Headlines This Week 1/02
January 2, 2009 by mexicachica
- Everyone here at Oligoville would like to wish our readers happiness, love, health and prosperity in 2009 and beyond! Thanks to everyone who believes in us and our mission! Get ready for an even better Oligoville this year with our beta site launch just around the corner. Happy New Year!!! Be sure to check out the videos below for some of the world’s most amazing fireworks.
- Parisian designer, Ted Lapidus dies at age 79 in the French Riviera this week. His label, created in 1951 and now run by his son Olivier Lapidus, came to be defined by the clean lines of unisex military clothing and revolutionizing the safari look. In a tribute, French president Nicolas Sarkozy said Lapidus had “democratised French elegance and classicism” by making fashion available to ordinary men and women.
- Everyone is now shifting their attention to luxury brand, Chanel as an indication of our global economy. The ‘recession proof’ brand is now the latest in a series of luxury lines that have been hit hard by declining sales. 200 workers, which represents 10 percent of the their work force, have been laid off according to the NY Times.
