Anand Jon

Person to watch in 2007
The paid groupies idea

Living and toiling away in our little cubbyholes we tend to lose touch with what is truly important in this world -- fashion design. That in any case is my excuse for not having heard of Anand Jon till last week when I came across a news report of rape charges against this Indian born designer, involving at last count, 18 women.

Also, I am pretty sure all you confirmed geeks haven't been watching this man at all in 2007 despite Newsweek's fiat. Shame on you.

So it turns out his NYC studio was a creative hotbed in more ways than one, complete with casting couch, teenage models and sleazy artist. But one excellent idea he had, and one I am going to incorporate into my lifestyle soon, is to pay groupies to generally hang around him all the time and create a kind of... buzz, I think is the right showbiz term. Buzz is the thing. Buzz can take you places.

And the man has indeed come far. His only mistake was that he never delivered on the solemn promises he made on the casting couch. But then, could you expect anything better from a man named Anand Jon ?

The creation of words

Word Spy

Came across a book called Wanted Words, that collated reader responses to create (if that is the word I want...) words for very common situations that do not have a word or term associated with them. Along these lines is Word Spy. From its description of itself: This Web site is devoted to lexpionage, the sleuthing of new words and phrases. These aren't "stunt words" or "sniglets," but new terms that have appeared multiple times in newspapers, magazines, books, Web sites, and other recorded sources.