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So, the big discussion after the Stella McCartney show was about this print.
Editors either loved it or hated it.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
So, the big discussion after the Stella McCartney show was about this print.
Editors either loved it or hated it.
382 comments
reminds me of her pineapple dress! hello 70s tablecloth!
Loved it
i llllove it!!!!!!!!
I hate it…
lovely, for a journey on the coast of Italy :)
It is not very flattering for most of the women, but who cares, I love the idea and it is unususal!
blech. to the user that said it reminded them of her pineapple print: the pineapple print was great, this: horrible, the grapefruit looks yummy though.
Hate it! I can't imagine anyone walking down the street wearing this and looking great. Might be able to get away with it a resort but yikes, 70s curtains!
I love fruits but it's strange !!
Hate it!
Oh no it's horrible. It looks like it is made of wipe clean material and put in the kitchen somewhere.
Its quite cheerful but reminds me of my grannies kitchen wallpaper/tiles.
oh my Camera degli Sposi on a dress….not sure how the hyper real works as a pattern…
…not easy to wear! but why not!
It's like wearing a tablecloth left around from the 50s. I'd rather wear the crochet bedspread!
it reminds me of the edible wallpaper in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory…
Hate it – it reminds me of the curtains my grandma had in her kitchen when I was little.
Looks like a wax tablecloth from the early 90's… Needless to say I don't like it?
it looks like my grandmas sofa.
it looks like my grandmas sofa.
Not very fond of the print!
love love love those trousers!
I think the print is very pretty however I would not want to wear it. It's too big, it has lemons on her breasts and the white space is wider across here stomach. Great tablecloth though.
maybe on short shorts- otherwise, not a fan.
So delicious!!!! I am on a diet… :)
It works better on some designs more than on others. Personally I liked it on the silky dress with the slits, but am not too fond of it on the outfits in your photos.
Very wearable on a warm Sicilian night strolling down a boulevard. But apart from those rare occassions…..nah.
It┬┤s like atabletcloth! It is not her best colection.
Unfortunately, I really don't like it.
It looks….refreshing and zesty!
I like.
I love it, but as a single piece, not a total ensemble. ADR was right (with her giant cherry and watermelon wedge hats)– fruit prints are huge for Spring…the new floral. Between Prada's bananas and Stella's citrus, I'm hungry for some ambrosia fruit salad!
Some designers are producing 'ugly' designs on purpose and are testing us 'normal' people if we are gonna buy it or not. If we buy the ugly design…it's only because of the name of the designer. Why buy a 800 dollar ugly piece designed by a big name designer, when you can go for an extremely beautiful and 'one-of-a-kind' clothingpiece of 1 dollar at the local thrift store?
was waiting for this show but in the end… i'm a bit disappointed. unfortunately.
it really looks like tablecloath but I still love it. But I wouldn't wear it…
I love it !
Interesting print, but it defenetly reminds me kitchen's wallpaper from the 70's!
Maybe it would have worked as a bold detail on a very finely cut jacket. But these clothes are all square and mishapen, they look like; "Oh, I'm gonna make a dress from this kitchen curtain, how difficult can it be?"
it really looks like this: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61S9X7hR4ZL._AA300_.jpg
It looks like the kind of print an 80 yr old would wear on a cruise.
I hate it….
The clothes are cut in a frankly unflattering way despite the print; and, while the print itself is not in my personal taste I love the hyper realness. Stella is onto something!
I hate it… And does the first model have a right arm?? Doesn't look like it in the photo!
Erm… this looks exactly like those wax tablecloths everyone's mom had in like 1980. I appreciate though that runway is not always for practical use, so I do like the summery motif.
Reminds me the Cavalli print of some summer ago.
I think the problem is that it isn't 50s tablecloth/grandma's curtains ENOUGH. Like anonymous (8:26) said, it looks more like a late 80s/early 90s kitchen print–and there's nothing appealing about that.
Not a fan of this one…it sure does look like a tablecloth.
I love the tromp l'oeil fruit!
let's say: love and hate combination
mmm, not sure… it reminds me of old kitchen curtains…
loove it!
if it was on a smaller scale maybe….I love McCartney, I think she is brilliant and makes a difference, but I will have to pass on this one I am afraid!
Perfect if one is going for "geek grandma chic," otherwise, blech!
don't like it, a bit tea-clothey, no?
For god's sake, I love Stella. she's a genius (once again). Those prits remind me childhood, but I don't know why. It's fresh, anyway (like fresh fruits,haha), but I must admit it's kind of :Love it or hate it, nothing neutral
The second picture looks much better than the first… I guess the summery/fruity look works better on a short dress!
I like this print … for say a placemat or kitchen wallpaper … but it seems so loud for a dress. To me at least.
It was a great fresh print to in the mix of so many neutrals (which I love) and a lot of other trends that were shown this season ; )
It looks like a kitchen curtains
Hate it!!
About time she did something that wasn┬┤t plain. Love, love it!!!
i sold recently an old herm├Ęs scarf with this kind of print.. i didn't like it much really, it is not very flattering!
it looks very Italian, in the sense of an Italian tablecloth. I would never wear that- nor use it when making a collection.
Hate it. For all the reasons already mentioned below. Maybe if it had been on a more form fitting garment it might not have been as bad, but still…awful.
Stella McCartney has always been fond of things natural. Maybe, this is one of those fashion statements that say, "You are what you eat" or "Wear what you eat." We appreciate that you're on an all-fruit diet regimen, McCartney, but we really don't need to see that on your clothes.
…on a second thought its daring….and probably will soon to be a fashion statement..
yes, it looks like a tablecloth, but somehow i still like it. My only complaint is the white stitching. It could have been so much better with an accent colour!
Admittedly, at first glance I hated it. As if it was so close to being exactly right, just off kilter enough, but not too kooky, but somehow I thought it had missed the mark.
At second glance, I'm warming up to it. I'm not deluding myself into thinking that it will become a style icon, but it is a fun print, that doesn't take itself too seriously.
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hate is a strong word… but i can say i strongly dislike it!
nooo i don't like it!!!
Even though it looks like a table cloth, I kind of like it… Very energetic and bright! Not sure I would ware it though. This print may work for a bag or a scarf.
It is great for Hawaiian vacations.
Love it!
It's a nice pattern for kitchen curtains but for a dress or suit is not suitable!
I have to say I kinda hate it. Reminds me of the early 90s.
To me it's one of those things that can happen only on a catwalk. I don't really see people wearing this texture for their everyday life. I would never! :)
That would be hard to wear for even the savviest of dressers. Love the plateau sandals in the second pic, though.
No way . . . . can't even look at it for a long time.
LOVE Stella McCartney. HATE the print.
This is so 60s/70s, I really like it. It's something different… I bet we will get used to it. Same happened with clogs… everybody hated them at first :-)
Not a big fan of that print…
I do like it, but it is so reminiscent of my grandmothers tablecloth. Remeber the oil slicked ones?
I love her but this is beyond horrendous.
not a fan :(
I hate it. It reminds me of tablecloth my aunt owns from way before I was born.
Love it? Yes. Wear it? No.
Hate it
Hate the cut of the second dress too – if it looks that unflattering on a model what would it do to the rest of us. Frumpsville
Pink grapefruit, lemons and limes
inside my fridge now and reminiscent of boiled sweet wrappers I used to eat as a child.
love it so much my teeth hurt. and that's a good thing!
I would be happy to eat dinner off of her dress, if she were in it.
I had a table cloth and a sheet set like this growing up.
looks like the tablecoth i got from provence..
Reminds me on my grandma's clothes. But it's cool.
first time that I'm saying it about Stella's creation….Hate this print, really do, it's unflattering and it does remind me of a tablecloth that we had in my grandparents' country house where I've spent my childhood
I think the print doesn't work at all…only as a tablecloth. And the dress isn't flattering on anybody.
It's fun…the times call for something silly. Of course, it needs to be price-friendly too.
Love the colors ant the print, but maybe not the placing of it..it doesent do much for the figure, does it?
