get excited about. Limited edition designs go down particularly well!" (KL)
One caveat: Learn what kinds of gifts or rewards are allowed, and which ones are restricted. Kickstarter, for instance, requires that all rewards must be made by you.
6. Use Your Own Money
Don't count on your new friends to shoulder the full cost of your dreams. As poker players will tell you, if you don't have skin in the game you shouldn't play. Investing your own money also means you'll have something to fall back on if your crowdfunding efforts come up short.
"I used my crowdfunding campaign to help fund what I couldn't pay for out of my own money and I don't think it's fair for you to only expect other people to invest!" (KL)
7. Make A Fun, Informative Video
Ever wonder why so many campaigns include an intro video? It's because people love to surf crowdfunding sites on their mobile devices, where it's a lot easier to watch a short video than scroll through pages and pages of your business plan.
"The videos are really key! It's evident when you watch the videos of those campaigns earning $300K+, they're creative, professional, and engaging." (REL)
8. Listen and Communicate
Once you launch your campaign, the real fun begins. Start a dialogue with your supporters, post updates on Twitter and Facebook, and keep your new friends plugged in. Got some new styles or sizes? Tell people! Close to your funding goal? Tell people! Got some major press coverage on Lingerie Talk? TELL PEOPLE!
"Part of the appeal for backing a crowdfunding campaign is that customers get to be a part of the process, so be sure to keep them informed. They have great ideas so be sure to listen to them. Communicate with them if you are running behind schedule on production or need help surpassing a milestone." (KNIX)
9. The Best Day To Start (Or End) A Campaign
"Start your campaign on a Monday and end it on Friday. This will help you maintain momentum throughout your first and last weeks." (KNIX)
10. RPPR: Research, Plan, Promote, Repeat
Creating a crowdfunding campaign should (and will) be as intensive and exhausting as writing your original business plan. Invest some time in researching and analyzing other successful campaigns in comparable product niches in the early days of your planning. Many are exceptionally detailed and thorough — a factor which boosts their credibility and their supporters' confidence.
"Crowdfunding campaigns are very labor intensive so the more you can plan ahead of time, the better. What new perks can you add halfway through to keep people engaged? What media can you reach out to? How are you going to handle fulfillment?" (KNIX)
Once your campaign is underway, the real fun of promoting it — through digital, social and traditional media — begins. If you're new to the world of social media, no problem: hire a teenager.
CREDITS: Top Photo by AmpereNYC
Crowdfunding campaigns come in all shapes and sizes, with different purposes and personalities.
They can be playful and engaging or serious and urgent: Save the planet by supporting my bamboo sock company!
What they all have in common, and what allows you to evaluate their relative merits, are The Pitch and The Perks.
The Pitch is the brand's story, the appeal to friends and strangers that is hopefully compelling enough to convince you to click the 'Donate' button.
The Perks are the 'Donor Rewards' that incentivize viewers to invest. They're often the best thing about crowdfunding campaigns and the reason total strangers browse sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo religiously just to see what kinds of clever, one-of-a-kind treats are available.
As we reported yesterday, numerous lingerie and underwear start-ups have found success through crowdfunding sites, even if they didn't always get the money they were hoping for.
Below, we've put together a list of a dozen recent campaigns in this industry, showing how they fared and what sets them apart from the others. We've included links to each of the campaigns mentioned. If you're thinking of trying this yourself, do some homework and check out these efforts — a few of which are exceptionally well done.
Then ask yourself: if I had the cash, which of these appeals would work on me?
Ampere NYC
New York
Seeking: $15,000 (KS)
Status: Ongoing
Funders/Raised: 206/$19,619
Deadline: Nov. 14
The Need: To pay for production of second collection.
The Pitch (1): Co-founder Jiabei Chen is a Harvard grad who quit her corporate law practice to start Ampere. That alone makes for a compelling story, which she documents in her blog Quitters Are Winners.
Ampere presents itself as a fit- and style-conscious e-commerce operation that offers 28 bra sizes and (like True & Co.) will ship multiple sizes to customers, who only pay for the ones that fit. A small collection of black pieces debuted earlier this year; the current campaign will fund an expanded range with nude colorways.
Ampere reached its fundraising goal with more than a week to spare. So what's the incentive for anyone to give now? The company announced all additional money raised will be used to add a black silk chemise to the new collection — at a special discount price for new donors.
The Pitch (2): Ampere has partnered with international bra recycling charity Free The Girls, and invites customers to send their used bras back with their Ampere returns. Donated bras will eventually support women entrepreneurs in Africa.
Best Donor Reward: Private Bra Party for 10
Trace Underwear
New York
Seeking: $10,000 (KS)
Status: Completed, Nov. 2013
Funders/Raised: 154/$10,226
The Need: To pay for brand launch.
The Pitch (1): Two New Yorkers used crowdsourcing to survey women about what they hate, and want, in basic underwear. The result: simple, streamlined cuts in breathable stretch cotton without bands that pinch. Their first collection will include two styles in six sizes, all under $10.
