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Sharapova serves again in style wars





Jun. 20 - Tennis player Maria Sharapova - noted for her on-court style - launches a new line of fashion accessories.

MORE INFO: Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova launched the fashion brand on the London catwalk, saying the collection of accessories was inspired by aspects of her own life.

The 'The Maria Sharapova Design Collection' marks the first collaboration between the Number 3 ranked Russian tennis star and a mobile phone company.

It includes a tennis Courtside Case, a compact Exercise Case for trips to the gym, the Party Bag for her evening out in town, and the Travel Wallet.

Soundbite: Maria Sharapova, tennis player, saying (English):
"It's important to have your voice, it's not just about putting your name on a product. You know all the brand I work with that's my number one priority is that I want to be face-to-face working with them on inspirations and ideas and on things that I feel are important to me and this accessory line came about really as a no-brainer."



Surprised  ~ Possible Discussion Topics:

1. What do you think of Sharapova's new fashion accessories?

2. What do you think of sports and other entertainment celebrities launching their own fashion labels?


~ Jason

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1. I like the last product,an arm banding, to bring my i-pod in there when I
work out. Watching her plays, I was surprised her powerful serve. It's quite different from what I thought. She had not only nice figure but also talented ability. I understood why people called her tennis champ.
I think her fashion accessories also express her passion and beauty.

2. Import Agent Company Site is popular in Korea. Many women do not hesitate to buy luxury Jeans such as Truereligion, Hudson, Diesel and James Jean.
(I was surprised that Truereligion Jeans are over $500 in Samsung Plaza)
Despite of expensive price, there are no jeans in short supply.
I think the reason why people widely buy this jeans is that people can easy to receive the news ,what kind of jeans hollywood stars wear on and who are advertising this jeans. Han Ye-Seul who is sexy icon in Korea, launches her own jeans label, James Jean. This jeans sold like hotcakes regardless of the price. Although this jeans make figure attractive but I think too expensive price is unreasonable. That doesn't mean I hate entertainment celebrities launching labels.

guru - founder
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Thanks for your carefully expressed and thoughtful responses to this story, Yoobin. I actually thought you might like this kind of news story!

You also educated me here with your in-depth knowledge of fashion and brands!

Thanks and take care,

~ Jason

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I like Sharapova as a tennis player but not as a designer.
Her collection does'not inspire me at all,for me, it is to general and i did not notice any new, extraordinary accessories. Many celebrities believe that by launching products with their names people are going to buy them. However, only few celebrities succeeded. The reason is that they introduced something new in the market and people really want to buy it. For example, Lacoste was launched by a famous french tennis player. I think he had an idea to introduce something comfortable, elegant and good quality clothes and that lead people to buy them.

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Seemingly it looks good and attractive enough to arouse others curiosity.
I think, this kind of work could be an attractive project to most celebrities in that it deserves to be challenged. Because, by doing it, they could have a role as a well-known shop brand's owner as well as a sport player or entertainer. It could bring them more profits and self-confidence, using gained popularity. If they have their own unique voice and characters about their products, not just following the fashion or trend, I believe that they could make it.

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