Like the printed dress. The pant ensemble looks a bit elderly-like
Looks like Stella waltzed into my great-grandmother's kitchen and stole her curtains! She'd like them back please.
it looks like my mother-in law's table cloth :))unusual but interesting:)
fabulous…great print
first time that I'm saying it about Stella's creation….Hate this print, really do, it's unflattering and it does remind me of a tablecloth that we had in my grandparents' country house where I've spent my childhood
gets my vote
I'm not a fan. If I were 80 and lived in south Florida, maybe…
If you want to look for less check out Chico's . They've been doing prints likes these for years. You want crop pants and matching jacket with big colorful print, Chico's is the place.
I really don't think it's chic at all….
Can't say that I am in a crazy delight from this print. I prefer the traditional cool Stella's style.
Looks like a fruity copy of the Alexander McQueen prints from two years ago, except with fruit instead of snakes.
This makes my taste buds go bazurk.
Beyond amazing…
Arcimboldo girls!
My grand mother use to have the same print on the plastic tablecloth of her kitchen…
I can't see anybody being able to pull those prints off unfortunately.. Even the models look terrible!
Yeah:/ definitely grandma's polyester table cloth for sure. The cut looks flattering though.
I'm getting a bit tired of all these strong prints. There was a time when they were considered plain kitsch, then they became kinda cool, but for me they are becoming too much. Sorry Stella.
If one looks at the way the white of the pattern creates an hour glass shape (squint if you have to get beyond the fruit!) and then observe how the designer has used that reality to work with the human body form in creating these fashions, then you might see how the "white effect" reflects and enhances the figure in the pant suit outfit and reverses it in the dress in a very effective way.
Not a fan. Reminds me of wallpaper in my grandmother's kitchen. Not in a good way…
Didn't like it, looks like a table cloth!
It's too literal and rather silly. Might we have gourds or crudite next season?
Horrible–50's tablecloth!
surprisingly, I don't mind the pattern so much as the cut of the sleeves in both pictures, I find it very unflattering :(
hate it..my kitchen curtains look just like that!
love it – but I think you have to be a model to pull it off! My hips won't work in this print! hahaha
The first thought that crossed my mind is the title of a Jeanette Winterson Novel, i.e., "Oranges are not the only fruit".
I like it on the dress and as people have said, it is hard to pull off. But it's tasty and bold. It could be done really well.
I would combine the trousers with a navy top…bottom and top togethere are not "wearable".
Nope. Don't like the print at all…it does remind me of something my grandmother would have worn…
i'm torn. it's a tablecloth of course, or kitschy curtains.
but i LOVE the smell, do you know what i mean? pink grapefruit? lemons, limes, oranges! is fashion evocation? if it is i say yes to it.
my grandma had that as her vinyl tablecloth in her condo in Boca in the 70's. that says it all, just horrible to begin with and even worse as a dress.
it remainds me the summer dining' tablecloth.
not so baaad.
an interesting print but i'm not sure how popular this print is going to be…maybe at the beach?….there is the fear of the frump factor though…
It looks like dresses my grandmother used to make out of upholstery fabric. . . in the 60s. . . in Florida!
Lovely as a decor for a table in a sunny summer afternoonÔÇŽ
I think it would be better as a pencil skirt. With a fitted red sweater. I'd wear that. Does that make me strange? But the pants? Nope.
Love it. Great colors, fun print, Vintage-tablecloth Chic.
Don't care that it's not flattering to the model (or, probably, to anyone). Fashion often is sculpture, for me, the model the vehicle for the clothes.
in the south of Italy they sell tablecloth's with this print, and I have one…..
Don't see me wearing this
Before I read what you wrote I was thinking "is it wrong that I like this?"
Is lovely. It brings back a hole generation┬┤s feeling through color and drawing. Is great. Goes perfect with the lines of the collection. Period.
OMG I hate this…why stella?
You know, I think that some outfits should be worn humorously.
My husband has a passion for extreme aloha shirts. I like "ugly pants". But you can TELL when someone is serious about a funny look and that just doesn't work. This look is funny. It's a FRUIT PRINT for pete's sake. Big hair, big sunglasses, big smile and this print? Then it's a yes.
love it ,…
I have a tablecloth just like this!
it looks like the wallpaper from willy wonka…i feel like i should be licking it not wearing it haha.
2 words: Mrs. Roper
Hello waterproof patio furniture. I'd wear it. Blanche Devereaux FTW!
I don't mind the print. It's fresh and daring and so unlike other prints of recent, but I can see where some might not like it since it looks like a print of my grandmothers skirt, but in fashion what once was old becomes new again.
The thing I don't like it the cuts of the pieces. They are bulky and the model looks like she is drowning. Something more fitted is more suited, which is what I think when I think Stella anyway.
at first I hated it, but that hate was mostly directed to the placement of the print. Being on either side of her, it leaves some odd negative space in the middle. I don't like the colors, either.
However, I rather like the almost-photo realistic print and in smaller doses and slightly more muted colors (like a lot of the rest of her collection) I can see this style really catching on.
Maybe not fruit, though.
love it. it's fresh, literally.
I love it!! Am REALLY digging the two colors of open faced grapefruit halves….genius!!
I love it, very Positano, expecially the trousers one. The only thing is Stella, I'm sorry, but the idea's not so original…remember the Cavalli lemon dress? EVERYONE had it, and not so many years ago…it's pretty but seen…
My mother has placemats made out of this fabric.
I feel like I shouldn't like this at all, but I do.
I love the colors. Maybe if they weren't…oranges and other various citrus fruit I'd actually wear it. And the shoes look off.
But yeah overall it looks like kitchenware.
this print might be cute on a bikini or shorts, but not in such a large amount – it totally takes away from looking at the person and is all about the hypnotic citrus.
Publicity shoot? Maybe
It's creative if nothing else, but I'm with the people who are inclined to hate it. Nobody should have to wear a retro tablecloth as an outfit.
Sometimes "too much" can be good. But this time I just can't stand it. Sorry Stella.
The worst possible kind of fruit explosion – an overpriced one.
This print looks far more fitting for a line of stationery. Awful as clothing.
very arcimboldo. like it in the dress but not the suit
totally wallpaper. not sure if it was supposed to be surprising or something but it's just tired.
I don't hate its mere existence. I wouldn't wear it. I'd be silently amused if I were with someone wearing it.
Hate it. Period.
I thought it was terrible.
really disliked it.
Yeah, no.
Fine for the pages of a magazine. Wold not wear, or encourage anyone else to wear.
It reminds me of the 70's. I don't hate it but I wouldn't wear it either.
reminds me of the roberto cavalli lemon print 5 years ago
Loved it! My grandmother had a similar dress fifty years ago : )
wonderful! love the way it creates a silhouette on the clothing in a way that reminds me of McQueen's 2009 resort collection and that dress that Michaela Kocianova wore. of course, this is total McCartney and is flirty and a little but off. also – who cares if it doesn't work on the street? it's a runway show and it's about creating a fantasy that people can take inspiration from
Love the print, dislike the silhouettes. I would love to have this in a little flowy summer dress, fitted blazer, tight sweater, etc. instead.
I won't buy this at all !
Prada's bananas were more subtle, modern and quirky.
I love it!!!!!!
anon 8:25am comment was right on with the "charlie and the chocolate factory" edible wallpaper reference. hilarious!
a bit dishtowel-y but i love seeing this kind of thing on the runway.
intense dislike!!!
Still got a hand-painted silk cravat, should it be worn now?
Pretty to look at. Would hate to wear it though.
love it
I don't think we all need to be so polarized: I like it for all the reasons people here seem to hate it (resembling grandma's tablecloth, etc.). I think that's Stella McCartney's whole point.
I'm definitely leaning towards 'hate it'. But it got people talking so kudos for that!
love Stella, hate the print
Hate the print, I would never wear that. It's a shame because otherwise I love the designs.
definitely, love it!
Hate it…for real life situations in Europe
Love it…for vacation on the tropical islands
freakin' love it. :)
I think that it's cute, cheerful and I like it a lot!
