Put your dreams away for now

Remember the United Colors of Bennetton?

Even if you don't, you've probably seen their famous multi-racial cast of models in a ton of ads. This season, the brand has decided to step their game up by having world leaders in their ads. If that's not interesting enough, the world leaders happen to be clashing ones. Still not interesting? The leaders are actually KISSING, but obviously, the images are photoshopped. According to Bennetton's website, the ads show world leaders locking lips to promote tolerance. Bennetton is simply amplifying their Unhate Campaign, which was created to undermine the omnipresent hate culture.

The ad campaign is so controversial that the pope(in his fabulous Louboutin loafers), commanded that the ads needed to be taken down because of its lewdness. Oh, the sweet irony.

Is this just a clever attempt to revive the brand's dropping sales? Or is Bennetton really on a passionate campaign to stop the hatin'?

The pope and Sheik Amed el-Tayeb of Cairo's al-Azhar Institute for Sunni Islam.

China's president Hu Jintao and Obama

German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Nicholas Sarkozy

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and South Korean president Lee Myung Bak.

Thoughts?

Currently Jamming to: Lost in my Mind- the Head and the Heart

Ashes to dust and stone to stone

The best accessories are ones that pack a punch, and I think that the Occupy movements justify my argument perfectly. The protesters' signs make the strongest statements and overshadows their mostly lumberjack chic/grunge/hippie outfits! So in lieu of this worldwide movement, I scoured through political blogs, online magazines and newspapers to find the most statement-making signs.

NOTE: I am aware that the Occupy movements are not merely street style events, but are calls to end corporate greed and the government's compliance to it.

The message in this one is so simple, but the image itself makes the "statement" I mentioned earlier. The solidarity of all these Iranian women in burqas to support the movement is amazing. GET IT LADIES! :)

In case you want to participate in the Occupy movement, but are afraid or unsure of how to, there is a project by the Outreach Group of NYC that enables people of all ages to participate anonymously through pictures, sidewalks, and chalk. Yes, the ones you use on black boards and sidewalks. To find out more, go to this link: http://occupywallstreet.tumblr.com/post/12586447641/the-outreach-group-of-the-nyc-general-assembly-has

& if you are planning to participate, let me know. :)

Currently Jamming: Come Home- Ryan Adams

Not the Summer of 69' guy, I'm talking about the talented husby of Mandy Moore. He's an awesome musician that's too underrated. Check him out!