Would Cameron and his Notting Hill set feel comfortable at the prospect of the Bowler Hat and Sash brigade turning up at the now re-branded, happy clappy, soft focus annual Tory shindig every October?
I always, always, always wear socks, and the best ones are from the Swedish brand Happy Socks.
Nor, with audiences bigger than most terrestrial TV broadcasts and brands happy to throw thousands of pounds their way in an attempt to connect with teenage audiences, do they need to be.
Doctoral theses are sure to be written about the nearly parallel -- yet philosophically opposite -- titans of TV comedy, Garry Marshall (signature brand: Happy Days) and Norman Lear (signature brand: All In The Family).
Bloomberg reported that McDonald's Japan has already seen its share price rocket thanks to Pokemon-branded Happy Meal sales, even before the game launch.
So: Obama got elected because he had a good brand, his happy marriage to Michelle is a function of his larger brand strategy, he passed health care reform at a great risk to his brand, etc, etc.
Many brands are happy to copy foreign shoes, or modify them, then put them out at a cheap price".
A look back through early issues of Stylist confirms that many upmarket brands were happy to be associated from the start – keen to tap into the magazine's target readership of professional women in their 20s and 30s.
"The Instawindow is designed to transform even the bleakest views of post-industrial wastelands into picture-postcard visions that you'll be dying to share with your friends," says Daisy Faropoll, head of brand at Happy Homes.
While its MyHabit site, started last year, uses a flash-sale model to compete with Gilt Groupe, Mr. Bezos says the company's new effort is not about selling clothes at deep discounts but at prices that ensure that "the designer brands are happy".
Some brands are happy to showcase them to fan groups Chanel and Thierry Mugler, for example, have hosted the Sniffapalooza posse at meet-and-greets.