This isn't that original, doesn't anyone remember lemon and orange fruits print on white silk prints that were round in the mid 90's that looked just like these. I know I was bought a silk top with very similar prints. I think it was an Italain designer that was copied on the UK high street by topshop and C&A (when it used to be in the UK).
ps…Is it me or does the second model look like she is ill?
I hate to say it's terrible because I LOVE Stella McCartney but it's terrible, it's great in concept but terrible execution I think.
just bad, but its not a surprising design from her. She's been pushing out whimsy, lazy, formulaic designs with horrible prints for years now. I've always thought her designs look like something you'd find in a generic suburban teenage girl's scrap book, and not that I'd have anything against that as an aesthetic in itself. I think what I'm getting at is when you are placing yourself on a stage shared with such an incredible lineage of diverse and radical approaches to innovation, craft and style; to see something designs like this in the same context just makes me a little sad.
Ever since she started butchering George Stubbs' paintings and slapping them around like a bad gimmick back in the day at Chloe I've been waiting for her to dumbfound me with something even half good. Unfortunately it seems that she's just not capable, I know this kind of criticism isn't new, but I can see certainly understand the suggestion that the progression of her fashion career has had very little to do with tallent as a designer.
If I was a table I would be happy to wear it. It resembles the table cloth my grandmother uses in the summer.
teeeeerrrible! looks more like a costume…
The dress is cool
Hate it! I also hated the Prada bananas. Not into wearing fruit…..
Don't hate it, just dislike it.
hate it! they look like pjs!
It's cute but I would not wear it.
wow it has certainly polarised the comments! I love it!
You could get away with top or bottom, but not both together. It really is too tablecloth-y with a whole outfit. And you'd have to wear it with something simple, like jeans or plain pants, to pull it off.
Love the print !!!!
This is a common problem for me — I fall for the material but it doesn't flatter me.
In the photo with the two-piece outfit, it just looks clunky and unflattering. In the photo with short dress, it works better.
Once again, I love the printed pattern, but I think it's too overpowering for clothing. It reminds me of a mid60s Hawaiian print.
hate to say . . . i l o v e ! ! !
Surprisingly, I love it!
Hmm, hate is a rather strong word…I agree with who ever said that the print would look best as short shorts…anything else…reminds me too much of my grandparent's tablecloth…good memories but, like my grandmother's homemade chopped chicken liver, not something I would necessarily wear…
Love McCartney though…too bad this is a little too out there for my taste.
You know, I dismissed this as silly, but then I had a long think about it. SM is a very brilliant and creative person and she doesn't do things blithely. I now want to know what her intention is. She obviously knows she's evoking notions of rattan and South Floridian table cloths. She went there on purpose. So, I have think she's playing with some ideas here. The print is actually quite beautiful. Could it work better on a swing dress, or, as someone said, a pencil skirt? A big beach bag? A trench coat? Now I want to hear what she has to say about it. We're obsessed with animal prints and she is very much an animal rights activist. Could she be offering an alternative to adorning ourselves in the skins of animals?
It makes me hungry!! :D
Very vitaminic!!!
It kinda look like those table cloth they sell by the meter in the pound shop….
Feel like having a fresh orange juice suddenly….
-diary of a fashion stylist-
I don't think many could pull this off, but I love Stella McCartney and I'm loving this print.. but I think I'm only loving it because it's on an amazonian skinny lady.. Speaking for me, who's short and sports pretty much a 12 year old boyish frame, I know I would look terrible in the print.
I don't love it (looks like a 1950's tablecloth to me) but I think it could work a little better without such a stiff cut or overall effect – which only emphasizes the "housewares" impression. I wouldn't wear it as designed.
Hate it. Very kitschy + very expensive = wrong.
I'd wear the trousers. Ftw.
Oh my god! Perfect for the fruit stand!
<3 Scarlett
Love the print, hate the shape!
Stella McCartney for Target home?
I'm willing to admit I don't know where she's going with it, though…
I think Stella has missed the point. Isn't her label meant to prioritise sustainability? Placement printing is really unresourceful, as the pattern pieces can only be positioned in very specific areas of the fabric, creating heaps of textile waste.
Love the print but I don't think it's used to it's full potential with these silhouettes.
Love it! I think the print works better for the pants than the top or dress, but for the runway, it is fun and a bit unexpected.
Tablecloth. Don't hate the print though, it could be salvaged if the clothes were more fitted or unusual in their tailoring. These are so plain that the tablecloth feeling is reinforced 100x.
Carmen Miranda/Eastern Euro/50s/70s vibe. It's great. Bring it on!
i really love it. i'm not sure i'd wear it myself, but i do think that it is a gorgeous print to look at.
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thank you for your blog (as a non-bloggess I usually do not comment)
This reminds me of (the Island of) Capri and the Peninsula Sorrentina ;-)
I love it and would wear it.
I love how the citrus makes it immediately makes it feel "fresh", but it really reminds me of a dollar store tablecloth. I really did expect more out of Stella McCartney.
I don't love it. I couldn't tell it was fruits from the low quality youtube videos, but I really don't like it.
Nana..can you see me ?
I like it.
I'd pick fruit off her vine, anyday!
Do Not like. Reminders me of a tablecloth or my grandmother's curtains from the 70's. I am sorry, when you have to convince yourself to something it's forcing it and a sign that it's not so great.
Hate it! The dress looks a little better, but still.
Prada bananas yes, Stella citrus no. Scale, placement and tones seem forced and not thought out (or too thought out?) Italian designers have it down when it comes to slightly "off" prints.
i like it. not a lot of people can carry this kind of print. it takes a certain character/personality to pull this off – and that's the beauty of it.
To me, the main motivation behind design or dressing oneself should not be controversy. Although many innovative and leading ideas tend to create controversy by virtue of their novelty. Often I find people seem to dress with a view to shock or stand out rather than a view to creating something worthwhile or innovative.
Unfortunately for me, all I get from this print is "controversy".
Ironically: I don't love it – I don't hate it – but I'm disappointed. However, I'm open to the possibility that I might have gotten more from the print in the context of the whole collection.
Love the color…
fruits? um..not so much.
I like the shoes.
Not quite liking it. I actually wouldnt wear that. The fruits are too detailed hahaha
These are some of the most beautiful women in the world wearing these clothes and that's what they look like. I'm about a foot shorter than them – I can't even imagine what this print would look like on me. The stuff of nightmares. Maybe Stella's having a joke at everyone's expense.
As a more fitted, sleeveless sheath dress this would be stunning. It is the cut that turns this fresh print into the tired tablecloth so many people have alluded to…
I love it in the dress, not so much in the pants! All depends on the silhouette!
Looks like someone upcycled their great-aunt's waxed tablecloth.
Nope. Maybe good as a P.R. ploy. It has certainly worked to generate attention here.
And to be honest, McCartney's stuff has always been "hit or miss" to me, and sustained by this kind of attention.
Could see it as a mini skirt…
Definitely not an investment piece. I don't love or hate the print, but I do know I'd never wear it! Miuccia Prada and her bananas and now this? Something tells me come summer, you'll find these pieces in the clearance section ;)
not a fan
Hate it ! I'm craving some fruit now though.
100% love – refreshing – literally & figuratively
novel idea, ugly fabric.
It may work better as a smaller and allover print. Yes, on a tropical island holiday it would look good–but I can see it best as country kitchen curtains–lots of lovely rustic recycled timber surrounding them.
Channeling "the sound of music" by any chance? It looks like the clothes were made from the kitchen curtains! That said, it works on the dress, but the top/pants combo is a no-go
It's a beautiful print, but not for clothing. It would be delightful in a frame in the kitchen, so it can remind one of Capri!
hmmmmm i like it but i like the Prada monekys more!!! hehe
Okay. After reading a few more comments, I decided that I could definitely and proudly wear a pencil skirt in this print!
I don't mind the print so much, it's kitschy for sure, cheerful with the white background, pleasing colors. Very early eighties. The placement of the pattern on the garments in this Rorschach test kind of way is the problem. It has a very widening effect I'm afraid. It's quite a poor design. And those wide elbow-length sleeves, very unflattering, even on a thin model. On anyone else it would be clownish. Even just having the fruit on one side of the body only and the other all white, for example, would be so much more interesting.
