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{title}Worst Dressed of 2007 - Victoria Beckham Tops Blackwell's List
Here I am posting a Victoria Beckham trend, but at least it’s a negative one. Blackwell, the fashion maven known for his worst dressed list, has put Posh at the top this year, saying "Forget the fashion… 		When I think back at UK and US popular culture of 60's, I think of the Beatles, Stones, Dylan, Joplin and the hippies, twiggy was a long faded memory. I did not use Anorexia as verbal abuse, merely pointed to an inclination. Anorexia is a disease of the west based on an obsessive fear of gaining weight along with a distorted body image. The fashion industry along with twiggy has long use young skinny women to promote a distorted and tragically unattainable body image to women. For most of the developing world the very possibility of attaining a normal weight let alone buying a $400 pair of shoes or a $4000 dress is just a dream. No Anorexia problem there. Please think about that before guilting me and defending an industry built on vanity, ostentation and greed.
- Ben Preiss
{title}Worst Dressed of 2007 - Victoria Beckham Tops Blackwell's List
Here I am posting a Victoria Beckham trend, but at least it’s a negative one. Blackwell, the fashion maven known for his worst dressed list, has put Posh at the top this year, saying "Forget the fashion… 		As far as status goes, being a great fashion icon is up there with being the world’s tallest dwarf. Fashion is the sport of primarily wealthy anorexically inclined women who either care entirely too much about what other people think or insist on being the center of attention (usually both). If these rich narcissistic people would begin to focus the money and energy that they spend on fashion, on human and environmental issues, girls in the west would have better body images, children the world over would have better lives and likely we might begin to fix the planet. It’s nice to look good but it’s better to do good.
- Ben Preiss
{title}Italian is heaven
We owe Italian for so many things, i guess. They are responsible for many delicious, rich yet simple foods like pastas, pizzas and not to forget, tiramisu dessert that oh sooo yummy. Italian is also well-known as home of many famous 'Gods' and 'Monsters' in arts, politics and science. They give birt… 		Bellisima!
- Ben Preiss
{title}Trend Hunter and Jeremy Gutsche Featured on CBC National TV
Today, Jeremy Gutsche was interviewed for 5 minutes on CBC National News (Canada’s largest national TV news).  He spoke about several trend clusters in the 2008 Trend Report.  Overall it was an exciting… 		Kudos!
- Ben Preiss
{title}Portable Fish Tank
In this technologically-advanced world we live in, the best we have come up with to carry our fishy friends is in a clear plastic bag. I'm not sure who designed this next-generation of mobile fish tanks… 		The whole point of having a fish is that you don't have to walk it. Are there going to be fish groomers next? Fish whisperers?
- Ben Preiss
{title}Share Your New Years Stories & Photos
One of the greatest parts about Trend Hunter is the global perspective we get from our thousands of international contributors. It would be great to see how all of you are ringing in the new year. Add a comment to share with us how you'll be celebrating this December 31 (or have done already for t… 		While many Israelis use New Years (known here as in parts of Europe as Sylvester's)as a good excuse to party, nobody gets the day off. Our new year is the Jewish new year holiday is Rosh HaShannah (literally head of the year) that usually falls in September but always on the first of the Hebrew month Tishrei, this year is 5768.
- Ben Preiss
{title}2007 Weather Records - Heat, Ice Storms, Droughts, Floods, Tornado in NYC
Right from the beginning, 2007 proved it would have some very wild weather. To start with, it was the warmest January worldwide since record keeping began, 1.53 degrees above normal. England had its… 		This is a trend, THE TREND, an "Inconvenient Truth" perhaps, but global warming and its affect on the weather and our lives, deserves all the attention it can get(along with diamond bras and the Beckhams).
- Ben Preiss
{title}Girl Walking Boy Shirt - jOkObO Fashion Line
The shirt I'm wearing is from artist Jim Benton, and is just too hilarious. How often do guys were shirts that could be considered offensive to women? You see it everywhere, all the time. But what about… 		Bianca, if this is what your into, I'm sure you can find a guy that will be happy to wear a collar and walk around on all fours and let you punish him when he's been a bad boy. There are all kinds out there. Would this require wearing a furry costume or just the collar?
- Ben Preiss
{title}Moscow's Crystal Island Will Be Biggest Building Anywhere
Moscow's skyline will be dominated by the Crystal Island, the world's largest building when completed. Foster + Partners have designed a city in a city with a footprint four times the size of the Pentagon. A mind blowing 27 million square feet. The projects budget is $4 billion and is scheduled to b… 		If it makes you feel any better Mark, you've burned me before. You've been having quite a roll lately anyway, you can let me slip one though every now and again.
- Ben Preiss
{title}Appendixes Blow - I'm Back After a Week of Unexpected Hospital Time
As an unpublished note for logged in Trend Hunters, I just wanted to say that I'm back from a week in the hospital. Also I wanted to note that while I was away, Bianca did a fantastic job of keeping the site rocking and rolling. New and improved, I've completed my pre-holiday surgical weight loss … 		Congratulations on having ridden yourself of a totally useless body part. Well not quite useless, you may have noted, they occasionally and unpredictably cause tremendous pain. Like some innocuous souvenir bought years ago and left forgotten on a shelf, it suddenly comes to life, flies across the room and tries to bludgeon you to death. Feel better, party hardy!
