August 15, 2011

It's a Lady Gaga Christmas At Barney's

The print to be used on the Barney's shopping bag
Barney's New York has called on Stefani to create her own interpretation of Santa's Workshop for it's 2011 Christmas Campaign.  The entire fifth floor at Barney's on Madison Avenue will be given to Stefani to use as her workshop so more suckers can buy her corporate holiday products.

Stefani's stylist, Nicola Formichetti, is designing a range of limited-edition small gift items available exclusively at Barneys.

Nothing like collaborating with a huge corporate retail company like Barney's to sucker more people into spending their money on crap that's targeted at the gullible Gaga fans to generate revenue solely for Barney's.  I'm sure Stefani isn't doing this out of the goodness of her heart to bring some holiday cheer to New York.  I'm sure she is getting a generous percentage of sales.  Corporate manipulation aided by someone who claims not to give a fuck about money.  Muah muah muah muah ma!

Are you able to read her poker face now?  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


Update: 25% of the sales will be donated to a charity of Stefani's choice.  Why not donate 70% then, or 50%.  The 25% being donated is YOUR money, not hers. Even still, it's a partnership with a corporation which goes against the very grain of someone who claims to not care about money.  Or the very grain of a true artist.  Stefani is at the top of Forbes list of highest earners.  Donate it yourself.  Why create products to sell, sell, sell?  This is still more about the consumer, the store, the product, just like her Japan bracelets.  Gaga is a product masquerading as an artist so it's only predictable that she would team up with a retail chain at some point.  I'm sure the products will be Made in China as well.

Sadly, the products will sell and make a ton of money because Stefani's gullible fans will want a piece of her.  She knows it, Barney's knows it, on some level, YOU know it too.  However, you will ignore it because it's Lady Gaga and she cares about you so much.
She makes money, Barney's makes even more money and you're stuck with a cheap, over priced trinket that you'll forget about in a few months.  Who wins?
I stand by what I said before.