Love it! We are all the time told how beneficial vitamin C is for us … so why not wear a print of large hesperides? It would be great if they fabric released vitamin C or was slightly scented with notes of hesperides!
i feel as if it looks fine now but in several years will be tacky.
Frankly, the print does not please me at all! We can not afford any pretext of being a star among designers!
caro from geneva
I prefer it in the dress, but i like it a lot! it's a lot different from the usual patterns and she did a nice job of keeping the garments simple with such a bold pattern.
Nope. Would never wear that.
I'd look like a fruit juice bottle.
And I can't think of anyone it would suit either
love it! + fruits will be major in SS11! Yay!
Lilly Pulitzer…but not in a good way.
lovelly as dress, and more surpising for the total outfit …
makes me think of a tablecloth… sorry :)
After have seen at Anna dello Russo with her cherries and her watermelon it so clear: fruit is the new trend!!!
don't like it all! shoes are great though!
Nice! When I was 12, 13 years old, I used to have this dress shirt in powder blue, with a print of strawberries 10 cm in diameter. This brings back memories!
Greetings from Holland!
Nice,citric and refreshing garden…for Carmen Miranda
absolutly love it!
i love it: and its like a wall paper of Gaston y Daniela…
I actually hate it but in thinking about it, I think ethnic models could pull it off…
what a big discussion!
frankly, it is quite good but dont wanna wear it.
imagine a woman walking downtown wearing it.
nope i dont wanna imagine…
i agree with the comment saying it looks like a tablecloth…
Reminds me of cheap plastic table mats.
"tablecloth" was my first thought. i definitely wouldn't wear it.
It's an homage to Pascall Fruit Bon-Bon wrappers
My immediate impression is that it makes a skinny girl look fat but I actually love the fruity print! hehe
Sometimes you really have to look beyond a label, because really, if it didn't say Stella inside would you really want to wear it? Or are you really going to be able to explain to every passerby that gives you a strange look "no, but hey wait, it's Stella so it's okay". Because really no matter what it says inside, on the outside, it really is not okay. It's rather horrific.
I don't think it would be a great idea strolling around with it in a warm sicilian night…you could be misunderstood with a tablecloth…
it does not leave you indifferent, that's for sure
hate it, no doubt
That is … weard. :x
i love stella, but this reminds me of a capri sun, and not in a good way.
Fine on those super skinny models on a darkened catwalk, hilariously awful on the rest of us.
hate it, would never wear it- might look good on someone like naomie campbell-someone with a very strong appearance as a contrast to this sunny tableclothes-lookalike print,but on this model it looks too funky.
I don't dislike it. Actually it looks like the oilcloth my parents had in their kitchen when I was a child.
Hate it!… I don't see how anyone could look fine wearing it.
i love the dress. hate the pants
I love the sandals!
it works. but only if the individual can work it.
Love it! :D
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I really think that this was a bad collection, normally I love stella bad this was not her best show and I hate this print…it┬┤s not matching together and it reminds me of a tablecloth…
No thank you. It's not even unique. It reminds me of being at a lu'au with tourists who go crazy with the aloha and local attire. My eyes want to cry.
I hate it! It looks so cheap. It might have looked a bit better on another background color. but still…. there are so many beautiful clothes in the world to wear, why waste a day of your life to wear this?
Hate it. Too busy, too big, too "too."
I usually like Stella's work, too. Maybe she's just in a fruity phase…
Well, if it's on the Sartorialist, the it must be good.
almost the same print on a tablecloth in a shop around my place.
hated it.
Hate the print and also the fit.
surprising refreshing splendid
Hmm I don't love it but I think it could be really cute in a full skirt or tiny high waisted shorts.
Looks like a table cloth, not my cup of tea at all.
this print would work on an old woman's shower curtains, but it is no good for clothing.
maybe if the fruit were much smaller so their shapes wouldn't shroud and conceal the body, it would work. however, left as it is, the pattern makes the cloths look completely separate from the models.
I wouldnt even display that print in my home (and i live in the tropics) let alone wear that hideous print. On the other hand, perfect clean cuts.
Mr Sartorialist- what do YOU think???
definitely hate it… would never wear it. those who love it are only saying that to be quirky
Love the model, forget Stella!
I love Stella McCartney, I admire her for being a vegetarian designer who does not promote animal cruelty. With that being said, I am not a fan of this print at all. I did like her solid colored suits in the collection though.
hate it – what was she thinking.
if you can pull it off!
i like it!! its fresh and its so different to whats already out there!!
very Golden girls!
It depends on the use, that is what it is made into! Looked great as a full skirt, but not as a pair of pants.
its all about the kitchen curtains.
They look like the scratch'n'sniff stickers that were around when i was in Primary school (elementary for e'one in the US)…
How did that song of Paul's go again? Oh yeah.."love love love" x
brings me back to the 'good' thanksgiving table cloth of my childhood. As well I think that in these days designers need something totally different in order to differentiate themselves. The print will undeniabilty stand out as STELLA among the fashionable crowd
Escada did this 15 – 18 years ago. Saved the scarf and got rid of the rest. The scarf remains at the bottom of the drawer – it brightens it, but I'm so tired of it I never choose to wear it.
Why didn't she choose black or brown as the background color for a real "pop"? I think this would have saved it!
Sart – interesting you chose to put this next to Celine – makes this look tired and "been there done that"!
love stella. don't love the print.
maybe if the pieces weren't so flat I'd love it. Right the way it is now, it looks plain and yes, very much like an oldfashion tablecloth. and both of these words are not good.
well i dont really like the print but i like the way it flos from the blouse to the trousers
excuse me for my english but thats because i am dutch
Love. Very 60s Capri.
yummiest collection haha!
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hate it- it's ridiculos and it looks like my carrefour shopping bag…
hate it
I love it HOWEVER, it is not going to look great on everyone.
Has a nice retro quality to it.
Let's look past the print for a moment, the silhouettes are terribly unflattering. I understand that the print is so overpowering that the silhouettes should be clean and simple, but that dress at the bottom is the shape of my dad's 2X big & tall t-shirt.
mhh i am not that into it..the second one is better, but maybe because sasha is wearing it :D
Ha ha ha, is what I thought. Then I thought the print might actually be cute if the cut of this dress was different. The sleeves are odd, like wearing a big heavy men's t-shirt.
So many fruits in one single outfit! Horrible!
Terrible. It looks like bad kitchen wallpaper from the 70's. If it had been in blue, it could have been saved.
Someone stayed in a 70's caravan with 60's furnishings, and never quite got over it…
This made me giggle when I saw it, but I'd never wear it… Well… maybe for a laugh… But not at that price tag…
This print is making me thirsty.
Always loved Stella, but I'm not really into fruit print!
thumbs down
Eek, awful, but will be all over the High St for the Spring. Looks loke Mad Men on acid.
Love it in my kitchen – marvelous as a curtain out to my balcony, `v been looking for that print for years…
I LOVE the dress!!!
But the top and pants together just makes it look like a joke, not to bring Stella down, but if it didn't look like my grandmothers dish cloths then I would love it! Stella McCartney is still an AMAZING designer, and every designer has those collections that aren't always the best, this is a find example of one of those collections.. I still love her as a designer, this doesn't change my image of her collections at all! Just expressing my opinion!
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interesting negative space between the leaves… wish i could say it was growing on me, but it's still really unwearable! it's on models and people can't tolerate it. imagine seeing that on someone walking down the street!
hmmm, not my favorite!
Love it!
I like the print, but would have preferred the dress on the bottom pic without the sleeves, with bare arms and shoulders.
Or, in any case, with less wide sleeves.
But the print's really nice.
It reminds me of citrus fruits.
I think my grandma had that tablecloth. It was cute as a tablecloth. Sorry, I can only think old lady when I see this. (Not in an endearing way.)
Love it, would never wear it. Unless it was scratch n' sniff.
I SINCERELY hope I catch sight of someone adorned in these prints. Why? Simply because i cant seem to warm up to it. But that could change in an instant. I love me some Stella McCartney, but not so much this print.
