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and paths I have taken that either prevented me or tempered me to this point. As a matter a fact, when describing me, one could say I am a dreamer and for lack of a better analogy, always late to the party. Recently while working at my position for Gucci, a job I’m not too entirely fond of, I decided to make changes by going back to school. Originally born in the Dominican Republic on March 21, 1975, I was the first of two sons, and extremely shy. My given name is Reynaldo and my brother,…

Created in October 2010 by Kevin Systrom and Mike Kreiger, Instagram is an online mobile photo sharing and social networking application service that enables its users to take pictures and videos, and share them. The distinctive feature about Instagram is it confines digital filters that users can apply to their pictures before sharing them on the platform. Like tweets, Instagram pictures are indexed by both @persons and #subject matter. By April 2012, Instagram has accumulated 100 million users…

We asked 13 voices in fashion, including stylists, designers, performers, and academics, to share their opinions on fashion’s appropriation of urban street style. What’s at stake when Miley kicks it in Jordans? When James Franco wears rows that riff on RiFF RAFF? When Brooke Candy is photographed by Terry Richardson with a gold tooth? When Hood By Air becomes a Style.com darling? Or when Rick Owens hires an American step team to model his Paris défilé? Should anybody be allowed to wear anything…

Ads on Perfection. Ads have been around for many years. Only recently have people noticed the effect that ads have on women and men. Besides their original intention to spread awareness of a product or celebrity, ads also have a hidden message. This hidden message is what has been secretly effecting the people of America, making them develop this self-hate, lower their self-esteem, and even develop phycological disorders. Because of this, ads need to change the images and message they are…

STUDENT NUMBER: C1655093 MODULE CODE: BST 516 WORD COUNT: 1) Select a location with which you are familiar. Discuss the impact of globalization on this location, with particular reference to business activity, and highlight positive and negative impacts on the people who live and work in the area. Globalization is the process through which the world is rapidly becoming interconnected as a result of substantially increased trade activities and cultural exchange. Globalization has increased the…

I woke up feeling ashamed and angry on the day of the science fieldtrip. Feeling ashamed and angry, I quickly put on my shirt and headed to the bus. During this time, I became more and more embarrassed. The constant thought of embarrassment caused me to forget a change of clothes and I panicked! The science trip was first period and I couldn’t handle these emotions inside much longer. I kept thinking about the outfit I had on. Why did I wear this? I thought to myself over and over. Once the bus…

called for models with character or personality, instead of specifically speaking of the racial issues the title of the discussion so clearly specified. During this talk, prominent fashion figure James Scully speaks on his experiences working for Gucci and seeing trends change. Over time, he says, casting became less about the model and more colorless and lacking personality as the role of the model transformed into a way to hang clothes. By using this term “personality”, as opposed to racial…

For my research, I explored How and Why Fashion Repeats Itself. I investigated the history of fashion, the way and the reasons that fashion changes regularly. I discovered some specific examples such as denim jeans as well. In the process of the research, I took several steps. I examined various websites and several books and checked them for relevance and bias. Additionally, I conducted a survey with 40 people and collated it. History of fashion Fashion has always been key to how people…

Patanjali Ayurved has become a force to reckon with in Indian FMCG, food and health segments, even without having invested in the traditional advertising channels for years. The only advertisement mediums used for a long time were the ‘word-of-mouth’ and advertising through the yoga camps of Baba Ramdev. Now, crores have been allotted for Patanjali’s advertising across various media channels and one can only imagine the potential heights it would reach. Its revenue grew from Rs. 450…

Jim Herrington, the executive director of the Gillings Global Gateway at the University of North Carolina, explains, “You’re more likely to get prosecuted for counterfeiting a Gucci purse than a drug”.6 If the goal of pharmaceutical intellectual property law is to promote innovation, then counterfeiting shows that the law is not well suited to achieving that goal.15 Counterfeiting is a major threat to public health and innovation…