FAST COMPANY | 100 MOST CREATIVE

Fast Company has just finished the task of compiling their picks for the 100 Most Creative People in Business. There is a wide span of talent here representing issues from the future of energy to next-generation media. Making the list • Trish Adams, Senior VP of Merchandising for Target | Piet Oudolf, Dutch Garden Designer and father of the new Perennial Movement | Scott Schuman, creator of one of my favorites, The Sartorialist fashion blog | Alexandra Patsavas, Owner of Chop Shop Music [she matches the right music to the right screen on shows like Mad Men and Grey's] and 96 more. Take a look. Be inspired.

STIMULUS FASHIONS | MIZRAHI

The Liz Claiborne Company's new fashion stimulus plan is Isaac Mizrahi. His first collection as creative director of the brand launches this month. The advertising (as seen in March issues) includes friends and acquaintances of people actually involved with the campaign--real women whose ages span 5 decades. What do they all have in common? A "perpetual 35-ness" says Mizrahi, the age when women are "perfectly ripe"... confident yet still young. By April, most of the collection will be ready to pick at lizclaiborne.com. Can Isaac save the languishing Liz brand? We wish him all best. But, our trips to Target will not be the same without him! (Mizrahi collections sold as much as $300 million per year at Target during the designers 5-year run).