Jezebel: Ll Bean

L.L. Bean Recreates the Magic of Old Catalogs with the Magic of Photoshop

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:40:00 EST

Catalog nerds like me and Dodai will be excited to learn that L.L. Bean is marking its 100th anniversary by recreating four of its iconic old illustrated catalog covers with modern photography. And the judicious application of Photoshop filters. There's a video that shows how it was done for the first new/old cover. Watch those colors pop: More »

Shelter Wisely Names Dog L.L. Bean, Thus Guaranteeing Adoption

Margaret Hartmann — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:30:00 EST

After a year at the Dunn County Humane Society, a dog named L.L. Bean is being adopted by an employee of the company that supplies Americans with sensible outdoorsy fashions. Recently a Wisconsin TV station ran a story about the three-year-old, 80-pound coonhound and it wound up being circulated within the company. The shelter received four adoption applications from employees and now L.L. Bean has been matched with customer service representative Pam Burt. Employees also raised money to cover the dog's $800 transportation fees. We expect this heartwarming tale will lead to more shelter animals being named "Target," "Sears," and "Cheesecake Factory." More »

Worth It: Baby, It's Cold Outside And Cashmere Is Your Friend

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:30:00 EDT

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 »

How The Hell Do You Protect Your Feet From The Snowpocalypse?

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:21:00 EST

When rain, sleet, freezing rain, snow, snow and more snow are in the forecast, the question you most often ask yourself is, "What shoes are best in this mess?" Rarely will you win this game. More »

UPDATED: Gap To Give Away 10,000 Pairs Of Jeans On Facebook

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:36:00 EDT

Want free jeans? Don't mind handing a corporation access to your personal data and real-time location? Gap will give away 10,000 pairs of jeans to Facebook fans who "check in" to its stores ~~on an as-yet-unannounced date~~ tomorrow. [Fashionista]

LL Bean Signature: A (Kind Of) Youthful Spin On Woodsy & Preppy

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:48:00 EDT

LL Bean has long been known for doing classic New England prep. But in a market alongside "classic American" brands like Banana Republic, J. Crew and American Eagle, Bean can seem old and staid. Hence the "signature" collection! More »

Orlando Bloom And Charlize Theron Shill For Cheap Cashmere Blends

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:40:00 EDT

Orlando Bloom and Charlize Theron are the new faces of Uniqlo. Bloom is practically as adept in front of the camera as his wife, while Theron drives an old Citroen and looks attractively wistful in her video. [Nicola Formichetti]

Paulina Hates Your Boob Job; Oprah Buys Stock In J. Crew

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:30:00 EDT

Paulina Porizkova says news of Kate Hudson's breast augmentation "headed straight to my heart...The availability and ease of transforming our bodies is completely losing our identities and uniqueness. No one ages anymore, no one has imperfections of any kind anymore:

Vogue India Gets Non-Whitewashed Cover; Carolina Herrera In Tiff With Tinsley

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:40:00 EDT

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Vogue India, which has been criticized in the past for promoting only light skin as beautiful, has five darker-skinned models on its new cover. [Vogue UK]
Illustrator Kate Bingaman-Burt drew everything she purchased since 2006, and made a book. [Racked]

Megan Coming To A Billboard Near You; Betsey Wants To Be On TV

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:20:00 EDT

Victoria Beckham is out at Armani, and Megan Fox is in. The actress has just been photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott for next January's Emporio Armani underwear and Armani Jeans campaigns. [WWD]

Model Confronts Online Enemy; Is Simon Doonan Redecorating The White House?

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:30:00 EDT

Model Liskula Cohen has confronted the woman revealed as the author of a hate-blog directed against her. Cohen told the woman that she forgave her, but the blogger did not apologize — probably because a defamation suit is pending. [P6]

Karl Relaxes His "Fatty" Fatwa, Chills On His Stoop With Style Critic

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:30:00 EDT

Is former overweight person and current size-o-phobe Karl Lagerfeld changing his Hedi Slimane stripes? Beth Ditto, who in addition to being very talented, weighs somewhat more than 100 lbs, is playing a Fendi party. [FWD]

Oh, God: Pixie Geldof Gets Cover Of Italian Vogue

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:30:00 EST

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It's too early for this heartbreak. Pixie (Pixie!) Geldof got the March Italian Vogue cover. Have Franca Sozzani and Steven Meisel lost their minds? The cover line is "So young, so cool." So barf. [Telegraph]

Badvertising

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:40:00 EST

Have you seen this L.L. Bean commercial? The "white Christmas" one in which numbers appear next to items in a happy house, and everything is reasonably priced? And the kids go outside and make snow angels? Turns out that the ad was shot on a 95 degree day in Pasadena. Way beyond Photoshop, it's just full-on fake! Next they're going to tell us there's no such thing as Santa. (Commercial embedded after the jump.) [AdFreak] More »

Reader Roundup

Jessica — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:40:00 EST

Best Comment of the Day, in response to Attention Shoppers: It's Not Too Late For L.L. Bean: "Plaid duct tape and maple syrup: Sexy and Useful. Guaranteed to get you laid at my house." We say: omg can we come over? We'll bring the Aunt Jemima. • Worst, in response to: Lisa Bonet Had A Baby?: "Uhhhhhh... who's Lisa Bonet?" We say: learn the culture! More »

Drowning In Catalogs? Some Retailers Don't Give A Damn

dodai — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:30:00 EST

As you may have noticed, we have a love/hate relationship with catalogs. But, reports BusinessWeek, an activist Web site called Catalog Choice offers a free service: Sign up and stop receiving paper catalogs you just don't want. The organization claims you can reduce your junk mail while simultaneously helping the environment, but when it contacted companies like L.L. Bean, Williams-Sonoma and Harry & David and asked them to take thousands of people off of their mailing lists, the retailers pretty much ignored the request. Catalog Choice launched on October 9 and says it has signed up 300,000-plus people, each of whom declined to receive an average of 12 catalogs. The companies might be spooked: The Direct Marketing Association held a "catalog summit" on December 17, warning attendees about activist groups and advising them "not to encourage" the anti-paper people. More »

Attention Shoppers: It's Not Too Late For L.L. Bean

dodai — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:30:00 EST

The text on the cover of the L.L. Bean catalog reads, "There's still time" — because if you place an order today, December 21, you can get your gifts in time for Christmas. What kind of stuff do they have? Cool "Slope Sliders" for fun in the snow; plaid duct tape; maple syrup in a bottle shaped like a bear; cozy/chunky Irish fisherman sweaters. All this and more, after the jump. More »