The Pitch (2): Don't you wish you could start a business with your best friend? Co-founders Alexsis and Jasmine met as interns at a publishing company and connected through their "feminist, pro-woman politics and love for window shopping on their lunch breaks." Then they started comparing notes about their dissatisfaction with the lingerie industry. You want them to succeed, don't you?
Best Donor Reward: A job on the Trace creative team as "executive consultant" and acknowledgment as a company co-founder.
Bizarre Boudoir
Seeking: $4,000 (KS)
Status: Completed, Sept. 2012
Funders/Raised: 61/$4,025
The Need: Purchase of new sewing machine and supplies for BB's next collection.
The Pitch: Self-taught Philly corset-maker Nicole Manning was looking to take BB to "the next level" after 4 years of growing a business based on bespoke Victorian longline corsets.
After a successful Kickstarter campaign, BB made a huge shift into leather boudoir pieces inspired by — get this! — Victorian, Bedouin and Native American historical costuming. Wildly original … and unexpected.
Best Donor Reward: Designer sketch prints, vintage postcards.
Davyl Lingerie & Swimwear
Seeking: $4,000 (IGG)
Status: Ongoing
Funders/Raised: 1/$60
Deadline: Nov. 14
The Need: To "create buzz" by advertising on social media.
The Pitch: This new Belgian luxury label promises to give 20% of your donations to charities that support "women, children and injured people during war conflicts." Something lost in translation here, perhaps?
Best Donor Reward: Belgian beer and chocolates
Seeking: $7,000 (KS)
Status: Completed, Jan. 2013
Funders/Raised: 62/$7,318
The Need: To produce 100 pieces of each style in S/S 2013 collection.
The Pitch: This "urban craft" lingerie brand launched in 2012 with a made-in-USA ethic and French design sensibility. It found a market with its eco-values and lifestyle appeal to "exceptionally unconventional women" seeking unique loungewear looks.
Nais has grown steadily since its launch but, like many start-ups, needed capital to grow its operations and pay for future inventory.
Best Donor Reward: A spotlight feature about you on the company website.
Kickstarter Campaign
Karolina Laskowska
Seeking: £3,000 (IGG)
Status: Completed, July 2013
Funders/Raised: 94/£3,020
The Need: To pay for manufacturing of her fall collection.
The Pitch: Still in university, this young design star couldn't keep up with the surprising growth of her indie brand launched in 2012. Sewing everything herself, she sometimes had to close her online shop due to volume of orders. Funding would allow outsourcing of production at a Polish factory, "giving you far better opportunities to actually buy my designs."
Best Donor Reward: Hand-made "mystery" knickers
New York
Seeking: $50,000 (KS)
Status: Completed, March 2013
Funders/Raised: 694/$64,811
The Need: To pay for brand launch.
The Pitch (1): Three NYC girlfriends went to a wedding in India and one day started talking about their periods. Then they started thinking about similar challenges faced by impoverished women in developing countries … and Thinx was born.
There's massive buzz around this brand, which launched this summer with the oft-used slogan "Change you underwear, change the world," and which may actually deliver on that ambitious commitment.
Thinx creates technical, leak-proof panties which claim to be "the most thoughtful underwear in your drawer". Why? Because Thinx partnered with Uganda-based AFRIpads, which makes washable, re-usable cloth menstrual pads aimed at the tens of millions of women in developing countries who can't afford or access sanitary products. For every pair of Thinx undies sold, the company funds the production of 7 AFRIpads — thereby creating jobs, reducing waste, and impacting women's health. There's an appealing symmetry to this pitch, since it means that both their North American customers and the beneficiaries of their charitable work get to enjoy more comfortable periods.
Thinx put together an elaborate Kickstarter campaign that included must-have branded accessories like tote bags and sunglasses and even a 'celebrity' style designed by trendy womenswear label Naven.
The Pitch (2): Thinx launched a second crowdfunding campaign via Indiegogo only a week after its hugely successful Kickstarter effort, partly because KS doesn't allow cause-based fundraising and Thinx wanted a chance to tell the full story behind their inspired business plan.
The second campaign also blew through its fundraising goal, and gave the Thinx team more leeway to showcase their charitable work. If there was a Nobel Prize for underwear (and why ISN'T there?!), Thinx would be a leading contender.
Best Donor Reward: For $1,000, attend co-founders dinner party in NYC with funny man Aasif Mandvi. Or for $4,900, have a signature style named after you.
Kickstarter Campaign
Indiegogo Campaign
The League of Ladies
Seeking: $3,000 (KS)
Status: Completed, May 2013
Funders/Raised: 210/$7,198:
The Need: Finalize designs and first print run.
The Pitch: This cute idea from Brooklyn visual arts student Shelly Ni involved screen-printing American Apparel cotton undies with original artwork depicting "female superheroes". The first series includes cartoon figures inspired by Marie Curie, Amelia Earhart and Frida Kahlo, and a League of Ladies zine is sent out with each order.
Best Donor Reward: Go on a "superhero mission" to find accessories at the non-profit Brooklyn Superhero Supply Store.
