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limited themselves to promoting on social media. The brand has been featured in many respected magazines such as GQ and Vogue. The way in which H&M promotes themselves in such a diverse way shows that they are globally recognized and have created an emotional connection with consumers from every income, race and gender. H&M’s marketing mix has created a very clean brand personality but for H&M stopping there was not enough. The brand is caring and wants to give back to the world so they started the H&M foundation. The H&M foundation has four main goals; education, water, quality and planet. Every goal has different initiatives within it to make these goals happen. The foundation privately funded by the founders and main owners of H&M. H&M felt that if they were holding the world to these expectations the company needed to actively participate. In 2015 78% of the electric used by H&M came from renewable sources. Also in 2015 H&M reduced the greenhouse gas they produce by 56%.The brand personality of H&M is clear. The company is caring, welcoming, chic, emphatic, modern, philanthropic and environmentally conscious.…

I started to dress and act differently, I was wearing clothes that covered me and I started to wear a headscarf . To be candid, I felt really weird as if I didn't fit in anymore, but I started to get used to it because my sister and I started to dress appropriately. One evening we had gone to the mall and this group of teens were pointing and laughing at us. I was ready to fight them, but Daddy said to ignore them. I was so apoplectic, but I had obeyed him and done what he had said. When we…

sorts of things that I had never heard before.The music appealed because it felt special and really…

depending on what state you live in but, in Florida the attire seems to be rather casual due to the hot weather that is practically year round. We learned that for women business causal consists of a skirt (around knee length), dress pants (not to tight), a blouse (button down), or a dress. It is best to stick with the basic colors of black, gray, or brown for bottoms. For men, we learned that their business casual consists of khaki pants, dress pants, long sleeve cotton shirts, and a polo style…

How to Felt Wool Felted wool is a marvelous fabric. It insulates and does not fray or unravel when cut. However, if you were to purchase real wool felt (not the polyester stuff found in craft stores), you can expect to pay around $10-$20 a yard. Skip the fabric stores this round and head to your local thrift store. Look for mostly wool sweaters. It doesn’t have to be 100% wool, but it need to be majority wool or natural animal fiber. Look for fibers like angora, cashmere or merino.…

(-- removed HTML --) The Treasure Trove of Needles, Threads, Buttons, and More Beautiful things come together one stitch at a time. And imagine how much more fun it would be if your own little sewing box is always overflowing with delightful haberdashery supplies. At Raaaft, we have you covered for any needlecraft project you undertake. Our wide range of haberdashery accessories will allow you to add your personal touches to everything you sew. Step in and be inspired in our land of needles,…

I have about ten pairs of Jordans and about five pairs of Nikes that mean the world to me. I am emotionally attached to my shoes because I have always worked hard for the shoes I wanted. When I was about seven years old, I would work with my mother in a restaurant my aunt owned and I would help clean the tables. Back when I was in elementary school, Jordan’s were the shoes to buy, so I began to save my money. My last year in elementary school, my fifth grade year, I bought my first pair of…

Taking a Look Into the Past, Understanding it Now American author Elizabeth Wayland Barber, who is an expert on textiles, wrote the book Women’s Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times in 1994, which takes the reader into the world as it was many years ago. In doing so, it enlightens one on how and why the women created textiles and eventually advanced and created other things. Today people know the clothes worn were made and the blankets used were created, but do…

1. So, it is time for you to expose your brand to the world. Promote your business with custom logo shirts and custom embroidered twill shirts. All successful businesses use branded apparel for a significant reason. First of all, your business will prosper by utilizing this technique to accumulate more clients. Branded apparel is a method to obtain significant edge over your competitors. This advertising that is simple to implement. Furthermore, you will also have the advantage of bringing value…

In the Renaissance, there were laws called the Sumptuary Laws that allowed certain people to wear specific types of clothes. The lower class wore linen, which is a fabric made from flax seed fiber. The upper class wore nicer clothes made of silk, satin, and velvet. Cotton was made back in the Renaissance, but it was prohibited in the Elizabethan England to protect the wool industry. It was not until cotton farming in the United States and Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin, that cotton…