Archive for November 14th, 2006

I think Philip Green’s cover might have been blown at long last. Has his obsession with celebrity become his Achilles heel?

First he flirts with the Kate Moss brand and creates a dream match, made in heaven, where the supermodel, celebrity and, according to many, the most stylish woman in the world, gets in bed with his brand Topshop, the country’s coolest High Street store. Green, who owns Topshop’s parent group Arcadia, struck the deal personally after meeting Moss and deciding they should work together. “We want to build this into a global brand,” he told the trades. “She is a fashion icon in terms of the UK… and this is what Topshop is all about in terms of fashion.” OK so that was a brilliant piece of opportunism but has he gone too far being seen walking in the Oxford Street branch of Topshop at midnight last night with Michael Jackson

The latest edition of the Evening Standard reports that Green, after dining with the fading superstar at Nobu, took him along to Topshop for a private visit. Does the Jackson brand appeal to the current, young Top Shop consumer? Perhaps the pictures said more about Green’s respect for the pop superstar, another theory is that he using the Topshop brand as a mechanism to hang out with celebrities? I think that’s a little unfair but worth debating! The Kate Moss deal was timely, but what will his friendship with MJ deliver? Does he need to cultivate his Green cult by hanging out with faded icons?

Britney Spears’ estranged husband Kevin Federline is reportedly threatening to sell a homemade sex video of the pair unless he receives £16 million and custody of their children. Kevin has allegedly vowed to sell the explicit four-hour tape to a company who want to post it on the internet unless Britney agrees to his demands.

Blackmail – when your marriage is dying
especially if you cheated and were constantly lying.
Take what you can and head for Hollywood’s hills
leave your ex-partner on a diet of pills
If she doesn’t want the world to see her in the flesh
get her to set your bank account to ‘ auto refresh’

Blackmail – it’s as easy as pie.
You only need something the world wants to buy
plus a fast connection to the internet
and then you’re really ready to make your ex sweat.
There’s nothing cheap and nasty about millions of dollars;
it eases up the emptiness, it’s a squalid source of solace.

Blackmail – it’s a desperate game
but if there’s only one way to cling on to fame
then it’s OK, it’s perfectly fine.
In comes the money in a manner malign
and out go the morals if you ever had any -
but the needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many.

Blackmail – it can’t be a crime
so hit my bank account baby, just one more time.
Gimme all your money and the children as well
plus a garage full of Rollers and I probably won’t tell
how you got down and dirty and sucked everything in sight.
But I’ll do my best to ruin you if you put up a fight.

 

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