Knix Wear
Seeking: $40,000 (IGG)
Status: Completed, June 2013
Funders/Raised: 518/$60,450
The Need: Startup capital.
The Pitch: Founder Joanna Griffiths won the $20,000 first prize at INSEAD business school for her vision of stylish incontinence panties, and used the money for extensive market research and development of Fresh Fix Technology used in Knix Wear products.
Knix Wear's campaign was distinctive in that it targeted retailers as much as individual customers. The company got great press during its campaign (including here), which eventually led to an order from Hudson's Bay, Canada's largest department store chain.
Best Donor Reward: Retailer display kits that included full range of products at wholesale prices.
Seeking: $4,500 (KS)
Status: Completed, Jan. 2013
Funders/Raised: 43/$4,570
The Need: To pay for exhibit fees at NYC trade show.
The Pitch: Rhode Island pals Kait and Chelsea had been selling their hand-dyed lingerie pieces on Etsy and found fans around the world. Growing their brand meant introducing it to the larger retail market, which converges on trade shows during Fashion Week in New York twice a year.
They've since participated in two seasons of trade shows and their fashion-forward collections have been picked up by important boutiques like Azaleas, Faire Frou Frou and Lille.
Best Donor Reward: Hand-dyed scarf and friendship bracelet.
The Loved One
New York / L.A.
Seeking: $4,000 (KS)
Status: Completed, Oct. 2010
Funders/Raised: 135/$4,814
The Need: To pay for brand launch.
The Pitch: Offering a small line of vintage-inspired lingerie, The Loved One was an early entry into the crowdfunding game, and an instructive one for those who followed. Have a look at their list of expenses, which includes a $500 miscellaneous category that covers "mistakes".
The endlessly charming TLO went on to open an L.A. boutique filled with recycled womenswear and their own apparel creations. Today, it's less of a brand than a kind of home base for young women with a fondness for pop culture and sly dreams of wearing super-sexy granny panties under their princess dresses.
Best Donor Reward: For $300 in 2010, you could have got an original artwork by Landon Metz, the talented abstract painter and husband of TLO co-founder Hannah Metz. Picasso's early patrons bragged about stuff like this.
Bold Beneath
Los Angeles
Seeking: $14,165 (IGG)
Status: Unsuccessful, April 2013
Funders/Raised: 44/$3,493
The Need: To pay for production of 6,000 pairs.
The Pitch: A visit to a homeless shelter inspired this well-intentioned campaign. BB pledged to donate one pair of its new underwear to a homeless youth for every one sold. Each pair was printed with the complicated slogan "Who you are beneath is all of who you are" and came with a wrist band that was "an outer symbol representing the belief that worth comes from beneath."
This campaign tried to use underwear as a way of acknowledging the basic humanity in society's most desperate people, but instead it became a lesson in the difficulties of using crowdfunding for social causes. This could have been the beginning of a PACT-style poverty-fighting fashion label, but alas BB wasn't well planned and is nowhere to be found today.
Best Donor Reward: The usual product discounts, although the idea of earning "rewards" for helping homeless kids is itself a bit unsettling.
New York
Seeking: $50,000 (KS)
Status: Unsuccessful, May 2013
Funders/Raised: 160/$11,142
The Need: To purchase fabric for first collection.
The Pitch: Gender-neutral, lesbian-inspired women's underwear modeled after men's boxer briefs, with bold prints and a thick elastic waistband (but no cup or Y-front).
There's a good story behind this cool idea, which began when co-founders Abby Sugar and Sylvie Lardeux complained about having to do laundry so often because they didn't have enough undies. And they didn't like what was out there: "Too skimpy, too lacy, too girly, too frilly, too flowery, too pink, too pastel."
The pair put together a business plan for Play-Out but are a classic example of what happens if you set your crowdfunding goal too high: they attracted lots of attention and donors, but couldn't reach the $50,000 target they set for themselves.
Lesson learned, Play-Out plowed ahead and has a second collection already in the works.
Best Donor Reward: For $1,000, design your own graphic print.
NEXT: 10 Tips For A Killer Campaign
It's been a nervous few days for Danielle Rockel.
The co-founder of Hopeo, a Vancouver-based ethical underwear brand, Danielle watched anxiously as the Kickstarter campaign that would finance Hopeo's first collection neared its deadline yesterday. The money was earmarked for materials and tools needed to manufacture Hopeo's hand-made organic cotton garments.
When the campaign deadline arrived, Hopeo had raised more than $7,500 from nearly 100 donors, many of whom learned of the company from social networks and were keen to be early adopters of a buzzy new brand that combined cool, minimalist style with a strong sense of social purpose.
Yet with a final tally that fell short of its $10,000 target, Hopeo's nest egg vanished; on Kickstarter, if you don't reach your target, you lose everything.
Like many start-ups that turn to crowdfunding sites for a financial leg up, Hopeo had big dreams, a solid business plan and a story that inspired strangers to take action.
Danielle and partner Brian Saul came up with the idea for Hopeo last spring after hearing about the catastrophic collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh where more than 1,100 low-paid workers died and thousands were injured.
