A Brisbane artist and resident has taken out the coveted Foot Locker Art Prize, picking up both the major prize ($50,001), People’s Choice ($1,500) and a pair of customised shoes inspired by his artwork last night at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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Last week, Old Spice launched a spinoff of its hilarious ‘Be Like a Man, Man’ campaign, introducing a new spokeshunk, 50-something Fabio, who came to replace the hilarious Old Spice Guy, Isaiah Mustafa for a short period, while he is busy in Hollywood. Procter& Gamble stated that the previous, much-loved character will return, but the audience didn’t expect that it’ll happen so soon (yet, he was battling with the newcomer online on Twitter since the launch of the new phase).
Last summer, Levi Strauss presented the dENiZEN brand designed exclusively for Asia-Pacific region, but then it was decided that the new offer might be a good addition to the company’s portfolio in other countries as well. The brand, which is already available in China, India, Mexico, Pakistan, Singapore and South Korea, today, July 20, officially arrives in the U.S. to be sold at Target throughout the country—there, shoppers can find men, women, boys and girls styles at the prices ranging from $17.99 to $29.99.
PUMA, one of the most socially-conscious brands in the apparel industry, is kicking off the second season of its charitable Project Pink, aimed at fighting breast cancer in the USA. During the previous year of the program, which was started last summer, the brand raised over $60,000 donation to the Breast Cancer Research and Education Fund at Magee-Womens Foundation. Now, through a series of sport-related events, new line of sport gear and activity to raise more money for a new organization battling breast cancer (to be named here), the brand continues its program with the help of Project Pink spokeswomen, female soccer athletes (Amy Rodriguez, Leslie Osborne and Tasha Kai among others) and PUMA Women’s Soccer Ambassador Julie Foudy, who teamed up with PUMA in late June.