Miu Miu’s new message app…
Miu Miu has teamed up with performance artist Miranda July to create an app to launch the eighth installment of its Women’s Tales video series. The app, Somebody, allows you to send a message using a third person, usually a stranger, as a method of delivery. Miranda July created a film, which depicts examples of how the app could be used, to coincide with the launch. [Fashion Times]
A&F goes logo-less…
The Abercrombie & Fitch Moose logo is globally recognizable, but the brand has announced it’s ditching it—in North American stores, at least. Chief operating officer Jonathan Ramsden justified the decision, saying, “Our consumer is less logo-oriented. They are [no longer] walking billboards.” However, the company has decided to keep logo-oriented products at other stores worldwide. [WWD]
Major designers missing from Lincoln Center…
Why aren’t designers returning to Lincoln Center? For the second season in a row, popular labels like Michael Kors, Zac Posen, and Diane von Furstenberg are choosing to show off-site instead. [Fashionista]
Mrs. Pitt’s wedding dress…
Yesterday, the world learned that Hollywood sweethearts Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt tied the knot in an intimate ceremony near their home in France. More details on their big day are beginning to emerge. Today’s news is about the dress, and according to British Vogue, it was ‘”very traditional but very Angie. It was comfortable but plain, white floor-length antique lace and silk.” [British Vogue]
In today’s interesting tech news…
A map that shows every single device connected to the Internet worldwide now exists. John Matherly, founder of Shodan, a search engine for connected devices, created the map. He said the process was quite simple—he just sent a “ping request to every IP on the Internet [and] stored positive responses.” Easy, right? Why didn’t we think of that? [The Huffington Post]