Fads and trends

Kiener, Robert. “Food Policy Debates.” CQ Researcher 3 Oct. 2014: 817-40. CQ Researcher Online. Web. 16 Oct. 2015. Robert Kiener is a independent author. His work appeared in many newspapers and magazines. Additionally Robert Kiener attained degrees from Hong Kong, and Cambridge universities. The author gives general information about eating healthy. Additionally Mr. Kiener uses other sources and different diagrams to show how Americans have improved their eating habits. The article…

In the popular mind, valuable nutrition and exercise are respected by society. However, within the past couple of years, some extreme and unhealthy trends have occurred. As a result, the definition of healthy is transformed and begins to misrepresent the textbook facts of nutrition. If we can understand the cause of the altering, we can improve the meaning of nutrition. In fact, I will discuss multiple health movements and rationalize their true health benefits. Within the past century in…

What constitutes the ideal body is in constant flux, due to shifts in the cultural zeitgeist (influenced by factors including scientific and technological advancement). As such, the consensus of what currently constitutes the ideal body in the Western world is fundamentally different to that of the 1980’s. While the effects of scientific and technological advancement are important, it is necessary to question whether the changing notion of body image is due to changing social values or whether,…

TOMS vs. BOBS BOBs is brand-new line of shoes made by the well-known footwear company, Sketchers. Sketchers has already established their customer market, built a successful business model, and have maintained a strong clientele base throughout the years. However, it can be argued that their most recent product launch is a complete “copy and paste” of another shoe company, TOMS shoes. Anyone familiar with and loyal to TOMS would agree that Sketcher’s newest creation is way too similar to their…

aggressive, it is in their nature, therefore acceptable. This equates “natural” as the determining criteria of goodness. (Levy, 2010, p.52) I have often engaged in the naturalistic fallacy and resisted adopting new trends in popular culture. This was especially true in Japan where fads are quickly adopted and product life cycles are short. I have observed many instances of products or fashions becoming popular very quickly. Having the latest product enhances a person’s status and or provides…

Parents did everything they could to stop what they thought was an atrocious fad, but Elvis “The Pelvis” Presley proved to be a bigger influence than anyone at the time could expect. His signature on-stage hip-shaking was despised by adults as much as adored by their children. The slicked-back pompadour became a trend still in place today, and the songs still play on classic rock and oldies radio stations across the United States. Elvis Presley…

exists out there, in the world. People will come from different countries, states or even counties that may have a radically different culture than the pastor. Andy Crouch, in his book Culture Making, argues that: Culture is more than an ideology, trends, fads, fashion, sense of ethnic identity, the collections of practices, beliefs and stories that carve out a sense of distinctiveness and pride or failure and shame. It’s more than governing ideas, values and presuppositions of our society—as it…

term for a number of eating problems including anorexia, bulimia and binge eating.” (1). Eating disorders have been caused by media images for centuries. In a 2004 article by ncbi.nlm.nin.gov, they stated, “A number of studies have documented the trend in increasing thinness in Playboy centerfolds, Miss America contestants, and fashion models between the 1950’s and the…

This section will be examining the middle market level of the fashion industry and the types of promotional mix they use. One such middle market brand is Mimco. Mimco is a mid range Australian accessory brand founded in 1996 by Amanda Briskin-Rettig, was then bought by The Country Road Group in 2012 for $45 million. Mimco has many product lines including purses & wallets, hair accessory’s and handbags, the bags retail for approximately $250 to $600 and is a mid priced luxury product.…

find funny is that many white people claim Native American ancestry, but only as something to flaunt rather than take pride in and talk about issues affecting Native Americans. So basically, I think ethnicity is less symbolic for whites and more of a fad or fashion that they can try on when they feel it is convenient to them. The reason this makes it difficult for multiracials is because they see a culture that puts down the side of them that is a minority, while also using parts of the minority…