Um no! The print itself is fun to look at down the runway, but once it gets on a real person walking down the street, it just looks like walking tablecloth/wall paper.
Just love it. Ideal for summer in Rio.
I liked it on the pants
Hate it.
The outfit makes the model look like a walking tropicana juice.
An old vinyl tablecloth was my first thought
I hate the "I-need-a-pork-belly-sandwich-now!" look of the second model…
I would rather see this pattern in leggings or a sheath dress. Not too bad if paired with the right things.. Liked it!
I think its the cut and print together that isn't working for me.
hate it
I don't mind it, but I probably wouldn't wear it.
Reminds me of Cavalli print from early 00's Summer
It reminds me Carmen Miranda. Very Brazilian !!! I like it !! South American Way !!
Not the least bit wearable. If it looks bad on these girls, (which it does) then who could actually wear it? That being said, what would fashion be, if not pushing people's buttons! That's the fun part.
Definitely tablecloth.
Can I Love it and Hate it?
hate it!it could be more graphic and flattering to woman's figure.The idea is good, but went sooo wrong..
that's hideous.
Ladies and gentlemen get ready for a new trend for spring… giant fruit prints!!!
Love it!! It's so much fun!!
i think its awwwful and so is the silhouette
to be honest, i hated the whole collection. What happened to stella? she used to do great, wearable pieces with a twist, this collection was full of boring wearable pieces and unwearable ones with a twist, this print being a case in point. It worked well on the floaty dress though, i'll give her that, but the rest of the collection? yawn.
hate it, not cool at all
uh, hate it!
I love it – its original – no one else is using that pattern!
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unusual and cool! dunno if i love it though.
I don't think I like the print on it's own; looks pretty tacky. Maybe I'll like it better if it was simplified and printed on an off-white crop tee, worn with something grungy.
Trying too hard and failing miserably…my grandma would tell me its too old for her- as a tablecloth!
I hate it:: it's horrible
So that's where my tablecloth went.
Hate it!
The print is awful, though I love the collor pallette.
hmm… not my taste. seems over the top
I absolutely hate it
Let's be honest, if you saw someone wearing this on the street last year, you would probably laugh. But since it's on the Stella Mccartney runway, suddenly this is what we're told is chic. This proves that anything goes in fashion just wear what you want people!
ugh!-ly…no excuses…
Hate. I know that fashion is to be dreamy and expressional of one's style but this is just clownish.
i hate it. wtf with the lemons?!
Hummm… I love,but not like the print,as always impeccable cut love Stella McCarteney,but i prefer to think it was only one: Uninspired! It happens…
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I kind of hate it cause it looks childish
but in that regard I also find the print refreshing since its not your typical flower or mod prints
kudos to stella!
Hate in on both pieces in the first picture. Kind of totally love it in on the tunic in the second!
abhor it.
As a piece in an outfit I recon it would be pop, worn as it was on the catwalk. A tad too much maybe!


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Creative design agencies are fluid. Tastes change and things can be turned around in an instant. It's a sea of ever-changing ferocity and it can be easy to get left behind or suddenly caught out. The question is, can you predict where the water is going to take you next? It's something difficult to do, but it is possible to some degree. Without looking at what's going on around you you could find yourself left behind and a sudden loss of interest in the work you do. Below are some business tips to help.
Look at what's going on outside
All the different types of creative work follow fashions and often this can be heavily linked to popular fashion at the same time. What does the world look like now? How has it changed since a couple of years ago? Do certain colours suddenly seem more prevalent? Has some old style made a comeback?
Most of this can be gleaned just from the clothes people wear, but it can also be seen in posters, billboards, and other types of media. It's a way to get the general mood of the population. Many people often try and oversimplify this, especially during a recession. It's a common thing to hear people say that during poorer times escapism is more attractive, but is that always true? Does music get more fanciful during times of economic strife? Do people become more flowery and talk about spirituality? Punk music and the British Summer Riots would beg to differ. Don't rely on overarching assumptions, go and make up your own mind.
You need to be careful to differentiate though. What's in vogue for the 18 – 24 year olds may not be of interest to others. It's common sense really, but always try to categorise the things you notice out and about. Keep in mind who you usually target or who any potential clients you have will want to target.
Is change coming in your industry?
This is a way to get ahead of the game. By keeping an eye on your industry you can pick up on where people are beginning to head. For example, in web design, parallax scrolling started to become popular last year and is now becoming much more common place. By paying attention you could have been one of the early users of it, rather than picking it up after it's spread. Looking like you're a trail blazer can be very important for your reputation and it'll impress your clients, especially if they see a new idea you implemented spread further and further down the line. They will know that you have your finger on the pulse.
You can get a good sense of which way the winds blowing by getting online. Find the influencers in your industry and pay attention to what they say and what they say to each other. Over time you'll begin to notice as different things fall from favour and get replaced by other ideas. It can sometimes be a bit of gamble as the experts aren't always right, but it is always going to be helpful to see which way the community is leaning
This is another way to be left behind. Technology is always progressing and it can have varying effects on different disciplines. It pays to be looking at what tech companies are releasing so you can see how things might change to what you do. It will also enable you to keep up to date with relevant companies producing things you could use. It will help you make use of new things first, which in turn means you can learn it faster than other people. Therefore you can do stuff that others can't and that can be integral in getting work ahead of others.
Technology will also change the way people access and view your work too. A perfect example of this is the increasing use of tablets and phones. Now, web designers have to make sure their sites are optimised to work on all these platforms. If people come across a site on their phone that looks a mess, they'll instantly switch off. Be sure that these sorts of problems won't happen to you by keeping track of what tech people are using and how this might affect your medium.
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Hajee needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 60 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
World Poultry is a magazine aimed at poultry professionals world-wide (in primary production, marketing and processing of eggs and poultry).
The magazine is accompanied by a website.
For the magazine and the website we are looking for a new logo design and website navigation design, which reflects professionalism in the global poultry industry. Logo should be used on website and in magazine.
Logo should contain website URL (without the www.) and must also be used as logo on the cover of the magazine (only World Poultry name without the .net part).
Red is the main colour used for this magazine and since it also deals with processing of poultry and eggs where a lot of stainless steel is used in equipment this stainless steel grey could be secondary colour.
The logo should be accompanied with a by-line:
"Your gateway to the global poultry industry"
Furthermore we are looking for a new modern Web 2.0 horizontal top bar navigation for the WorldPoultry.net website. On the test site http://worldpoultry.spadenet.com you can see the temporary design with horizontal navigation. This is a test site and does not reflect reality; however, the items present are real.
Also note that the banner positions and sizes are fixed, which we have to deal with. You will have to work around these.
Below the possible main navigation items for the restyled website:
- Home
- News
- White Papers
- Article archive
- Weblog
- Forum
- Health & Diseases
- Video & PhotoSecond navigation for Home page:
- Newsletter,
- Advertise,
- Index,
- Sitemap,
- ContactFurthermore a Search box should be integrated in the top design.
- In summary:
• Web 2.0 look and feel
• Logo magazine name: World Poultry
• Logo website name WorldPoultry.net + top bar navigation
• Pay-off line: Your gateway to the global poultry industry
• Integrated horizontal navigation bar with two levels of navigation
• Integrated search box
• Fixed banner postiions
• Main colour: warm red
• Additional colour: stainless steel greyishItem
- No capital letters
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+10% Tactical Crew Damage to ALL weapons.
+10% Dodge Vs ALL species.
The option to have a crew member on the bridge would help maximize weapon accuracy and starship maneuvers. I.E.: Steer the starship (dodge) and coordinate their attacks (increased weapon damage).
Manned Engine Room bonus:
+10% Dodge Recharge Rate
+10% Shield Boost
The option to have a crew member in the engine room would help maximize starship engine performance (dodge recharge rate) and power redistribution for shield efficiency (shield boost).
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by Len Lear
"I have worked in a lot of restaurants before, and it's always been the owner and staff who thank the customers for coming in. Here, though, so many customers have said to me, 'Thank you for coming to Chestnut Hill.' I have never been told that before, and believe me, I do appreciate it."
