LeBron James and Michael Jordan are constantly being compared to one another and for good reason. Of course, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time, according to many. LeBron is a close second although his record in the NBA Finals leaves a lot to be desired, regardless of the fact that he had much harder competition than MJ. If you were to ask anyone on ESPN's First Take, they would say Jordan is the GOAT. However, they had another debate" can LeBron's brand surpass MJ's.
Jordan has the Jumpman brand while LeBron has sneakers, a production company, a school, and many other projects. With this in mind, Stephen A. Smith made the case that James could surpass Jordan's global brand if he continues to build his efforts up in a positive direction. Smith notes that no one will touch MJ in the sneaker world but in every other aspect, LeBron has a real case to become a larger name, in the future.
Smith noted that LeBron is only 35 years old and has already built more of a brand than some people have over an entire lifetime. Based on this very fact alone, LeBron certainly has the potential to swipe GOAT status away from MJ. As far as his off the court life, LeBron is probably already there.
We can't wait to see what other projects LeBron blesses us with as time goes on.
Doja Cat Rejected By Dickies Brand For Being "Too Sexy"
Doja Cat’s request to Dickies clothing brand for logo clearance was rejected due to her “sexy” image, but her stylist came up with a clever solution.
It looks like Doja Cat is just too fine for her own good, considering Dickies clothing brand allegedly retracted their initial logo clearance for a custom outfit in her “Bottom B*tch” music video due to her overtly “sexy” image. Doja and her stylist, Brett Alan Nelson, recently sat down with Billboard to discuss some of her most iconic fashion moments, and the discussion led to a pretty hilarious story about one of Doja’s “millennial ‘Sk8r Boi'” looks in the visuals for her song, “Bottom B*tch,” off her Hot Pink album. Brett had initially planned for Doja to wear a custom Dickies outfit in the music video, but they ran into some trouble with the brand.
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“Dickies originally gave me logo clearance and they’re a very church-going, Trump-supporting, Texas-based company,” Brett revealed. “They thought Doja was too sexy for their brand. I said, ‘You literally approved your logo with me. I made a custom outfit.'” Thankfully, Brett came up with a creative, last minute solution that allowed them to still use to Dickies pieces without getting sued. The stylist confessed that he “wanted to take a jab at them” after they blocked him from using their logo, so he decided to “colour[] out the ‘-IES’ and color[] in where the horseshoe is.” The result was even more for Doja’s image. “Her whole entire outfit just said ‘dick,'” Brett pointed out. “You can’t see it, but I asked legal what we can get away with. They said if we changed the logo at least 50 percent, then it’s fine.”
“Doja makes so many sexual innuendos here and there in her music,” he continued. “There’s a quirkiness that’s very intelligent behind what she does, so it’s nice to do little tricks… dicks.” However, Dickies responded to Brett’s claims that they had taken back their permission to use the logo, noting that the company “did initially speak to Brett when he reached out to use the logo, but Brett’s team never provided a clear letter of intent to use the logo, as requested.”
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“There were no further conversations after that,” they added. “Dickies respects Doja Cat’s artistry, and is happy she is also a fan of the brand and wishes her much success.” Watch the full music video for “Bottom B*tch” below and see if you can catch the genius logo change:
Raf Simons To Join Prada As Co-Creative Director
Miuccia Prada is adding Raf Simons as a co-creative director for the renowned brand, starting on April 2.
Raf Simons is joining Prada as a co-creative director of the brand, according to Complex.
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Starting on April 2nd, Simons will be joining Miuccia Prada and sharing “equal responsibilities for creative input and decision-making,” as explained by an announcement on Prada’s website.
The post continues saying that move is born from a “deep respect” and that it “opens a new dialogue, between designers widely acknowledged as two of the most important and influential of today. Conceptually, it is also a new approach to the very definition of creative direction for a fashion brand – a strong challenge to the idea of singularity of creative authorship, whilst also a bold reinforcement of the importance and power of creativity in a shifting cultural landscape.”
The first collection that will be co-designed by Simons and Prada will be shown in September in Milan. It will serve as the brands’ spring-summer 2021 line.
“I am committed and excited. This is not a succession. This is a way to boost creativity,” Prada told reporters at a press conference during the last day of Milan Fashion Week.
Simons agreed: “There’s more strength when two creatives believe in it than when one believes in it. If we both believe in it, we’re going to do it.”
