1. The Harvard Clothing Line: for all of your seersucker, plaid, and preppy blazer needs.
Meant to emulate the Harvard dress code of years past, "Harvard Yard" will arrive in department stores in February.
My favorite quote from the story (as told by the creative director):
“We want to combine the power of Harvard with the power of a plaid shirt."
You can check out the "good ol' boy era" collection here.
2. Today in cupcakes
I've always wondered about the designer cupcake trend that has swept our great nation as of late, starting in New York and LA and proliferating to other parts of the country. More specifically, I wonder: 1) When people will tire of spending $4 on a simple baked good and 2) when people will simply tire of cake in a cup.
According to Slate, half a dozen cupcake bakeries have opened in the DC area in the past 20 months, with more on the way.
They call it the cupcake bubble, and like with other bubbles, the expect it to pop soon.
In other fattening food news, fried butter is making its debut at the Texas State Fair this month. Apparently it tastes like a buttery biscuit or croissant.
My favorite quote from the story (as told by the creator of aformentioned butter invention):
"An order of fried butter will get you three or four pieces of piping-hot dough in a little cardboard boat. 'Any more than that and I think it would be a little bit too much. A little bit too rich.'”
Apparently three or four daily fried butter pads is just right.
Other fried foods to make their debut at the self-proclaimed "Fried Food Capital of Texas:"
Texas fried pecan pie, country fried pork chips, and fried peanut butter cup macaroons.
3. Glamour magazine encountered controversy when they featured an image of a plus-size model, nearly naked, on one of their pages. The Daily Beast calls it "the belly roll heard round the world."
The thing is, the model is amazingly beautiful, and despite her lack of washboard abs, looks fantastic. The way MOST WOMEN look.
My favorite quote from the story (as mentioned in a blog comment):
"There’s still this addiction to thin, thin, thin in the media, which has us all addicted. It’s time for a Revolution all y’all! Down with size 2, up with size YOU!“
The reaction to the photo is such a testament to our society these days.
Some people are saying the magazine industry is turning over a new leaf. Cynics believe the controversy is a way to sell more magazines.
Either way, I can't wait for the day when images like this grace pages of magazines without a stir.
But for a certain food cop, I'd go for one or two of those butter deals. Good writing Andy.
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