TrendyTogs is Going Out of Business

We were so sad to hear that after 5 years, TrendyTogs.com was going out of business. The site has always been known for having great brands and great prices. But now the signs are up and the sale is on.

Everything is on sale and the prices are incredible. If you get a chance, pay your last respects to this awesome boutique before it's gone.

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Don Fisher, founder of Gap, dies at 81

In San Francisco, Don Fisher has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 81.

In 1969, Fisher and his wife, Doris opened the first Gap store on Ocean Ave. in San Francisco, Ca. The inspiration for the store: Don couldn't find a pair of jeans that fit. So he and Doris invested $63,000 and hired football players from UC Berkeley as their first salespeople. The brand became popular, and the rest is history.

The Gap brand now includes The Gap, Gap Outlet, Gap Kids, Baby Gap, Gap Body, Gap Generation, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Piperlime, & Athleta. Their brands are worldwide and they employ more than 134,000 employees and had sales last year of $14.5 Billion.

Though Mr. Fisher had resigned as chief executive in 1994, and as chairman in 2004, he stayed on as a director until his death. He is survived by his wife, Doris, 3 sons, 10 grandchildren and 2 brothers.

Photo courtesty of gapinc.com

Nancy Talbot, co-founder of Talbot's retail clothing chain, has passed away at age 89

Sad news from Boulder, Colorado this week, where Nancy Talbot has passed away after a long fight with Alzheimer's disease.

Nancy and her husband, Rudolf Talbot inherited his father's small Hingham, Massachusetts clothing store in 1947. They renamed it "The Talbot's" and stocked it with brightly colored women's clothing that was influenced by Nancy's style. In their second year of business, they distributed 3,000 fliers to potential customers whose names they got from the mailing list of the New Yorker. It was the pre-cursor to the wildly successful catalogue that came to be.

By 1950, they had outgrown the little shop they had inherited and moved two blocks away to an old white house. They painted the front door red, which became a hallmark of Talbot's stores. In 1973, the chain was sold to General Mills for $6 million and Nancy stayed with the company as Vice President until 1983. Sadly, in 1987, her husband Rudolf passed away.

Nancy often attributed the success of Talbots to mere luck. Weather you loved or hated the fashion, she did have the right idea. In a 1980 internal memo she said "We look for clothes that are timeless because they are ladylike, simple but not contrived, gimmicky or extreme, smart but not faddy, fashionable but not funky -- chic and understated, the hallmarks of good taste."

Mrs. Talbot is survived by her two daughters, Polly Talbot-Donald of Colorado and Jane A. Winter of Missouri as well six grand children and six great-grandchildren.