The man on the receiving end of these expressions of gratitude is Al Paris, 54, the peripatetic missile who opened Heirloom, a BYOB which has had very few empty seats since exploding on the scene last December on top of the Hill (8705 Germantown Ave.), next to the State Store, where Shundeez Gourmet Foods Store previously resided for five years and before that, Roller's Grocery. Al is one innovative chef/owner who, unlike some, has never gotten onto the hamster wheel of jealousy and envy.
The only complaints I have heard about Heirloom have concerned the at-times unpleasant noise level and the difficulty in getting a reservation on short notice, even in mid-week. One co-worker at the Local who loved Heirloom on each of her three visits said she was told on three other occasions that the place was booked when she called for a reservation. Several weeks ago I called one week in advance for a Friday night reservation and was told they were completely booked. Heirloom can seat 44 indoors (including a butcher block communal table for 12) and 16 outdoors. (Maybe they should ask if they can set up more tables in the wine store next door.)
To understand why Heirloom is by far the toughest reservation to grab in the Chestnut Hill area, one only has to read the local restaurant blogs. I have been checking them out for a few years before venturing into any restaurant, and I'm pretty sure that Heirloom has the highest ratings I have ever seen. Last week, for example, I checked on yelp.com and found 11 reviews for Heirloom, every one of which was either four or five stars. On urbanspoon.com there were 37 reviews of Heirloom, of which 36 were in the "liked it; would return" category; and on opentable.com there were 228 reviews of Heirloom, with the average review at four-and-a-half stars. The usual scabrous comments one finds about even the most prestigious restaurants (probably written with a scalpel) were conspicuous by their absence.
Here are typical comments posted May 9 on yelp.com by Charlie C.: "We have dined here on four occasions over the past three months, each time with different persons in our parties, and each time (there were) raves all around. Have not been less than very happy with any entree or appetizer … Eclectic and well prepared offerings. Great service and very nice ambience. Reasonably priced for the quality of the experience."
"You expect to fill up your restaurant on the weekends," said Paris last week, " but it has been really gratifying to have so many customers during the week. The people who go out to eat on Tuesday night are serious diners, and if you can fill up on Tuesdays, you are in good shape."
The décor at Heirloom has a rustic farmhouse feel; it features golden and brownish accents, tables made by Paris himself with reclaimed wood, vintage reproduction fabrics, ceiling beams, banquettes against a back wall that is lined with blue slate, a stone wall on another side and picture windows looking out onto the outdoor tables, pedestrians strolling by and a garden planted by Paris which is yielding eggplant, zucchini and three types of beans, among other things. (My suggestion that he plant Cajun shrimp was rejected.)
One thing Paris will never run out of is recipes. He has a collection of cookbooks that would fill up a library, but his most intense passion is reserved for classic American dishes from 1900 to 1950; of course, Al puts his own contemporary spin on each one. For example, his popular chicken entree comes from an Amish farm and is smoked with applewood bacon and served with spoonbread, wilted greens, a sensual honey-cider reduction and toothsome apple-bacon jam. Chef Paris may be walking out on the high wire with these combinations of ingredients, but loyal customers are making sure he does not fall off.
Salads and other appetizers range in price from $7 to $13 and entrees from $17 to $29. One memorable starter is the escargots not served in a ramekin, as one might expect, but rather simply tossed with some woodsy wild mushrooms, home-made pasta, ribbons of zucchini and a whisper of pepper to spike a judiciously portioned buttery sauce. Also reverential is the chop salad, an architectural revelation with crab and shrimp wedded to candied bacon and glistening with the smoky shimmer of a unique tomato dressing. The flavors flow together into the taste equivalent of a Beethoven piano concerto.
A filet mignon, its expertly seared crust around a pink center, had density and flavor to spare with a dollop of blue cheese, fingerling potato bullets, warm arugula and springy, smoked Vidalia onion, with every component counting. And portion sizes are healthy, although unlike in some restaurants these days, they are not the size of a hubcap on a bus. Homemade desserts are pitch-perfect confections, made with confidence as obvious as the quality of the ingredients. The "Tuxedo cake" is culinary alchemy with a layer of irresistible chocolate mousse and a layer of vanilla mousse and a layer of sorcery that Harry Potter would be proud of. And although the price of coffee is getting so high that B.P. may start spilling it into the Gulf of Mexico, at Heirloom the French press coffee is so rich, it is worth whatever it costs.
A native of South Philly, chef Paris (born Parisi) spent much of his childhood learning secrets of the kitchen from his beloved Neapolitan grandmother. His restaurant career began as a dishwasher at age 12, and at just 18 years of age he was named sous chef at the then-hot Lily's in New Market. Paris later landed in San Francisco, becoming sous chef at famed Café Riggio and after that, executive chef at five other highly rated restaurants in northern California.
Paris eventually became homesick and returned to Philly as corporate executive chef for the city's most popular Italian restaurants of that time, Marabella's (owned by Chestnut Hill's Gabriel Marabella) and Pomodoro. Paris proceeded to own and/or operate numerous Philadelphia restaurants including Restaurant Row's Circa, Old City's beautiful Rococo; a French bistro, Oberon; jazz restaurant Zanzibar Blue at The Bellevue; the Asian fusion Mantra near Rittenhouse Square; South Philly's red-gravy Pat Bombino; Public House at Logan Square and City Tap House in University City, where Paris created pub menus. Al has created just about every kind of restaurant except one that serves only grilled cheese sandwiches and tofu.
Paris has been honored with numerous awards from his culinary peers, including Gourmet Magazine's "America's Top Tables" and City Paper's "Best New Restaurant Award." Paris also has been featured on the cover and profiled in Wine and Country Magazine. He has won Philadelphia's "Best Gourmet Cheesesteak Award," and he was featured at the prestigious James Beard House in New York City, but the narcotic of success has never seduced Paris, whose ebullience energizes the dining room when he comes out nightly to schmooze with customers.
One thing that several Hill diners have told me — and which numerous people have noted on the internet — is that the servers and hostesses at Heirloom are genuinely welcoming. Their smiles are as ubiquitous as the savory bites. Our server last Thursday, Eileen, was a perfect example. She could not have been more pleasant, charming and knowledgeable.
In fact, customers leaving Heirloom are usually smiling like a teenager on the day before summer vacation starts. For more information or reservations, call 215-242-2700 or visit www.heirloomdining.com


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Flaming Red's Birthday Wish List 2012
By Aless Piper
August 16, 2012
As I begin this, only a few hours have passed since I was sitting at a table for two at Ristorante a Mano, with a margherita pizza with artichokes, and across from Edward -- who, quick refresher, I've known for nearly 15 years, meeting in grade 6 in the course of my very first AIDS project. Edward is a wonderful storyteller and for much of the time I was regaled with travel stories about a European city he travelled to last year, that I now feel I know so well, and is so intricately drawn in my mind, I could easily go and explore right now. Alas, I am still in li'l old Nova Scotia. One day, though!
This had been a long time coming. We had planned to get together earlier in the summer, but a variety of factors, including hours of certain establishments and not the least of which was my very own, old and much trusted Gmail account. But you know what they say about waiting, namely that all good things come to those who wait, right?
And I am, somewhat predictably, over the moon with happiness and gratitude that we finally found a date and a place that worked. Meeting people outside where you know them is challenging for a few reasons -- conversation topics just to name one, but it is truly rewarding to be able to just talk and listen about a variety of topics you may not otherwise have a chance to, and of course to see them. Admittedly I did a lot of talking (I told my amazing hairstylist that it was like a parrot on Ritalin) and then I shut up and I think I did that a bit too well too. But c'est la vie, I forgive myself.
Next time, I said, we'll have to get together to watch Emerald Cavoto's video, and it will be my treat -- it's even on my bucket list. Emerald and I both like the sound of that.
Who is Emerald Cavoto, you ask?
She is the mastermind behind the Awake and Alive Project, which tells the stories of people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS, including mine and Edward's, through theatre. It aims to raise awareness and funds to cure the virus. They are currently looking for stories of people are affected by, or living with, HIV. You can "like" their page here and contribute your own story.
