Posted in May 2008

Phillips Family Fortunes

Source: Current Affairs Blog
Thursday 15th May 2008, 10:30am

Some young members of the Royal Family have come under criticism recently for becoming what is described by older courtiers as the Heat magazine generation.

Wedding Bedding - £500,000 for duvet cover shot?

According to the Torygraph we may get to see the very wedding bedding photos from Peter and his Misus to be sleep in before and after their wedding.

Pete "Grins Widely" Phillips has creamed off a cool half million from top quality society magazine Hello! for exclusive wedding evening pictures with his fiancée Autumn Kelly. The mind boggles as to the nature of these piccies - a drunken hokey cokey photo taken at a squiffy angle is a treat indeed but will the coverage really extend to the bedroom?

Zara flys the Flag astride a Land Rover Freelander

Pete's sister, Zara, was the first person in direct line to the throne to be paid to appear in an advertisement, posing for Land Rover, a lthough it is understood that the decision was swayed byu a recent report that highlighted the Freelander safety standards at a time when the brand was under fire.

Zara went on to become the face of Rolex watches.

The article concludes: Is the Royal Family cheapening itself by earning cash advertising? Or do they have every right to make money as "celebrities"?

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You couldn't make it up

Source: Current Affairs Blog
Friday 2nd May 2008, 5:16pm

This is PRICELESS

Aussie Dream Pop Queen Kylie Minogue has launched a range of home furnishings. However the people she hired to market the brand missed an important "competitor" to the Divas brand.

Kylie Duvet Covers and Bedding

Amidst the press releases and advertising campaigns an eagle-eyed shopper observed in the Guardian that there had been something of a branding blunder.

A web search for Kylie Bed Sheets reveals that there is a huge range of incontinence products carrying the Kylie brand name.

Kylie pants!

Worse, it turns out that 'Kylie' and 'pillow', 'Kylie' and 'duvet' are similarly afflicted. There's even a range of Kylie incontinence pants which I believe come in neither gold nor lamé.

Is it Curtains for Kylies Home furnishing fabrics?

After such an oversight you would expect a U Turn - however the gritty star has persisted in promoting her luxury bedding sets and is expected to reveal a new collection of stylish curtains to the UK market in the summer.

Kylie - Curtains - Pole yourself together!!!

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