Apparently Nobody Told Jessica Stam About The Whole Bin Laden Thing
LatestFollowing lots of fashion people on Twitter, as I do for this job, has its unexpected moments. When unforeseen, world-changing, big deal, really, actual news-news breaks, funny, strange, and strangely affecting things happen. Last night, for example, fashion writer Derek Blasberg wanted most to talk about where he was when he got the news — Vera Wang’s apartment.
DNKY’s official account Tweeted the news a little over an hour after Donald Rumsfeld’s chief of staff, Keith Urbahn, became the first person to publicly state that reliable sources were saying Osama Bin Laden was dead. DKNY’s Tweet also came after Fox had started reporting the content of what was then still a rumor in its broadcasts. But many of @DKNY’s 330,000 followers heard the news first from a brand. (They Tweeted about that, in fact.)
Shopbop soon Tweeted the same headline.