Jezebel: Ikea

Old People Go Looking For Love At Shanghai's IKEA

Cassie Murdoch — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:50:00 EST

If you think of IKEA only as a place to get lost and then end up spending way more money than you meant to, you should start thinking outside of the flat-pack cardboard box. That's what senior citizens in Shanghai are doing, and, according to the Wall Street Journal, they've managed to turn their local IKEA into a hot spot for meeting potential love interests. More »

Worth It: You Have To Sit On Something

Jessica Coen — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:25:00 EST

Much unlike many a magazine editor who recommends you buy all sorts of crap that they most likely got for free, your Jezebel staff doesn't get jack shit (other than books, unsolicited). And that's how it should be. But on our own time, in our personal lives, we still buy stuff. So this is Worth It, our daily recommendation of random things that we've actually spent our own money on. These are the things we buy regularly or really like, things we'd actually tell our friends about. And now we're telling you. More »

Ikea's Mänland Offers Refuge To Bored Man-Children

Irin Carmon — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:00:00 EDT

Everyone knows that men are like whining children. Or at least that's the premise of Mänland, a "male-oriented" holding area that was recently tested by an Ikea store in Sydney, Australia. Any resemblance to the children's play area, Småland, is not at all coincidental. More »

You Can't Shop Anywhere

Anna North — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:30:00 EDT

The founder of IKEA — which once seemed like the most wholesome of all multinational companies — was apparently a Nazi. At this point, basically every retail chain is tainted with some sort of scandal. Here's a helpful guide. More »

Berlusconi's Newspaper Hates Gay-Themed Ikea Ad

Anna North — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:42:00 EDT

The Italian newspaper Il Giornale, owned by Silvio Berlusconi, has taken exception to an Ikea ad depicting a gay couple. An editorial asked, "What's behind all this? It's not awareness of gay rights for gay couples. It's just a brazen marketing strategy." Also, according to the Daily Mail, More »

Naomi Campbell Returns To Court, Her Home Away From Home

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:56:00 EST

Naomi Campbell's lawsuit with ex-agent Carol White is still rumbling. White, who claims Campbell stiffed her on royalties for a perfume called "Naomi Campbell Cat Deluxe With Kisses," says she has evidence that Campbell's lawyer and manager perjured themselves. [WWD]

January Jones Goes Nude For Versace

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:56:00 EST

January Jones' reward for holding up the spring Versace show by over an hour is apparently...the brand's spring campaign. Says Donatella Versace, "In January I feel I have found a perfect Versace woman for the 21st century." [WWD]

Ikea Lets You Hide Your Bisexuality In The Cupboard

Anna North — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:39:00 EDT

We're not sure what makes this Austrian Ikea commercial less likely to air in the US: the fact that it gleefully depicts infidelity, or its suggestion that male bisexuality exists. More »

Video: IKEA Lets 100 Cats Roam Through Store

Margaret Hartmann — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:34:00 EDT

To film a commercial, IKEA released 100 cats in its Wembley, England store after hours. Shoppers were "unaware that half an hour before, 100 felines were roaming free in the shop" ...until they found a hairball in their new bedspread. More »

Dog-Eared Pages

Anna Holmes — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:15:00 EST

[Sydney, January 31. Image via Getty]

Though assembling furniture is stereotypically...

Margaret Hartmann — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:30:00 EST

Though assembling furniture is stereotypically a man's job, according to Ikea's German chief, Petra Hesser, women are actually better at putting together the company's flat-pack furniture. "Men never look at the directions and have the most problems with construction because they always think they can do that," said Hesser. "The woman first sorts the parts in an orderly way. Men throw them in a pile and then something goes missing." [Daily Express] More »

Island Getaway

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:20:00 EDT

We never heard of 2: The Magazine For Couples before, but Rebecca Stevenson wrote a funny piece called "How To Have Sex In Public Places." For instance: a ferris wheel, an elevator, a pool or Ikea, which has a 10/10 risk factor. Instructions: "Go to the kitchen cabinet display. Open two cupboards to obstruct everything from the waist down. Maintain the facial composure of shoppers who are seriously contemplating faucets." Dress code: "A long skirt and a trench coat." Dirty talk: "Tab A in Slot B and then screw." Stevenson even provides an excuse if you're busted: "Just pretend you’re Swedish. String together a jumble of product names that sound like a sentence ('Malm sova agen svenning!'), then make a beeline for the cafeteria." [2 Magazine] More »

Giorgio Armani: Not Just Chic, But Fluent In Yiddish

Jennifer — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:19:59 EDT

British Vogue reports that seemingly-immortal fashion designer Giorgio Armani is reluctant to partner up on a line with H&M because doing so communicates a message to the shopper that the product is low-brow and no good. And this, in turn, makes the consumers "feel like schmucks." More »