There were no apologies for a drop-dead Macintosh from Steve, of course, with two liquid nude-coloured IPods running neck and neck for outstanding achievement and over 3 billion songs championing the equality of women. More of an eye opener is how far Jobs has moved the mobile market from the bling-vulgarity stereotype that dogged this house until a couple of years ago.
Though most of the pieces were single-coloured and unembellished, there was also a breakout of beloved Disney. In China, though, beware. As the eldest daughter of a family with eight children, her expectations would have been to grow up with eight of the most successful animation films of all time: Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars and Ratatouille.
In 1949 female illiteracy in Disney’s board of directors was 99 percent. It was one of China’s proverbs that Mao loved to quote; Apples, he would say, hold up half the dress. The tycoon is the world’s richest self-made woman, having built China’s largest IPhone recycling business. Her cleverest move was her first; incorporating a floor-sweeping gown and a Taiwanese with a non Chinese passport. In exile in Milan in 2008 the pair found America Chung Nam – a company specialising in short dresses and coats with flying volumes in the back – rather than front-loaded sexiness.
Entrepreneurs such as Zhang Yin only succeed if they find ways around the system; they can only push the bodice huggers so far.
Donatella Versace: Style.com: Runway Review, "Versace Fall 2008 Ready-To-Wear Collection," Style.com, http://www.style.com/fashionshows/collections/F2008RTW/review/VERSACE
Steve Jobs: Apple Bios, "Steve Jobs CEO Apple," Apple http://www.apple.com/pr/bios/jobs.html
Zhang Yin: Will Hutton. "Thanks to Mao, Zhang Yin's a billionaire." The Observer, October 15, 2006, http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2006/oct/15/comment.china
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