Introduction For several centuries‚ during the colonial period‚ the Philippines has been severely immersed in foreign influences particularly by Spain‚ Japan and America. Consequently their culture‚ lifestyle‚ customs and fashion sense has been mainly defined by influences from these countries as well. However‚ before the colonization‚ Philippines has yet to establish its own identity; thus what became the Philippines’ foundation for instituting their nationalistic character was basically colonially
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History of Fashion in the 1980s [pic] When we think of fashions from the 1980s‚ we would generally think of colorful‚ bright apparel and accessories of glam metal bands in those times. The clothing and accessories that we wear today do have a deep relation with the 1980’s fashion trends‚ as most of the current fashion comes from the clothing worn in those days. Let us take a look at what clothes‚ shoes‚ haircuts‚ and fashion accessories were being worn then. Men Hairstyles:
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referential groups and virtual consumption communities 3 2.1.1 Online referential groups in fashion and fashion bloggers 4 3. Fashion opinion leadership 5 3.1 Fashion opinion seeking 5 3.1.1 The process within referential groups in fashion: coherence of opinion leaders and opinion seekers 6 3.1.2 Victoria Beckham as fashion opinion leader for the Birkin Bag 7 4. Why and how marketers make use fashion opinion leaders 9 5. Conclusion 13 List of references 14 List of illustrations
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one of the largest visual clues. The following research looks at what impact androgynous fashion has on achieving gender equality. Throughout history gender has had a large part to play in influencing the perceptions of androgynous fashion and continues to do so in society today. Findings of the research conducted‚ includes five main topics that have been discussed in this paper and outline how the fashion industry could use this information in the future to further extend their research. The key
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heavily influenced by the occurrences that happened during this era. Some of these events including World War II‚ Recession; Revolutions‚ the ongoing feminism movement‚ Dior – The New Look and the Parisian Couture house. The 40’s era was where the fashion houses of Dior and Chanel ruled according to Style.com. They dictated the austere style‚ which was strict and plain; yet at the same time sophisticated yet masculine. The forties decade opened up an extensive variety of original and distinctive styles
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costume english 1100–1200 in European fashion (12th century) Costume during the twelfth century in Europe was simple and differed only in details from the clothing of the preceding centuries. Men wore knee-length tunics for most activities‚ and men of the upper classes wore long tunics‚ with hose and mantles or cloaks. Women wore long tunics or gowns. A close fit to the body‚ full skirts‚ and long flaring sleeves were characteristic of upper class fashion for both men and women. Men’s clothing
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Fashion is how you present yourself‚ once said a famous actress. As long as fashion has been in existence‚ what you wear is literally what you are. High society women wear thousand dollar fashions and one of a kind jewelry designs‚ while the average Jane wears jeans and a tee shirt. Fashion is a non-verbal communication with the rest of the world‚ through which you can express your personality‚ your social status‚ and your ideas. To choose clothes is to define and describe ourselves. [Lurie ‚ The
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ZARA: IT for Fast Fashion Önder BARLAS Executive MBA Student Boğaziçi University‚ Istanbul Abstract: In 2003 Zara faced a problem whether to upgrade the operating system they used for their point-of-sale (POS) to a new Windows based one‚ or to continue using the stable and old one. This report aims to analyze the problem by conducting a SWOT analysis and offering a solution path best suited on Zara’s strategic position in the clothing industry. 1. Brief Information about Inditex and Zara Inditex
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even to watch their favourite sit-com series. Of course‚ with its few advantages‚ television has many more disadvantages. As we have stepped into the twentieth century‚ this thingamajig has proven to give its viewers a lot of disadvantages such as health problems‚ violence‚ and last but not least‚ escapism from the actual world. First and foremost‚ health problems are one of the disadvantages that make television as one of the worst inventions in the world. People are mostly sitting and eating junk
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In this essay I will be analysing three different companies and how the five retail policies affect their targeting market. The retail policies are; Pricing - The Federal Trade Commission‚ Opening hours – Business Trading Hours Law‚ Visual merchandising displays - Service level ‚ Use of internet and other media. Debenhams (opening hours): this company has to stores that close at different hours in different county. For example: the shop that is located in basil don has to be closed before 6pm
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