In other news, my birthday is very soon, and of course I couldn't resist the idea of doing another world changing wish list, because I've already received an awesome gift in the form of lunch with Edward, and it's time to pay it forward. So please check it out, recommend it on Facebook, share it far and wide, tweet it, and, of course, pick something you can do off it! :-)
Now, in case I haven't packed this one full of enough awesome, my friend Kenn's blog, My Journey With AIDS...and more!, was included in the final list of Healthline's favorite HIV & STD blogs. They wrote:
"Kenn Chaplin is no defeatist; he's brazen, energetic, gut-wrenchingly honest, and inspiring. This active blogger, political activist, traveler, and long-time AIDS veteran knows a thing or two about living with AIDS."
Awesome! Congratulations, Kenn!
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Signs of erosion" of support for federal conscience-clause protections began to appear about 10 years ago, reports Susan J. Stabile, the Robert and Marion Short distinguished chair in law at the University of St. Thomas School of Law. Ms. Stabile was the featured speaker at the 25th Catholic Healthcare Administrative Personnel Convention on May 21. Conscience clauses are regulations that protect health care providers who object to performing procedures that violate their religious beliefs or moral convictions.
History of Conscience Clauses. Ms. Stabile traced the beginnings of federal health care conscience-protection statutes to the years immediately following Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that asserted a constitutional right to abortion under certain circumstances. Federal legislation passed between 1973 and 2004 sought to protect individuals and institutions from being discriminated against for refusing to participate in actions they found morally objectionable, including abortion. "Existing conscience laws have come under increasing attack by, among others, abortion-rights activists, who want to require all health care personnel and hospitals to provide 'the full range of reproductive services,' including abortion," Stabile said. In addition, she said, "mainstream medical journals are rife with articles and editorials that show hostility to health care providers who refuse to participate in abortion and other morally objectionable procedures."
She identified two potential threats to federal conscience clauses and concluded that neither one would specifically result in the loss of conscience protections for health care workers.
Stabile cited as the first potential threat the likely repeal of conscience protection regulations adopted by the Department of Health and Human Services in December 2008. The department proposed rescinding the regulations earlier this year, following the change in administrations. Stabile predicted that the regulations will be rescinded, but said the repeal would have little or no legal effect, because the December regulations did not create new restrictions or grant new substantive rights and conscience protection will still be in place under other already existing statutes. Nonetheless, according to Stabile, the move to repeal the regulations reveals that conscience protections are vulnerable to efforts to weaken them by pro-choice national advocacy campaigns, some state governments and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
The second potential threat to conscience protections Stabile identified is the proposed Freedom of Choice Act, federal legislation that would invalidate many existing state laws regulating abortion. But that much-debated piece of legislation, which has not even been introduced in the current Congress, "does not directly address the conscience claims of health care entities," Stabile said. She also said that it is not likely to become law in the near future because President Barack Obama has explicitly said that it is not a high legislative priority for him.
Pluralism. Stabile distinguished between Catholic and secular providers of health care and other social services. "For the Catholic Church, running hospitals, nursing homes, schools and other social services is not a secular activity and cannot be completely separated from its core religious mission," she said. "When a Catholic organization cares for the sick and elderly or provides for education, it is performing an act as religious as those that take place inside of the church itself. We know that means that when Catholic entities provide social services they must do so in a way that is consonant with its religious principles."
Still, Stabile said the issue is complicated in a pluralistic society. "We don't all share a set of common assumptions about what is right and what is wrong. That raises a question as to what personal moral decisions we ought to protect.... We can't really argue in a pluralistic society with separation of church and state that the government should respect only those claims resulting from a well-formed Catholic conscience."


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by Ursula K. Le Guin
Book list The sorcerer Alder makes his way to Ged's remote home on Gont. Alder seeks relief from nightly consuming dreams about being called to "the wall of stones," where hordes of souls cry out for help in ending their suffering. These dreams are but one harbinger of coming change. Another is the reappearance of dragons, once compatible with humans, to reclaim their former lands. Ged sends Alder to Havnor, where Tenar and Tehanu have been called by King Lebannen to advise him about the dragons as well as the princess unwelcomely sent to be his bride. In time, Tehanu, the dragon Orm Irian (whose story is told in "Dragonfly," which concludes Tales from Earthsea [BKL Mr 1 01]), the king, Alder, Tenar, and the princess all figure in righting ancient wrongs and mending the earth. Steeped in Earthsea lore and featuring familiar characters as well as dramatic action, the first full-length Earthsea novel since Tehanu (1990) will leave its readers wanting yet another. The ongoing Earthsea saga began as children's literature years ago but now moves resolutely into the purview of adults, perhaps because the very well written Earthsea books have long appealed to all ages. Certainly, whatever their ages, its fans will rejoice in revisiting Earthsea. --Sally Estes
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Publishers Weekly What a year it's been for Le Guin. First, there was The Telling, the widely praised new novel in her Hainish sequence, followed by Tales from Earthsea, a collection of recent short fiction in her other major series. Now she returns with a superb novel-length addition to the Earthsea universe, one that, once again, turns that entire series on its head. Alder, the man who unwittingly initiates the transformation of Earthsea, is a humble sorcerer who specializes in fixing broken pots and repairing fence lines, but when his beloved wife, Lily, dies, he is inconsolable. He begins to dream of the land of the dead and sees both Lily and other shades reaching out to him across the low stone wall that separates them from the land of the living. Soon, more general signs and portents begin to disturb Earthsea. The dragons break their long-standing truce and begin to move east. The new ruler of the Kargad Lands sends his daughter west in an attempt to wed her to King Lebannen. Even Ged, the former archmage, now living in peaceful, self-imposed exile on Gont, starts to have disturbing dreams. In Tehanu (1990), the fourth book in the series, Le Guin rethought the traditional connection between gender and magic that she had assumed in the original Earthsea trilogy. In her new novel, however, she reconsiders the relationship between magic and something even more basic: life and death itself. This is not what 70-year-old writers of genre fantasy are supposed to do, but then, there aren't many writers around like Le Guin. (Oct. 1) FYI: In addition to five Hugo and five Nebula awards, Le Guin has won a National Book Award, the Kafka Award and a Pushcart Prize. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
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Library Journal A village mender's love for his dead wife leads him in his dreams to the dry lands of the dead where a kiss from his wife's spirit begins a chain of events that shakes the foundations of the realms of Earthsea. Le Guin's first Earthsea novel in ten years blends old themes and familiar people from previous series books with new characters and fresh stories, demonstrating once again the power of storytelling to transform the known into the unknown and the ordinary into the extraordinary. Le Guin remains a master of subtlety and grace as she finds new and surprising ways to express deep truths cloaked in the trappings of fantasy. A priority purchase for libraries of all sizes. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 5/1/00.] Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
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I will be teaching ICT 4461 SQL Server with Lab starting Tuesday, January 5, 2010. This will be an on-campus class, held in the Josephine Computer Lab. The textbook is Beginning SQL Server 2008 for Developers by Robin Dewson. The ten week class is worth four units in the Master's degree program.
I have taught this class a couple of times before, and I always enjoy it (especially when I get to teach it on-campus). I enjoy the interaction and immediate feedback you get with an on-campus class. I think the students get a better learning experience in an on-campus class. We will be covering SQL Server 2008 in some detail, so the class should be lots of fun.


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Designers and decision-makers too often define problems narrowly, without identifying their causes or connections. This merely shifts or multiplies problems. Whole-systems design—the opposite of that dis-integrated approach—typically reveals lasting, elegantly frugal solutions with multiple benefits, which enable us to transcend ideological battles and unite all parties around shared goals.
Our lives are embedded in systems: families, communities, industries, economies, ecosystems. The machines we rely on are also systems, which have increasingly profound effects on the human and biotic systems around them.
Understanding the dynamics of systems is integral to RMI's approach. Not only does systems thinking point the way to solutions to particular resource problems, but it also reveals interconnections between problems, which often permits one solution to be leveraged to create many more.
Take cars, for example. Cars are extremely complicated, so automotive engineers and designers specialize. Their job is to make a given component or subsystem the best it can be. This is how the modern automobile has evolved, through an incremental process of small improvements to individual components, without much change to the overall concept.