"I thought, 'I shop at stores that make clothes at the factory where all those people got hurt'," Danielle told Lingerie Talk. "We said, there's got to be a better way."
Danielle, a business teacher with a background in high-tech business development, and Brian, who owns a company that manages natural brands, conceived of a line of stylish unisex undies that followed fair labor and eco-sourcing practices, using cotton from the U.S. and manufactured at home in Canada.
"Our whole focus was that anyone who was involved in our supply chain had to be treated ethically," she said. "We wanted a business model that is not just financially sustainable but sustainable from other perspectives as well.
"I'd like to use all the skills I've learned to make a positive impact on the world," she added. "I have a family and I have to buy clothes like everyone else, but I want to feel good about what I'm doing."
Kickstarter offered Hopeo the kind of immediate access to startup capital that would have been impossible a decade ago. Tapping into family, friends and the broad, multiplying reach of their social media connections, Kickstarter allows firms like Hopeo to establish a brand identity and build a customer base long before they sew their first garment or ship their first order.
But the boom in crowdfunding is fraught with pitfalls and many good ideas go unfunded. A successful campaign requires energy, creativity, persistence, originality, good timing — and lots of luck.
While Hopeo narrowly missed its funding target, a similar cause-driven newcomer called Thinx blew past its target and raised nearly $85,000 in two separate crowdfunded campaigns, and the fledgling NYC ethical label Ampere has already passed its $15,000 goal with a week to go in its campaign.
But savvy entrepreneurs, like Hopeo, don't depend solely on the crowdfunding gamble to turn their dreams into reality.
"Our business plan is to move forward anyways," Danielle said. "Kickstarter is a neat way to raise money, but it also helps raise awareness. The whole process is really fun and we're really quite grateful for all the support."
Less than five years old, the widely imitated Kickstarter has already funnelled nearly $1 billion into the hands of small businesses.
The crowdfunding pioneer began as a way to finance creative works by independent artists — like your first indie CD, comic book or video game — and has a long list of restrictions to keep it from turning into an investment free-for-all (for instance, you can fund your lingerie collection, but not a new line of designer sunglasses).
Crowdfunding has been embraced by the lingerie and underwear industry, partly because it's a niche of the fashion world that appeals to talented, artistic designers looking for exposure and an entry point into the business — exactly what Kickstarter and others like it had in mind. It helps that most are young, fresh from school, and know how to put social media and online networks to good use.
Karolina Laskowska, a UK student in De Montfort University's Contour Fashion program that produces many of the lingerie industry's future design stars, turned to the crowdfunding site Indiegogo not to launch a brand, but to give it a chance to grow. She had started her small, eponymous label (above) during her second year of school and couldn't keep up with its surprising success. Sewing everything herself, she sometimes had to close her online shop due to the volume of orders coming in.
This July, Karolina turned to Indiegogo to raise £3,000 to pay for outsourcing of production at a Polish factory. The move, she said, would give supporters "far better opportunities to actually buy my designs."
"My campaign was to help me launch a new collection and to take the step from sewing garments myself to having a factory produce them," she told Lingerie Talk. "I was particularly touched by the kindness of strangers, many of whom didn't even choose a reward/perk but simply wanted to see my new collection succeed.
"I'm sure I would have found a way around it if I hadn't got the funding from IGG," she added. "I'm rather a determined sort of person."
Dozens of new lingerie and underwear brands have piggybacked on the crowdfunding boom in the past couple of years. All of them, to some degree, owe a debt of thanks to an American men's underwear label that demonstrated the phenomenal potential of such campaigns.
Flint & Tinder set out in April 2012 to raise $30,000 through Kickstarter to pay for its first batch of premium undies but, after a wealth of press coverage that focused on its commitment to American-only manufacturing, it collected over $291,000 from more than 5,000 donors — nearly 10 times its goal — in 30 days.
Flint & Tinder became the highest-grossing fashion campaign ever on Kickstarter, turning a micro-business into a huge retail brand almost overnight. No wonder every young designer with a sewing machine started paying attention.
The example of Karolina Laskowska's success as an indie lingerie label illustrates an important truth about crowdfunding: it can be much more than just seed money. Campaigns can be used to raise startup capital, for brand expansion, to buy equipment or materials, to pay for advertising, or to underwrite special projects.
The colorful L.A. label Private Arts is currently trying to raise $30,000 to branch into lounge and beachwear, while the Brooklyn label Daisy & Elizabeth used Indiegogo to help pay for a video to showcase their new collection.
Another hot, hip New York lingerie label, Relique (above), had one goal in mind when they launched a Kickstarter campaign last winter: to get into one of the Fashion Week trade shows so retailers could discover them. Relique founders Chelsea Carson and Kait Vasquez had established a successful Etsy shop selling their hand-dyed pieces, but needed to get the brand in front of boutique owners and wholesale buyers.
"The KS campaign was pretty crucial to the launch of the brand in that we were completely new, had little money ourselves from our personal jobs, and were not wanting to run a big risk with getting a loan from a bank where interests rates would have run us out of the game in our first season," Chelsea told Lingerie Talk. "Being present at the trade show and talking to press there was the best way we were able to promote ourselves."
