Famous Japanese competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi goes undercover at Buffalo Wild Wings as he pranks the New York Cosmos (soccer club) and midfielder Peri Marošević into a chicken wings eating contest. Nice one for April Fools.
New York City
Thierry Henry, French Suits, GQ Magazine
French footballer Thierry Henry in January 2014 issue of American GQ Magazine, donning some French-style suits while enjoying his leisure time at the streets and bistros in New York City. The sport star is currently playing for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer. Full interview on GQ.
Yuri Ebihara and Cole Haan in New York
Video of Japanese model Yuri Ebihara walking and dancing through the streets in New York. A production by Japanese AneCan TV [Jp] in collaboration with American fashion brand Cole Haan which housed its design centre in NYC.
Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova was previously an endorser for Cole Haan. The brand is famous for its footwear but produce other fashion items too.
Diesel – Fit Your Attitude preview film
Preview video for Italian clothing brand Diesel’s Denim FW12 collection. The featured models are Kasia Smutniak, Poppy Delevingne, Coco Rocha, Tali Lennox, and Theodora Richards.
There are many YouTube comments (not in a good way) about how skinny the models are. I felt the same way too when I was younger, but these days I think that as long as people are healthy it doesn’t matter if they look too thin or fat. As long as they are healthy though, let me stress that again.
Besides, Diesel obviously doesn’t mind using “skinny” as a selling point, that’s probably why the models are on the slim side. Would be interesting if they use plus size models and make them look skinnier than usual instead; if the jeans are good enough to do that (which I doubt), the sales will soar for sure.
I presume they shot this in New York. I know it’s an iconic city but NYC features as backdrop way too often in these fashion films. How about Amsterdam, Kuala Lumpur or Cape Town for a change?
SNSD Jessica, Dazed & Confused, New York
Korean pop group Girls’ Generation’s Jessica is featured on March 2012 issue of Dazed & Confused Magazine, donning in Coming Step clothings. Photos taken in the streets of New York during the group’s US promotion a few weeks ago. Love it…
Jeremy Lin makes NBA headlines
Magazine covers of Jeremy Lin, the NBA player who is making headlines from USA to the Asia Pacific.
The Taiwanese American led the resurgence of New York Knicks with series of fine plays in recent weeks.
Contrary to popular belief, he is not the first Asian American NBA player. That role belongs to Wataru Misaka [wiki] who played a few games for the Knicks in 1947-48. Misaka is also the first non Caucasian player in the NBA, known as the Basketball Association of America (BAA) back then.
To be frank, Jeremy plays well but I wonder if he would make as many headlines if he is not Asian. Nothing wrong with that though, people love stereotype breakers and he does perform well. Hope that he can continue his good form and show that he is a real deal and not a fad.
Collage via Bestweekever.