Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Mash up

She's a visionary, driven and tough, the proud owner of a vast set of matched pink leather luggage. Isn’t eager to give up other indulgences, “If I could, I would have them all,” she said with a staged cackle.

So charismatic, her talks are usually mesmerizing. Presenting duties with three lieutenants she was keeping some new features "top secret". In a society known for close ties and hidden deals between government officials and business leaders, she says simply, "I'm an honest businesswoman." Like an army of handlers she effortlessly sucks the audience into her famous "reality distortion field," a state of suspended disbelief that makes even mundane products seem like miracles of technology.

She had formed a company to collect intense, solid swaths of color for recycling and ship it to China as a new sex-symbol vocabulary with a bracing, modern edge. With a lot of technical wizardry under the hood, “I take the raw material in the morning, And in the evening, I change it into something fantastic.” In case you were wondering, she doesn’t pack or unpack herself, all part of the magic of being the leader in an industry. For many, it is the chance to see their hero in the flesh, a brash brush stroke of lipstick feminism.

It's weird and puzzling to think that Barbie was on board, but when her employees made mistakes, she would criticize them severely. She made it clear when to reward and when to punish.


Zhang Yin

Barboza, D 2007, ‘China's 'Queen of Trash' finds riches in waste paper’, International Herald Tribune, 15 January, accessed 13 May 2008, (http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/15/business/trash.php?page=1).

Donatella Versace

Colman, D 2008, ‘Just a Few Favorite Indulgences’, The New York Times, 23 March, accessed 13 May 2008, (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/23/fashion/23POSS.html).

Steve Jobs

Kahney, L 2006,Has Steve Jobs Lost His Magic?’, Weird,8 August, accessed 13 May 2008,
(http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2006/08/71557).


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