Now, less than a year later, Relique is sold in many of the leading lingerie boutiques in the U.S. and is viewed as one of the country's emerging fashion-forward labels.
People who donate to crowdfunding campaigns often see it as a simple transaction: pre-paying for products that are offered was "donor rewards" or "perks", usually at discounted prices. But clever business managers also view crowdfunding as an essential marketing tool and a way of connecting with future customers.
Toronto entrepreneur Joanna Griffiths launched her brand Knix Wear (above) this summer on the strength of a wildly successful Indiegogo campaign that brought in over $60,000 — more than 50% higher than her goal. But getting cash wasn't the most valuable outcome of the campaign, she said. It also helped her tweak Knix Wear's business plan before her products reached the marketplace.
"The Indiegogo campaign gave us the opportunity to communicate directly with our customers and gain invaluable feedback on our brand positioning and product offering," Joanna told Lingerie Talk. "Thanks to this feedback we were able to add a new style (our high-rise brief) and additional sizes (2XL) before our first production run. Our high-rise brief has gone on to become our top seller and we almost immediately sold out of 2XL.
"We made our crowdfunding customers a part of the development process and will continue to do so with all of our customers going forward."
Knix Wear's campaign attracted more than 500 donors, 85% of whom were strangers who learned of the label through press coverage and social media mentions triggered by the campaign itself. And all of that early buzz caught the attention of one game-changing new customer: Knix Wear was picked up for distribution by Hudson's Bay, Canada's largest department store chain.
"Without the opportunity to crowdfund it would have been very difficult to gain this kind of market research and distribution," Joanna said. "It really did put us on the map."
Entrepreneurs who view crowdfunding as a tool for brand development and promotion know something else: there really are no losers here. Campaigns that go unfunded still attract plenty of eyeballs, generate buzz and get young brands noticed.
New York newcomer Play-Out tried Kickstarter earlier this year to pitch a radical new idea: gender-neutral women's underwear targeted towards the lesbian market but inspired, in part, by men's briefs. Play-Out's campaign attracted $11,000 in donations but fell well short of its $50,000 target.
By some standards, Play-Out's experience would be considered a failure. But the campaign gave Play-Out's founders an opportunity to engage with New York's queer community and attracted enough pre-orders to help them finance a first production run, which ships this month. And the resulting media attention gave them enough momentum to leap into a second, expanded collection.
The bottom line here? As the saying goes, you can't win if you don't play.
Next: How Lingerie Brands Use Crowdfunding Campaigns
The trees are bare, the sun is setting earlier and winter is almost upon us: it's time to reach for cuddly sweaters and extra layers to keep cozy!
The transition to cooler weather and the approaching holiday season also make this time of year the perfect opportunity to re-evaluate and add different pieces to your lingerie wardrobe.
Now that skimpy T-shirts are out, and thicker layers and knits are in, try experimenting with adding a seamed bra to your collection. A bra with seams almost always offers better lift (that's Empreinte's Ophelia above). And for those bustier gals, a seamed bra creates the most effective minimization.
Are your blouses forever popping open? Tired of hiding behind a sweater and forever safety pinning your shirts? A seamed bra creates a more streamlined silhouette across the bustline, which can banish pulling and gapping at the buttons. Try it!
A lace bra looks most sophisticated and fashion forward underneath this season's sheer blouse styles. Fabric technology has evolved in leaps and bounds. Many companies are developing flat-lying, discreet laces and seams which virtually disappear underneath heavier gauge knits, lined dresses, patterns and deeper colours.
The fall/winter color palette is always full of rich jewel tones; navy, brown, burgundy, purple, red and, of course … black. Usually, dark-toned lingerie is recommended for underneath these opaque shades, but why stick with the tried-and-true black bra? Consider a bright pop of color underneath your dark, patterned or jewel-toned tops. Guaranteed, a sassy set in red, orange or purple will chase away any winter blues!
Feeling the chill? The Hanro Touch smooth tank top or T-shirt is an essential layering piece. Soft, stretchy and easy to wear, this microfiber basic gently hugs the body, is discreet under clothing and is a wonderfully luxurious everyday staple.
Fall/winter is also an excellent time to invest in a bodysuit. An extra layer makes for extra warmth, plus the added bonus of a cozy control and shaping garment. There are so many options to choose from! A simple, smooth seamless style will work under clingy knits and jerseys, while a lacier, racier option will complement dresses, blouses, sweaters … or on its own for a special "date night" on a chilly evening by the fireside!
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Fashion designers who draw inspiration from the rich heritage of the Arab world should proceed with caution these days.
Given the nationalist passions, hair-trigger cultural sensitivities and rapidly evolving gender politics in countries from Morocco to Iran (and everywhere in between), the fashion industry needs to think carefully before appropriating traditional ethnic styles to satisfy Western fashionistas hungry for exotic new looks.
At the very least, that means understanding the history, purpose and social context of Middle Eastern apparel and respecting those traditions. A keffiyeh print doesn't make for a cute bikini. A chador is not a sexy nightgown.
