Intimate Apparel was directed by Janice Capuana. She is an adjunct assistant prof. of Theatre at York College. The play takes place on the lower east side of New York City in 1905. The story revolves around Esther‚ a lonely African American seamstress living in a boarding house for single women run by Mrs. Dickson. Esther spends her days and nights sewing beautiful lingerie and corsets for New York’s high society ladies and ladies of the night. The only pleasure Esther finds in her lovely life is
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“The Great Outdoors” A personal narrative is a form of autobiographical writing that requires the author to describe a special moment in his or her life. Writing such a first-hand account can often help the author understand the significance or meaning of the event and why it was important. A successful autobiographical incident should ▪ Focus on a well-defined incident ▪ Grab readers’ attention at the beginning ▪ Provide background information for the incident
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Executive Brief “C&F Apparel‚ Inc.” C&F Apparel faced constant challenges of developing good forecasts and maintaining product availability. The main question for Bill Smith‚ director of business planning for C&F Apparel‚ was whether or not adopting similar approaches such as “fast fashion” apparel makers Zara could work for his company. Either way‚ the assumptions in this case is that although it keeps cost low‚ is outsourcing most of its products from material and assembly plants
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[pic] MARKS: 100 COURSE: MAPM SUB : Apparel Production Development Marks 15 01) Compare the number of SKUs for product lines using sizing systems for men’s dress shirts with collar and sleeve length and men’s sport shirts sizes small ‚ medium ‚ and large . Compare SKUs for lines of man’s pants sized by waist and length for lines of mans paint sized by waist and length and missy
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Face-To-Face Communication Wasim Feroz Coleman University Face-To-Face Communication Introduction Besides the traditional communication way - letters‚ email and telephone calls are available too. They make people ’s communication easier‚ faster and more convenient. However‚ in my opinion‚ face-to-face communication is better than the above types of communication. There are several advantages of this personal communication. When people communicate to each other in person‚ they can have instant feedback
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and more...have taken the place of good old fashioned‚ face-to-face communication leading to many interpersonal difficulties and miscommunications in today’s workplace. You may be thinking...Why improve my interpersonal skills when most businesses do 99% of communication by telephone‚ teleconferencing‚ videoconferencing‚ e-mail‚ and on rare occasions‚ snail mail. A popular way of thinking today...but‚ is it really the correct way? "Face-to-face communication remains the most powerful human interaction
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Target Market American Apparel promotes a provocative‚ physical‚ natural‚ appealing look. They believe with this look they have achieved the attention of the younger generation. “Our provocative‚ real‚ unpretentious aesthetic has struck a chord with today’s young trendsetters‚ and has drawn us an intensely loyal following” meaning the company’s target market focuses on the younger generation‚ ageing from teenagers to young individuals (aged 18 – 25) as seen in their advertisements below. We believe
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The genre of the ‘texts’ being analysed are ‘American Apparel’ print advertisements. The actual audiences of these advertisements are teenagers and young adults. Their target/implied audience‚ however‚ are adults that are older than 18 years of age. They tend to steer away from people under the age of 18‚ as the clothes are quite expensive and people within the ages of 18-25 normally have ‘entry-level jobs.’ However‚ the models’ ages range from 18-35‚ there are a few anomalies where they used a 62-year-old
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Traditionally‚ national retailers outsource apparel production‚ via global brokers‚ to thousands of small apparel makers. The typical apparel manufacturer‚ usually located in a low-wage country‚ is a small-scale operation that employs a few to a few dozen workers. In a labor-intensive process‚ workers make specific pieces of clothing‚ often in a narrow range of sizes and colors. These pieces are then integrated with the output of hundreds of other such companies spread across dozens of countries
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S.W.O.T for our competition- American Apparel Strengths: Their profitable idea is the plain T-shirt which never goes out of style and is something everyone has or wants. This makes their store have a wide range for many different demographics making it appeal to a huge amount of customers. They also have a very creative mission statement and are a very loyal brand. Weaknesses: They have a very young CEO who has already been accused of sexual-harassment within the company numerous amount of
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