The trouble is, optimizing isolated parts often "pessimizes" the whole: integration and synergy are lost; complexity, oversizing, and inefficiency abound. What's lacking is a sense of the big picture, the whole system.
Whole-system design means optimizing not just parts but the entire system (in this case the car). Naturally, this is more difficult at first. It takes ingenuity, intuition, and teamwork. Everything must be considered simultaneously and teased apart to reveal mutually helpful interactions.
In the early 1990s, RMI's Hypercar did just that. Individually, none of its defining features offered overwhelming economic or technical attractions. Artfully integrated, though, they produced a vehicle that's three or more times more efficient and less polluting, works better, is cheaper to run, and may even be cheaper to make.


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Ishihara's resignation doesn't come cheap
On Nov. 21 Naoki Inose, the vice governor of Tokyo Prefecture under Shintaro Ishihara, who decided to cut his tenure short and make a run for national office, finally announced his candidacy for the governor's seat. That contest will be decided in a special election set for Dec. 16, the same date on which the nation will vote for a new Lower House.
Inose, a writer by trade who belongs to no party, is virtually assured of winning because he has not only been endorsed by Ishihara himself, but also by the Liberal Democratic Party, the Komeito, Your Party and, naturally, Nihon Reformation Party, which just absorbed Ishihara's fledgling Sunrise Party. There will be at least four other candidates running for Tokyo governor, but media say they have almost no chance.
Because Inose is considered a shoo-in, some people are wondering: Why bother with an election? According to the law, if the governor resigns or dies or otherwise leaves office before his or her term is up, an election has to be held to choose a new governor. The vice governor only takes over until an election is held. What bothers some residents of Tokyo is that it costs about ¥5 billion in taxpayer money to hold an election for Tokyo governor, which gives those residents one more reason to resent Ishihara's capriciousness. He was only 19 months into his fourth term when he quit.
However, it should be noted that the new governor will be elected to a full four-year term, which means the next election will be in December 2016, not April 2015, which is when it would have taken place had Ishihara remained in office. Since vice governors — and there are four — are appointed by the governor after he assumes office, they are not chosen by the people, so rather than let a vice governor take over the remaining time it is considered democratically proper to simply hold a new election when a governor leaves prematurely, which has only happened once before in Tokyo. The problem is that the Tokyo prefectural assembly elections have always been held at the same time as the governor's poll, but a representative of the Tokyo election authority told us the next assembly elections will take place as previously scheduled, in April 2015, which means the prefecture will now have to pay for two elections rather than one.
The capital's is by far the most expensive governor's race in the country, the closest being Osaka's, which costs about half as much to carry out. Most prefectures spend about ¥1 billion. Much of the money is used for publicity. Since Japan has a resident registration system, citizens do not have to register to vote the way they do in the U.S., but that also means the local government has to send a notification to every eligible voter. A lot of money is also needed to make and erect thousands of signboards for the election and hiring staff to work at polling places. Tokyo has about 10 million eligible voters and the prefecture gets a fair return on its considerable investment. In the last two governor's elections, the turnout was over 50 percent, which many not sound like much but is pretty good by recent standards. In 2011, only 25 percent of Saitama's eligible voters turned out to elect that prefecture's governor. Also, because the election for the Lower House is occurring on the same day, Tokyo may save a bit of money in terms of personnel costs.
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A winner was selected from 101 designs submitted by 30 freelance designers.
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text: I have been following this tutorial on a Hetzner server. http://www.howtoforge.com/virtualization-with-kvm-on-a-centos-6.2-server When i get to the bridge networking bit, i follow the guide but when i restart the network it drops my ssh. I am unsure what error it brings up as once i loose ssh i cannot login again and have to reinstall the OS. Has anyone managed to get KVM installed on a Hetzner CentOS server? What do i need to do differently?


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The Last Office
Tonight's episode is the last of The Office of the season…and as the strike wears on, there's no telling when a new one will be offered. So enjoy it. Especially all of you Jim and Pam fans who apparently hate on the fact that he's dating Rashida Jones. If they're not working together, will John and Jenna spend time together? Can you stand it?
Still…John and Jenna have money. And David Letterman has a lot of money. Which is why he is paying his crew for the entire season out of his own pocket until this sh-t gets resolved. Love him.
Unfortunately for the laid off The Office crew, no such luck.
Just received an email today from a hard core fan of the show who has taken it upon herself to help out. Alyssa writes:
I"ve created the Office Fans Christmas Fund. I"m hoping to raise $100 for each crew member, to help them have a good Christmas. To my knowledge, it"s the first support campaign directed to crew. I contacted the co-executive creator, Kent Zbornak, and he"s all for the fund. He"s agreed to distribute the money I collect.
I would be incredibly grateful if you would make a mention of the fund on LaineyGossip. I know that there are endless causes that need support; this just happens to be mine. I have just over 4 weeks to raise my goal, and unless I get the word out, I won"t meet it.
The official site is www.myspace.com/ofcf.
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Long story short, I am creating a new growing system (details don't matter yet) and while I can live with the growing containers that are out there, it may make more sense to make one that fits my needs better. In my opinion, the costs are way too high for the limitation of what is out there right now.
My question is, what would you like to see in a growing container that isn't out there now?
A few simple concepts that I have been thinking of:
Handles to carry/move the container when a plant is in it.
Removable holes for wires such as sensors, power for the pump ect to try and keep evaporation to a minimum.
Internal mounts for the pump, sensors, wires ect.
Auto close hose connectors so you can move it without draining.
Domed top for growing outside so rain runs off instead of into the container.
I have over a dozen design ideas that I haven't really seen in any current setup. Don't want to list them all as I would like to get unbiased ideas this time round.
Feel free to criticize, but please be constructive. Just looking at the cost of what's out there for what you get seems ridiculous to me.


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4 Things Women Do That Men Will Never Understand
TV shows we obsess over, the joys of Pinterest, the need for chocolate…these are things that boggle a guy's mind.
-Elizabeth Marie
Communication and understanding are crucial in relationships. However, some things just can't be explained…to a man. Here are the four things women do that men will just never understand.
1. Have PMS.
Lets break it down. EVERY month like clockwork certain things happen. And every month you're surprised. You can't understand what it's like to have your body and mind taken over by an overly emotional, starving devil woman with a sweet tooth, so just call me on the 15th of every month and don't worry, I'll let you know. I'm fairly certain many men think PMS is some mystical party trick we bust out when we're feeling especially feisty…or hungry. As shocking as many men might find this, women don't like the joy ride our hormones take us on once a month and we don't understand it that much either! We don't have any idea why we burst into tears when you said, "You look nice" or called you an a-hole when you brought us breakfast in bed (egg whites? are you trying to tell me something? I'm fat, right?), but what we do know is that it doesn't last forever. Pro tip: If a woman is PMS-EY (medical term) more often than she's not, it's not hormones. If it is just a once a month thing, be grateful! You dodged a bullet, bro! Now give us a snickers and a hug.
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2. Watch The Bachelorette.
I wonder how many men in America are being forced to spend two hours every Monday night watching Emily say, "I'm so excited" and make-out with guy after guy. My boyfriend watches it every week, meaning that he sits next to me reading Lakers news, occasionally making fun of the guys on the show. "Jef…with one 'F'?" He also asks such riveting questions as, "Do any of these people actually get married and stay together?" or "You do know this is totally scripted, right?" First of all, YES! Trista and Ryan got married on T.V…umm…oh and Jason and Molly. So that's something. As for it being scripted and fake, of course it is. Women know that. We just don't care. Here's the secret–we aren't watching it because we think it's real. Quite the opposite–it's such a departure from real life that we enjoy zoning out in front of the TV, watching a pretty lil' thing with a great wardrobe stylist fall in "love" in exotic locations, laughing at the cat fights and taking bets on who won't get a rose. We do this all the while knowing that real, true love is messy-true love takes more than a few fantasy dates to develop, and we feel pretty grateful that the guy on the couch next to us doesn't have 19 other girlfriends.
The other top two things that guys just don't get about us, next!