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Hi - first post. better not make it rubbish.

I've had this reported/mentioned to me in several different forms, with several different designers and shocker, several different interviewers.

The crux is:

Famous clothers designer (Hillfinger, Claiborne, others) is being interviewed on tv by an African American interviewer, Oprahs mentioned, I have heard Montel as well, clothes designer is asked about who they design for.

Designer makes derogatory remarks about not designing for or not wanting Black Americans to wear their clothes.

Show goes to commercial break, on return host who was wearing one of the designers creatons has changed.

:confused:

I wondered if there was any real basis for this as talk like this would be financial suicide of Ratner proportions and would have got in the papers as well.

Cheers Jolly.
 
Yup, I've heard that one too. I think it was Calvin Kline I heard it about. Obviously not true - why would any businessman with more than one brain cell say such a thing?! I think there's stuff on http://www.snopes.com about it

It reminds me of the famous Maria Carey "quote" - something along the lines of "I see those kids starving in Africa and think, wow, I wish I could be that skinny...". That's a load of rubbish too (if I remember rightly a satirical comedy sketch peddled as true), but it's amazing how many people recite it as true.
 
This got me thinking of the sayings atributed famous people and wether they are fact or fiction, ie Mae West, is that a pistol in your pocket..etc..etc. any other examples.:D
 
Cagneys "You dirty rat" is I suppose a prime example of a film quote he never actually made...

Jolly
 
Not forgetting famous mis-quotes such as "Beam me up, Scotty" and "Alas poor Yorrick, I knew him well".
 
Evilsprout said:
Not forgetting famous mis-quotes such as "Beam me up, Scotty" and "Alas poor Yorrick, I knew him well".
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What is the correct wording, I thought it was "Alas poor Yorrick, I knew him you know". but then school was a long time ago.:confused:
 
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how
abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at
it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know
not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your
gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment,
that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one
now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen?
Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let
her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must
come; make her laugh at that. Prithee, Horatio, tell
me one thing. Does my bum look big in this?

See if you can guess which bit I added.

BTW Humphrey Bogart didn't say "Play it again Sam"
 
The version printed in the Alexander text runs

Hamlet: Let me see [Takes the skull] Alas, poor Yorick! I knew
him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he
hath borne me on his back a thousand times . . .

So the popular version isn't far out. Incidentally, as a Fortean
footnote to the scene, a pianist called André Tchaikovsky - no relation
to the famous composer - left his own skull to the Royal Shakespeare
Company, in 1982, specifically for use in that scene.

A partner in the undertaking firm which was required to prepare the
skull, was quoted as saying, "Apparantly he had a lifelong ambition
to be an actor"

The theatre company were bewildered by the bequest and put the
skull in storage. I think I have read of its having been used only once.
But no details of when. :eek!!!!:

Bigsmegger's reading "My gorge rims at it" casts a whole new light
on Hamlet's intimacy with old Yorick.
 
It may be interesting to note that FUBU, another clothing label, actually does stand for "For Us; By Us", referring to black people. They say they didn't realise that white people would wear the clothes, and don't mind if they do...
 
Originally posted by Evilsprout
Yup, I've heard that one too. I think it was Calvin Kline I heard it about. Obviously not true - why would any businessman with more than one brain cell say such a thing?! I think there's stuff on http://www.snopes.com about it

It reminds me of the famous Maria Carey "quote" - something along the lines of "I see those kids starving in Africa and think, wow, I wish I could be that skinny...". That's a load of rubbish too (if I remember rightly a satirical comedy sketch peddled as true), but it's amazing how many people recite it as true.
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Snopes pages on this and other related subjects:

http://www.snopes2.com/quotes/hilfiger.htm

http://www.snopes2.com/quotes/lauryn.htm

http://www.snopes2.com/quotes/quotes.htm

http://www.snopes2.com/quotes/claiborn.htm

http://www.snopes2.com/business/alliance/troop.htm

sureshot
 
Evilsprout said:
Not forgetting famous mis-quotes such as "Beam me up, Scotty" and "Alas poor Yorrick, I knew him well".
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And did the dying Nelson say, "Kiss me, Hardy" or "Kismet, Hardy"?

Carole
 
carole said:
And did the dying Nelson say, "Kiss me, Hardy" or "Kismet, Hardy"?

Carole
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Good one Carol, I'm always correcting people on that one.:cool:
 
The original post reminds me of when I was a young lad. We used to live next to this guy who was an incredible racist - he really hated black people. Anyway, his sons all wore designer gear, etc. and one day he was watching TV when he saw a program about the clothing company Joe Bloggs. When he saw that the man behind the label was actually an Asian, he went totally insane and hurled all his sons' Joe Bloggs clothes out of the window and into the flower-bed, shouting at the top of his voice, 'Joe Bloggs is a f****** n*****!' I saw him do it. Exactly what he did with them after that I don't know. I guess it goes without saying that this guy wasn't the brightest button in the box...
 
I heard about the chairman of Burton's (leading men's clothing chain in UK) recently doing a Ratner. He said words to the effect that, 'Our suits aren't exactly for everyday wear. A young man will buy one for his first interview, or first court appearance...'
I thought this was an outrageous act of commercial suicide, but nobody else seemed to care!
 
there's are parallel with the old tale about the head of Protor and Gambel appearing on a daytimey show, saying that his company gives money to the Church of Satan.
A legend so successful that Protcor and Gambel (sp?) had to post a message on their website.
 
I know this one's true:
September 12th, Ciro Citterio Menswear - a number of people 'phoned to complain about a t-shirt on display in the window of several branches depicting the US flag in flames. A general alarm went out - 'Get it off display before they find out the company's just been bought by Arabs!'
I don't think any harm was meant.
 
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