PETER SHANKMAN

Crisis Diddy

From Yahoo News, a story on how P. Diddy’s Sean John Label had collars made of Faux Fur – made of DOG.

NEW YORK – Macy’s has pulled from its shelves and its Web site two styles of Sean John hooded jackets, originally advertised as featuring faux fur, after an investigation by the nation’s largest animal protection organization concluded that the garments were actually made from a certain species of dog called "raccoon dog."

Mo money, mo problems, huh? Or was that Biggie?

December 23rd, 2006 11:48 PM
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Well, sort of… a raccoon dog is a hibernating, tree-climbing sort of thing. So yeah, it’s def not fake fur, but it’s not like it was Lassie. Still kinda cute, though.

December 24th, 2006 01:39 AM
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Diddy Does Not Know Diddly About China Business

I spent much of last weekend on an airplane (not an exaggeration!) going through stacks of documents I had been meaning to read for months. Among these was a big U.S. government Commercial Services print-out I had picked up at

December 24th, 2006 03:55 PM
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Notorious B.I.G., it was.

As for the rest…ew.

December 27th, 2006 02:26 AM
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So buyers could meaningfully ask each other “What’s up, dog?” ???

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