It's easy to forget that, in many parts of the world, fashion and politics are inseparable. To ignore that truth is not just insensitive, it's potentially dangerous, as Aussie swim label Lisa Blue found out last year: it used a digital print of a Hindu goddess on one of its swimsuits, triggering angry protests across India.
These cautions are especially relevant to the lingerie industry, since women's undergarments have become a potent symbol in the Arab world of repression or liberalization — depending on your gender and which country you live in — and of the increasing commercial colonization of the Middle East by Western brands.
And lingerie brands have frequently turned to Arab and Middle East history for design influences. From the folkloric tales of Aladdin and Scheherezade to the exotic sexual culture of royal harems, the Arab world has given lingerie designers an enduring archetype: veiled femininity and the promise of inevitable, obedient submission.
You don't have to look hard to find examples of how designers embrace that archetype. Below, we look at three recent collections that draw their inspiration, in very different ways, from Arab culture.
Jeremy Scott
You won't find much cultural sensitivity in the 2013 collection that American enfant terrible Jeremy Scott debuted at New York Fashion Week, just a lot of the blind smugness that so often fuels the Arab world's anger against the West.
Scott's latest is called Arab Spring and his recent runway show was, apparently, inspired by the populist uprisings across the region over the past year.
What he delivers, though, can only be described as warlord chic: metallic corsets, customized combat helmets, sheer harem pants and veils that are like an ironic response to traditional Muslim burqas, chadors and hijabs. There's even a top embellished with tiny machine gun brooches and a revealing wrap dress that uses a see-through keffiyeh motif — the symbol of Palestinian nationalism.
This all seems pop-art cool and very boundary-pushing to Westerners who are far removed from the daily realities of life in the Middle East. It's hard not to wonder, though, how Scott's pieces would be received in Damascus or Tehran or Riyadh, where dressing like this could get a woman stoned to death.
Jeremy Scott is ordinarily a great young design talent, but this misguided collection may be the worst fashion insult against the Middle East since Sex and the City 2.
Pleasure State
The deliriously design-centric Aussie label loves nothing more than creating elaborate prints that hint at their source material while remaining completely original and unique.
Several pieces in Pleasure State's Couture and White Label collections for fall 2012 draw their inspiration from the Arab world, although this time they skip the politics and focus on familiar storybook romantic references. The result is an exceptional blend of old and new; one gets the sense that Pleasure State needed a tapestry as rich and varied as that of the ancient Middle East to accommodate its fondness for detail and ornamentation.
The highlight is the Cleopatre range from the PS Couture collection, shown in the main photo at the top of this article. It's an exclusive print in coppery desert tones, embellished with crystal baguettes and eyelash lace and it creates a kind of modern belly-dancer look. A stunning tribute to Middle Eastern style, and one of the year's most gorgeous lingerie designs.
PS White Label, meanwhile, comes close to matching Cleopatre's artistry with a series of new Arab-influenced styles. The Flying Carpet set offers a gorgeous original print that mimics the intricate patterns of woven Persian carpets, while the Persian Garden series combines an exotic floral print and pink beadwork, all inspired by 1,001 Nights.
The collection includes an iris-hued Lantern set, the bridal range Hidden Veil with its pearl-like motif, and the black-and-copper Spice Bazaar range with its crystal and copper bead embellishments. That's Spice Bazaar in the photo above showing the model served up on a Persian rug along with a plate of fruit and a tea set — an image with mixed (but historically authentic) connotations.
Fred & Ginger
The luxury independent label from Britain doesn't try to copy Middle Eastern history for its glamorous new collection, Arabian Nights. Instead, designer Victoria Holt was captivated — like everyone else for the past several hundred years — by the sheer romance of 1,001 Nights, with its tales of love, heroism, magic and eroticism.
It's a lush collection of monochrome peach-hued satins and silk chiffon, playing off against mesh panels with gilt trim and Swarovski jewel adornments. The overall effect is to capture the veiled femininity that we spoke of earlier, and which is central to allure of Arabian style.
Holt creates a few new looks that convey the fairy-tale Aladdin influence and wouldn't look out of place in a harem: unique panataloons, a bed jacket with billowing wide sleeves and a dashing cape.
(It's worth pointing out that most designers, including Holt, who find inspiration in 1,001 Arabian Nights focus solely on the romantic fables while overlooking the grim undertones of the framing story, about a vengeful king who deflowers a new virgin each night after learning of his wife's infidelity.)
Holt told Lingerie Talk that she wasn't trying to make any political or cultural statements with her new collection, she was simply inspired by the region.
"Having traveled around the world for a year solo, I spent the time taking inspiration from all the countries I visited," she said. "I found the Middle East a fascinating and beautiful area of the world and their culture is unquestionably unique, which I find both intriguing and inspiring.
"If I had my way, we would all live in unison with one another and respect one another's cultures and beliefs. Perhaps it's me that lives in a fantasy world!"
Now that's an approach that's hard to argue with. Maybe fashion can be a tool for diplomacy after all.


