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Karl Lagerfeld Bear

I’m a big fan of the Kaiser.

One of the world’s most iconic toy companies, Steiff, has paired with one of the world’s most iconic fashion designers, Karl Lagerfeld, to create the most fashionable teddy bear on the planet. Less than 2,500 made and sold worldwide.

Limited-edition Karl Lagerfeld Steiff bear includes:14.5″H bear with jointed limbs, constructed of the finest alpaca wool. A miniature outfit designed in collaboration with Karl Lagerfeld, including black denim jeans, flannel jacket, white shirt, Swarovski® crystal-studded silken tie, leather belt with Swarovski® crystal-studded KL buckle, and tailor-made leather boots. Miniature sunglasses in the style Karl Lagerfeld himself wears. Special black-and-white gift box with KL and Steiff logos.Scribble of the bear, drawn and signed by Karl Lagerfeld.

image: neimanmarcus.com

a comrags retrospective – November 17 – 30, 2008

a comrags retrospective

Joyce and Judy would like to thank you for the pleasure of their first 25 years in business!
From November 17-30th we will be exhibiting artifacts from the 80’s up to the present marking significant events in the life of Comrags.
This multi media collage will bring back fond and funny memories of Canadian fashion, music, trends, and friends.
If you can’t make it in you may want to post a “memory” on our facebook page!

comrags
654 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario
416-360-7249

mon-wed 11-6pm
thurs-fri 110-7pm
Sat 10-6
Sun 12-5

geekiviews: Emergency Valet and Purse Hooker

I hate good ideas poorly executed. It was bad from the absolute beginning and frustrating. I received a package of items from the company My Tagalongs via Ashworth & Associates. They are the makers of a great product called Tagalongs which are disposable underwear. They are perfect to keep around for a variety of reasons. I keep a pair at the gym for those days I forget to stock up my locker and I’m left with no underwear after coming out of the shower. Those days are not fun and Tagalongs have saved my ass before.

The first item was the Emergency Valet for $30 bucks. It includes a metal crush-proof Tampon Tube (it looks like a cigar holder), portable Eco-Chic Tote, Sticky Notes To Go (different sizes in one pad) and a 911 Tin (a sewing kit, pre-cut double-sided clothing tape, tweezers, a nail file, a hair elastic, band-aids and individually wrapped flossers). This is a great idea. Everything is small enough to fit in your purse. I love the 911 Tin. The Eco-Chic Tote is unfortunately very cheap. I’ve used it a few times and the stitching is coming apart in places. I noticed the handle stitching was totally coming apart today and soon this bag will be broken. Thank god for the 911 Tin, although I don’t think fixing the bag was the intended purpose. I was surprised that they took the cheap route on the tote considering they aren’t that expensive.

The next item was the Purse Hooker. I was excited about this one until I opened it for the first time. One of the screws fell out and it fell apart. I didn’t even get to use it. I really liked the shape of the hooker and it looked like it could accommodate tables that my current one cannot. Now maybe this was a fluke and I got a defective product, but I expect at least a few uses of something. It shouldn’t break without some kind of weight being placed on it.

So I was a little disappointed with these two items. Great ideas but crappy production.