- Ben Preiss





{title}Most Powerful & Expensive Vette - 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
Chevrolet's 2009 ZR1 Corvette will set you back about $100,000 for an estimated 620hp at 6500 rpm and 600 lb-ft of torque at 4000 rpm from its supercharged LS9 6.2-liter V-8. If those numbers don’t mean… 		Glad you said it rocket. GM just doesn't give you your $100K worth. Same cheap plastic interior. Gimme a Porsche any day.
- Ben Preiss
{title}Celine Performs for the Last Time in Vegas
After five years in Vegas, Celine Dion performed for the last night at Caesars Palace. The final show featured heartfelt monologues from Celine sharing how the show almost didn't make it through her pregnancy and negative reviews. It will be exciting to see who will be signed next. 		Can we throw her into an active volcano now?
- Ben Preiss
{title}World's Highest Tennis Court
Yep, this is real. Atop the Burj Al Arab in Dubai, is the world's highest tennis court. The official web site shows Andre Agassi and the world No. 1, Roger Federer, batting the ball back and forth, high above the city. When the world's elite tennis players aren't playing, the court acts as the hotel… 		This took place in Feb. 2005
- Ben Preiss
{title}Convert Air to Water - AquaMaker AM10
The AquaMaker AM10 is capable of producing clean, drinking water from the air we breath. It converts the humidity in the air into H2O at the rate of about 36 liters of water in 48 hours. Tfot notes,… 		This technology is nothing new. This is basically like the dehumidifier that we had in our basement in New Jersey in the 70’s to get rid of excess humidity. Only instead of dumping the water into the garden or down the toilet like we did, this machine pumps it into filters and to a tap. Air conditioners also remove humidity in a similar way, moisture condenses on the condenser coils just like it will on the outside of a cold glass of lemonade on a hot day.
- Ben Preiss
{title}The Newport Beach Gypsy Wars - Cali Courts Deal with Romany
In southern California, a war is going on between two gypsy families, the Stevens’ and Merino clans over fortune telling turf. The secret internal hierarchy of gypsy clans rivals the ferociousness of… 		They prefer to be called Romani or Roma. Gypsy refers to the mistaken belief the Europeans held that the Roma came from Egypt not from India, their actual homeland.
- Ben Preiss
{title}QUESTION: Color Avatars or Black & White? Please Comment
Hey Trend Hunters! Quick question: should we use color avatars or black and white? I've temporary uploaded the color avatars that I have on hand, and if people like it I can help to convert everyone's pictures to vivid color. Alternatively, we can switch back to black and white. PLEASE COMMENT W… 		You kinda funked up the colors in mine, looks cool. Bianca's new photo still looks hot. Like the popping colors.
- Ben Preiss
{title}Motor Trend Car of the Year - Cadillac CTS
The last American car to win Motor Trend’s coveted Car of the Year award was the Chevrolet Corvette won back in 1998. Since then the German and Japanese makers have won, now the Golden Calipers have returned to the US as the 2008 Cadillac CTS has won the honor. 		The unveiling of a car isn't necessarily a trend. Nor is my post announcing the award of Car of the Year a duplicate of post of the unveiling, they are two different subjects. What turns a new car from just another new car to a new trend? The answer is being awarded the most prestigious award in the automotive industry. The previous post also had only one photo and no video.
- Ben Preiss
{title}Motor Trend Car of the Year - Cadillac CTS
The last American car to win Motor Trend’s coveted Car of the Year award was the Chevrolet Corvette won back in 1998. Since then the German and Japanese makers have won, now the Golden Calipers have returned to the US as the 2008 Cadillac CTS has won the honor. 		How is Motor Trend’s Car of the Year not trendy enough? This is the biggest award in the auto world and it's from Motor TREND magazine, they set the TRENDS. Motor Trend is one of the oldest car magazines and has been awarding Car of the Year since 1949.
- Ben Preiss
{title}Ham, Latkes, Christmas Tree Flavored Pop - Jones Soda Gets Stranger With Each Season
Jones Soda Co. of Seattle, Washington, is marketing holiday limited-edition packs of flavored sodas. The Christmas Pack will include flavors as Sugar Plum, Christmas Tree (I’m not sure if bark flavor… 		I'm kvelling, this gives me such naches and probably a bit of indigestion. Remember Channukah comes early this year, only two more weeks to all the latkes and punchkes you can eat. Start polishing your dreidles.
- Ben Preiss
{title}Turducken, this TG Day Stuff yourself with Bird Stuffed Bird in a Bird
Why not do something different this Thanksgiving and supercharge that turkey. Instead of the traditional stuffing, stuff the fowl with more fowl. If you haven heard of turducken yet, its stuffed chicken, stuffed in a duck, stuffed into the turkey. It’s kind of like those Russian nesting dolls exce… 		I think with Thanksgiving approaching Turducken is cutting edge trendy. I might have posted about Copigeep (a sheep stuffed in a pig stuffed in a cow) but turkey is traditional on TG day and Copigeep requires a really big oven.
- Ben Preiss


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