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Starring: Alyson Hannigan, Amber Benson, Anthony Head, Charisma Carpenter, David Boreanaz, Eliza Dushku, Emma Caulfield, James Marsters, Juliet Landau, Kristine Sutherland, Marc Blucas, Mercedes McNab, Michelle Trachtenberg, Nicholas Brendon, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seth Green
Corrected entry: At the end of the episode 'Surprise' Angel runs out into the street where it's raining heavily, but in the same street a few minutes later, at the start of the episode 'Innocence', the ground and Angel are both completely dry.
Correction: Not until Angel morphs to vamp face, and even then, its only him that is dry, the streets are still wet.
Once More, With Feeling - S6-E7
Corrected entry: Whenever a character indirectly causes an innocent death (ie, Giles in 'The Dark Age' or Anya in 'Selfless') they have understandably been shown to feel a lot of guilt, showing that civilian deaths aren't just taken for granted. In 'Once More, With Feeling' Xander raises a demon that kills at least 3 people, yet there is no reproachment from the others or obvious guilt on his part. Why?
Correction: Because when it's revealed, they have the slightly more pressing problem of the demon to deal with, then the episode ends pretty much once the demon's gone (after the last song, of course). Plus there's the slight matter of the fact that they dragged their best friend out of heaven to deal with. Not a lot of time for on-screen guilt there - no doubt all that took place off-camera, after the episode.
Corrected entry: In 'Normal Again', season 6, we learn that Buffy was in a mental clinic after telling her parents about vampires. In 'Becoming', season 2, when Joyce found out the truth about Sunnydale why didn't she mention this? It had only happened a year or two before, and a simple 'Oh god, Buffy, you were right' or 'Sorry for sending you to the funny farm, sweetie' would have been the obvious thing for her to say.
Correction: The truth about Sunnydale was something of a shock for Joyce - it would have taken her a while to absorb it properly. Most likely she did eventually apologise to Buffy about the clinic, once Buffy'd come back in season 3, anyway, but it presumably happened off-camera.
Corrected entry: In the season 3 episode "Doppelgangland", which originally aired in 1999, Anya told a barman that she was 1120. This would mean she was born in 879 AD. But in the season 7 episode "Selfless", a flashback to 880 AD showed her as a young woman (about 20). She should've only been one year old.
Correction: In the same way that vampires mark their ages from their 'conversion', Anya might be calculating her age from when she became a vengeance demon.
Corrected entry: In "Him", after Xander has his flashback to "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" he smiles and says 'Good times...', but during that episode he explicity stated that he hated what was happening. Nearly being axe murdered by a crazed horde of women shouldn't be a happy memory, it should be a traumatic one.
Correction: I don't see this as a mistake. Looking back at the day when every woman in town was crazy about him, Xander probably does see the upside.
Corrected entry: In 'Hell's Bells' the only part of Dawn's conversation Anya could have heard is "...he's just run off and no one can find him". Given that she had already been told the cleric had run off to perform a C-section how does she instantly realise that it's Xander Dawn is talking about? Shouldn't her first thought be that Dawn is talking about the missing cleric?
Correction: Well, if she thought the cleric had left for a specific reason, she wouldn't expect anyone to be trying to find him - as they knew where he went, so it couldn't really be him that Dawn was talking about. Xander is the only other male who is essential for the ceremony, plus the fact that she knows him well enough to suspect he might suffer from cold feet.
Corrected entry: When Buffybot shorts out in the alley in 'Bargaining, part 1' she automatically returns to the Summers home to find Willow, suggesting she goes wherever Willow is likely to be. Later in the episode when she's wounded by Razor she runs straight to the grave where the others are. Shouldn't her first objective have been to return to the Summers house, and if not, how did she know where they would be?
Correction: The bot probably uses a homing device, while Willow is carrying a transmitter.
Life Serial - S6-E5
Corrected entry: In 'Life Serial' we find out Giles has a mummy hand that can be used to perform a prosperity spell. There are no side effects or consequences or he wouldn't have it in his shop, so why doesn't he use it to help Buffy out of her debt problems?
Correction: He does help Buffy out financially, and there is no indication that he does not use a mummy hand. Besides, as shown in "Once More, With Feeling", at this time he has come to realize that Buffy needs to take care of her own problems instead of relying on other people.
I Was Made To Love You - S5-E15
Corrected entry: In "I Was Made To Love You" Spike mentions that Warren's mother invited him in, but we see it's daylight outside. Would she really have invited a man huddled under a blanket and smouldering slightly into her home just like that?
Correction: Windows behind both Spike and Warren show night-time with a strong moon.
Corrected entry: It has always troubled me that no-one ever thinks to try using a gun on the demons. The Rocket Launcher worked on The Judge in Series 2, so why not just try a gun? Especially on people like Caleb, who appears to be human, why waste two potential slayers on trying to fight him when you could just shoot him? Or at least see if it worked.
