times they are a-changin'...

I looked up a site for a designer I saw featured in Nylon Magazine, in the "What's the Matter with Kansas?" article, only because the site they cited was a .typepad.com and not a .com. What?

Times certainly have changed. I remember being told by magazines back in the day that if you are not featured in key retail locations, "we can't cover you." So I got myself into key retail locations. And got coverage. And then, online shopping hit the scene, and Luckymag.com's rule was 'no shopping cart, no coverage.' So we upgraded our site to full e-commerce with a custom-designed shopping cart and added our own Elaine Perlov Gift Cards too. And I got more coverage. Lots of coverage in fact. I am not complaining. Believe me.

So back to Nylon. I went to this designer's Typepad Blog, and there is no link to her designs. I am surprised. Maybe that's what's the matter with Kansas. Aha! And her blog is more diary-style than professional-promotional. Call me old-fashioned, but I want a Website in the credit line, not a diary. Snarky? Perhaps. But I have to tell it as I see it.