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British women are clearly the saviours of the chemical industry, according to research by a deodorant-maker Bionsen and reported on Reuters.
In the moisturisers, body lotions, perfumes, deodorants and makeup she wears, the average woman in the UK is unwittingly carrying around 515 chemicals on her body every day, Bionsen found in a poll of 2,016 British women.
Los Angeles Fashion Week (LAFW) is showcasing plastics in fashion, and it looks like the reporters from the "Plastics Make It Possible" team at the American Chemistry Council are having a wild time at the catwalk shows.
Late into Thursday night, they were posting a string of photos of models wearing plastics and a possible journalistic first: an interview with a catwalk model on the benefits of wearing plastics.
The Women in Leadership Forum (WILForum) in
Olefins trader Gina Fyffe of Integra was among those shortlisted for the Energy award at the conference, which was held at the Atlantis, Palm Jumeirah.
According to the American Chemistry Council's new website which launched today, plastic is the newest trend in couture, and to make the point the site will present the Gen Art "Fresh Faces in Fashion" Los Angeles Show on 29 October, hosted by actress Kaley Cuoco, star of the popular CBS sitcom, The Big Bang Theory.
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The Blog was particularly entranced by this link to "How Many Bottles to Make a Handbag."
(photo: plasticsmakeitpossible.com)
Beth Tweddle, new world champion in the gymnastic floor exercises was being interviewed on the radio as I drove in this morning, and very charming she was, but I didn't realise how closely she was connected to the world of petrochemicals.
Now my North of England Chemicals correspondent Judith tells me that Beth lives in her village and is the local celebrity. Another young girl in Judith's son's class at high school is following in Beth's footsteps and doing exceptionally well.
And in another freakish chemicals connection, it turns out that fellow blogger Paul Hodges used to work with Jerry Tweddle, Beth's father, now at INEOS, and posted a video of Beth on his own blog this very morning.
(photo: Elizabeth Tweddle of
If you had thought that swine flu had put an end to the social obligation of conference kissing, think again. The Blog has detected two major influences sweeping across the world of social cheek-kissing, and conference-goers will want to familiarise themselves with them before embarking for EPCA in Berlin. First is the inexorable spread of the Dutch three-cheek kiss, and second is the emerging trend sweeping in from
Regular attendees at petrochemical conferences will have noticed the Dutch kiss sweeping across European borders, practiced now not only by Dutch members of the petchem community but also anyone with a Dutch office or who has at any time done business in or around the Netherlands. "We're all Dutch now," is the standard refrain.
More unnerving for the majority of attendees at the forthcoming EPCA conference will be the spread of the Argentine/Uruguayan "Saludar." Oh yes, I have seen the future of social kissing and am waiting agog to see its arrival in the world of petchem conferences.
At a polo match at
How long before the Dutch get hold of the Saludar and bring us the Dutch Saludar?
(Photo Rex)
Lucy Craymer
It's hard keeping up with the fashion. Maybe harder still if you are more at home with the likes of ethylene and propylene than with Dolce and Gabbana but chems company Lanxess is trying. The company is producing a "trend collection", which is a selection of tanned leather samples that show off trends for the fall/winter 2010/2011. It begs the question, will the company be including a white leather lab coat in the collection.
The Blog was thrilled to see that applications for the 2010 MISS NPRA Pageant will be closing imminently on 1 August 2009.It is also a pleasure to see what good work this year's MISS NPRA has been doing.
Eagle-eyed readers who click through to the website will see that all is not as it first appears.
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has a dress code where women need to wear a long sleeve jacket only if they are wearing full length slacks (trousers), according to an advisory note sent to the Blog's New York colleagues to prepare them for a visit. And further to the Blog's fascination with what constitutes appropriate business attire, here it is in full, that helpful dress code ...
Dress Code for NYSE Visits
Professional Business Attire is encouraged. However, acceptable attire for an "informal" visit to the NYSE includes:
Male Guests
1) Jacket with long sleeves required
2) Dress shirt with or without tie, or collared golf/polo shirt or turtleneck
3) Full length trousers or slacks
4) Shoes should be of an appropriate style for a businesslike environment
Female Guests
1) Dresses, skirts or full length slacks (No Capri Pants, ¾ length or Clam Diggers)
2) Blouses, shirts or sweaters
3) Long sleeve jacket required when full length slacks are worn
4) Shoes should be of an appropriate style for a businesslike environment
(no open toe shoes or sandals)
(photo Rex)
The Blog's favourite petrochemical toy is of course Lego. Look how it responds to the events of the day, with the Barack Obama Inauguration Lego and now various Michael Jackson tribute Lego videos.However, Barbie is another top-runner for best petrochemical toy. She's plastic, pretty, she doesn't hurt so much when you tread on her with bare feet, and now you can get a healthy workout on the Barbie foosball table.
(photo designboom)
