From the mouths of trust fund babes (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} lickmypucci) wrote in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} ohnotheydidnt,@ 2007-03-29 17:16:00 |
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SJP gets Bitten
Oprah Winfrey's power to publicize an author, a star or a designer is legendary, so naturally she was promised an exclusive on the unveiling of Sarah Jessica Parker's new Bitten line for mass chain retailer Steve & Barry's. But last week, Gawker founding editor Elizabeth Spiers' new blog site, Fashionista, published photographs from a password-protected area of a preliminary Bitten Web site intended only for long-lead-time monthly magazines. When attorneys from Steve & Barry's requested Fashionista remove the photos, it did, but by then dozens of other blogs had already posted images, giving plenty of potential customers the chance to put in their two cents.
"I always thought SJP had great personal style, now I see she had a great personal stylist! They look a lot like those clothes she modeled for those Gap ads she did a while back, especially those cuffed jeans!" said one commentator on Fashionista.
On other sites, readers praised the "Sex and the City" star for making affordable fashion for the masses instead of inking a potentially more lucrative contract elsewhere. Parker has said she was drawn to the low-cost retailer because she grew up one of eight children in a family that faced financial difficulties.
The next day, Fashionista blogger Faran Krentcil received an anonymous e-mail from a tipster who claimed to work with the Bitten team and said they are trying to redesign the pieces. The e-mailer speculated the change-up had perhaps been prompted by the online storm of criticism. A few hours after Fashionista published the photographs, the password-protected area of the Bitten Web site disappeared, so the images are no longer available to the press.
"We are not changing a thing in the line," said Howard Schacter, chief partnership officer for Steve & Barry's. "We are incredibly excited about it. The Bitten line is several hundred pieces, we're thrilled with it, and nothing is being changed or added as a result of anything that's transpired over the last few weeks." He acknowledged an unnamed media outlet was promised an exclusive — and still has it — but declined to specify further. A spokeswoman for Harpo Productions, Winfrey's production company, said the Sarah Jessica Parker line will be on the show but said she did not have a confirmed air date.
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Oprah Winfrey's power to publicize an author, a star or a designer is legendary, so naturally she was promised an exclusive on the unveiling of Sarah Jessica Parker's new Bitten line for mass chain retailer Steve & Barry's. But last week, Gawker founding editor Elizabeth Spiers' new blog site, Fashionista, published photographs from a password-protected area of a preliminary Bitten Web site intended only for long-lead-time monthly magazines. When attorneys from Steve & Barry's requested Fashionista remove the photos, it did, but by then dozens of other blogs had already posted images, giving plenty of potential customers the chance to put in their two cents.
"I always thought SJP had great personal style, now I see she had a great personal stylist! They look a lot like those clothes she modeled for those Gap ads she did a while back, especially those cuffed jeans!" said one commentator on Fashionista.
On other sites, readers praised the "Sex and the City" star for making affordable fashion for the masses instead of inking a potentially more lucrative contract elsewhere. Parker has said she was drawn to the low-cost retailer because she grew up one of eight children in a family that faced financial difficulties.
The next day, Fashionista blogger Faran Krentcil received an anonymous e-mail from a tipster who claimed to work with the Bitten team and said they are trying to redesign the pieces. The e-mailer speculated the change-up had perhaps been prompted by the online storm of criticism. A few hours after Fashionista published the photographs, the password-protected area of the Bitten Web site disappeared, so the images are no longer available to the press.
"We are not changing a thing in the line," said Howard Schacter, chief partnership officer for Steve & Barry's. "We are incredibly excited about it. The Bitten line is several hundred pieces, we're thrilled with it, and nothing is being changed or added as a result of anything that's transpired over the last few weeks." He acknowledged an unnamed media outlet was promised an exclusive — and still has it — but declined to specify further. A spokeswoman for Harpo Productions, Winfrey's production company, said the Sarah Jessica Parker line will be on the show but said she did not have a confirmed air date.
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