Metaboston: Fashion

"Hooters of Haircutting" to Add to the Beauty of Route 9 in Framingham

This fall, Knockouts will open their first New England location in Framingham.

"Knockouts - a boxing-themed spa and salon for men - offers haircuts, hair coloring and lightener, manicures, pedicures, hair waxing and massages.

Dishing out such pampering? Females in short shorts and form-fitting tops - referred to under copyrighted nomenclature by the company's brass as “Knockouts Girls.''"

Knockouts has encourage some funny commentary with its mix of fussy pampering and determinedly macho imagery (girls! boxing! girls!)

"Now, I don't have a problem with guys getting manicures and massages. And why shouldn't they enjoy their salon experience? But does it strike anyone as a bit weird that to justify signing up for something as supposedly feminine as a manicure, some guys feel the need to go to a place where they can check out their stylist's ass? It seems a little defensive -- "Yeah, sure, I got my chest waxed -- but you should have seen my manicurist's tits!" (Or, to put it another way, "Just because I treated myself to a minifacial does not mean I'm gay.") "

07/16/2008 at 04:58 PM in Business, Money, Entrepreneurs, Fashion, MetroWest, Women | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Cicada Jewelry on the Cape

The cicadas that emerged on Cape Cod this summer are now being turned into jewelry by some enterprising teens (video on cicada jewelry begins about 1:20 in).

"Talk about lemonade out of lemons: Katheryn Maloney and Brady Cullinan made jewels out of this summer's cicada swarm.

Yesterday, amid the tents of baked goods and vegetables at the Sandwich Farmers Market at Oakcrest Cove Field off Quaker Meetinghouse Road, their table featured earrings and necklaces made with colored beads, sea glass and dead bugs.

The business partners, both 17, residents of Sandwich and seniors at Sandwich High School, crafted the dainty pieces from the bodies of the insects that have covered areas of the Cape this summer for the first time in 17 years."

For more on cicadas there's Cicada Mania!

07/11/2008 at 02:04 PM in Animals, Nature, Environment, Business, Money, Entrepreneurs, Cape and Islands, Fashion, Unusual | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)