Correction: The rocket launcher didn't actually kill The Judge, if you remember the whole "No weapon forged" speech, what it did was separate his limbs and keep them separate so that he wasn't animate. Most demons have to be killed along the same line as vamps, stake, fire, beheading. Caleb is practically super-human, and as we have seen in Season six when Buffy was shot, unless you get the heart you aren't going to kill someone who is stronger then the average human. Also, the whole point of having the Potentials fight is to train them to what it is really like to be the Slayer, so guns do not come into it.
Corrected entry: In the episode where Spike is having memories of his mother, he tells her that Drusilla made him what he is (a vampire), telling us she is his sire, but in series two we find out that Angel was his sire.
Correction: Joss Whedon has said that technically Angel is Spike's grand sire because Angel is Drusilla's sire but it basically amounts to the same thing.
Once More, With Feeling - S6-E7
Corrected entry: In "Once More, With Feeling" Buffy reveals to the other Scoobies that she was in Heaven, if this is the case, how come Willow extracted her from Hell? Surely she couldn't have done so if Buffy wasn't even there.
Correction: Willow didn't bring her back from Hell. Willow just did a spell for her to be returned from where she was
First Date - S7-E14
Corrected entry: How does Wood know his mother was killed by a vampire? We saw Spike kill his mother in the season 5 episode "Fool for Love". Spike broke her neck on an empty subway. There were no witnesses, and no bite marks.
Correction: Vampires brag, so it's very likley that Spike bragged to Wood's mother's watcher that he had just killed his slayer.
Once More, With Feeling - S6-E7
Corrected entry: In the episode "Once More With Feeling," when Dawn and Sweet sing their song at the Bronze, Michelle Trachtenberg obviously forgets her lines and looks around confused for a couple of seconds before going back to singing.
Correction: All the songs from this episode were recorded and dubbed (this is why they use a graveyard they haven't before as it is near LAX and the planes normally interfere) so it is impossible that Michelle could have forgotten her words. She is looking around as - quite understandably - she is terrified, it is a dramatic pause.
School Hard - S2-E3
Corrected entry: In the scene where Spike is introduced, one vampire boasts, "When I kill the slayer, it will be the greatest event since the crucifixion." But slayers die every 5-10 years, and have for millenia. What makes killing Buffy special enough to warrant this?
Correction: Since Buffy has been called to Sunnydale because there is a Hellmouth there, killing her will give the vamps and demons the chance to open the Hellmouth, and we all know what happens after that.
Welcome To The Hellmouth (1) - S1-E1
Corrected entry: In Welcome to the Hellmouth when Buffy is looking for the vampire with Willow, she snaps a leg off a chair. However, when she tries to stake Cordelia with it, it has magically turned into a proper stake.
Correction: No it isn't - you can see it in the shot on Buffy's face when she is pinning Cordelia - the stake tip is slanted like the table leg.
Corrected entry: When the gang are preparing for the big showdown, Andrew gets out a piece of paper and starts to do a Thank You speech. Anya interrupts him and leads him away, putting her arm around his shoulder. She is on his left hand side as they turn. The shot changes and we see them leave in the background, only now, Anya is on Andrew's right hand side.
Correction: This is because they turn independantly, not as a unit. It is quicker to turn the way they did. The result will have their orientation with respect to each other reversed, but everyone else will see them in the same place just looking the other direction.
Corrected entry: Buffy gets all the Potentials together and does another inspirational speech, telling them her plan to turn them all into Slayers. Chao-Ahn is there. This is the girl who doesn't speak English, so who in the Buffyverse is going to explain what was just said?
Correction: Given the amount of dictionaries we see lying round the house in 'Get It Done', we can assume that Chao-Ahn isn't the only Potential who doesn't speak English, but there is a way to communicate with them (albeit slow and time-consuming). It wouldn't be that hard to fill her and the rest of them in on the basics of the plan; just because we never saw it doesn't mean it never happened offscreen.
Corrected entry: When we flashback to Buffy telling everyone she is going to share the Slayer's power using the axe/sythe-thingy, she says that it is time for them to make a choice. They can all choose to take on the power and fight with her. As Willow is doing the spell, we see lots of other Potentials around the world receiving the power. But they were never allowed the choice. And what if one of the Potentials listening to Buffy's inspirational speech had said, "OK, we have a choice? Well, I don't want to be any part of this. I don't want to be a Slayer - I want to be a normal teenage girl". She would still have been hit with it because Willow's spell was just 'switching on' all the Potentials out there. There was no choice to be made.
Correction: The choice was not about getting the power but about using the power to fight alongside Buffy and Faith, which could easily lead to death.
Corrected entry: In 'Becoming' when Buffy leaves to meet Angelus in the graveyard she takes Kendra's stake, Mr. Pointy, with her. Later on that night when she slays a vampire outside her house she uses a totally different stake.
Correction: Buffy probably keeps more than one stake on her anyway, and Mr. Pointy wasn't part of her normal armaments. Plus, she might be attaching sentimental importance to dead Kendra's stake.


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At approximately 150 to go, at 5-7 a day (Menagerie + Erris + 4 Draenor trainers + the Pandaria circuit + Bordin Steadyfist + Pet Biscuits), that's about a month. Assuming I can't make good use of Squirt...
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