PVH = Calvin Klein + Arrow + IZOD + Tommy Hilfiger

I just bought a new pair of IZOD brand white coloured pants from The Bay.

It cost me $30 + tax.

Even though IZOD has been around since the 1930s I don't really recognize it much.

So I looked up their name on Wikipedia and it says that since 2010 they have been bought by Phillips-Van Heusen Corp (PVH).

And PVH also owns most of the other big name Men's fashion companies, like Tommy Hilfigre, Arrow (!), Calvin Klein, and Chaps.

They have manufacturing plants all over Asia, like China, Bangladesh, Philipines, etc...

So if you're wondering why everything looks the same, it's not just because all the designers go to the same trade shows. It's because, they're one and the same company.

See the Wikipedia article for yourself:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PVH_%28company%29

Anyways, I'm hoping that this Summer will be warm enough (less chemtrails) than the Spring has been so far.

EVP Spirit says 'It Sucks' (+playlist)

I will write about this when I have some time. The EVP was so loud and clear at this location of the Manitoba Legislature.

30 Years Ago ... the IBM PCjr

30 years ago, the IBM PCjr was released.
I remember using one at The Bay downtown Winnipeg store (Computerland) when they first came out in the Spring (April 1984). And later on that year, a student friend at Kelvin High School used to talk about his family having one.

It flopped in the market because it was under-powered and cost more than other home computers of the time (Apple II, Commodore 64, and TRS-80 CoCo.

Still, I love the design, and long for those days when there were no Rif-Raf on Graham Ave. downtown and television programming, especially on CBC, had taken on a new edgy sophistication.

Monitor Calibration: Look at the Color You've Been Missing [HD]