SAMUEL HINES' interview with EIDOS creative director ANTONIO CIONGOLI is a fantastic read. Ciongoli talks everything from fashion presentations to NYC culture to sourcing: "you just go where the needle is right." On business, the designer says, "It’s easy to design a collection that you can get attention for, but at the end of the day are guys really going to open their wallet and pay for it at full retail? Because that’s the other part that people forget, is this business operates under full retail. You have to sell stuff full price." EIDOS certainly looks like it can inspire the full-price purchase. Hines writes that he respects Ciongoli's "no-B-S" approach. Me too... MILAN FASHION WEEK rolls on, and political sentiment continued its parade down the runway. We'll see if it appears in the PARIS collections. If you can recall a time when political movements so uniformly entered the runway in all four of fashion month's stops, let me know. Also, don't miss the glorious PRADA show... Some vintage tech is being revived. The NOKIA 3310 is back in action, and SEIKO will release the "STEVE JOBS watch" on March 10. Will BLACKBERRIES and MOTOROLA STAR-TAC be next? You could tempt me with a flip phone. When I'm on holiday, catch me on the Star-Tac... KARL vs. MERYL... Are these outfits from BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER extremely bad, or extremely good? The @BadBuffyOutfits account founder says she's getting perplexed comments from people probably too young to have caught the show's original airing, who are inspired by those #badbuffyoutfits... $75,000 for likes, sponsored trips, front row seats, and gratis merch: influencers build lucrative businesses and amass gigantic numbers of followers on social media. Will they continue to reap rewards for brands and marketers? Our latest REDEF FashionSET will give you some opposing views. Check it out: PRO/CON: They Will Influence You... RED CARPET and history of said carpet... RIP REN HANG.