Lingerie

After reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, I had mixed reviews on the book as I found it quite confusing in the fact that the book was written in letter format such as characters would write letters to each other. I had originally thought it was an anthology series made up of multiple authors like literature to go. But had found out that this book is much different and somewhat more difficult, and slightly more boring and uninteresting than literature to go. In literature…

The early twentieth century was a time of great change, not only socially and politically, but also in much simpler pieces of society. One of the greatest changes of this era came when women began taking over new positions in society, such as jobs outside of the home. This change was also mirrored in, and often influenced, the changes that were happening in women's fashion during the era. As Coco Chanel believed, “Fashion is not simply a matter of clothes. Fashion is in the air, born upon the…

analysis to see if those results will change my mind in order to make it more likeable in my eyes. First step is to question what makes up the composition. In the composition, a pregnant woman with long dark brown curly hair is standing in pink sheer lingerie, white underwear, white above the ankle socks, and house slippers. She is standing on a cliff in rocky terrain, overlooking many angled houses,…

In Alfred Hitchcock's classic movie Psycho, we can analyze the overall components that went into the movie to create its aesthetic. Components such as how the movie was made, to even the ideas discussed in Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema written by Laura Mulvey. The times we currently live in (and even the times during which the movie was produced) has hidden meanings that we would not normally notice, but through the film Psycho, we are able to analyze these things and understand how…

and body paint on females to symbolize the emergence of fertility, red often appears as a symbol of passion, lust, and fertility in ancient mythology, literature, and plays, red is used on Valentine’s Day, red is a highly popular color for women’s lingerie, and women commonly wear red lipstick. Groups conform to these fad’s which over time has associated red with fertility and sexuality. The evolutionary/bio-social theory states that red is also a symbol of fertility leading to greater…

industry are very well known for projecting beauty in the most unrealistic ways. This is the case of most beauty companies, many of them use the media to project a false sense of beauty in order to sell their products. The famous retail brand of lingerie and beauty products "Victoria's Secret" can be considered one of them when it comes to portraying beauty in a very specific way. The company is known for having very famous models representing the brand, who all promote the same body type: very…

Amidst living in a commodity culture and consumer society where it is filled with mass production of goods and uncountable sectors of brands, not only consumers have to struggle to make choice between different options of brands, but also brands have to constantly find ways to make their name known among competitors and become a household brand that consumers will choose its products over the other. Thus, marketers and advertisers take advantage of the new age of social media to create brand…

Values, Culture, and Socialization at the Mall Our group was assigned to take a trip to the Crossroads Mall in Portage, Michigan to observe others and keep track of twenty American values along with keeping a low profile and not making everything so noticeable. We did not ask for help and we made sure to stay communicating between our group. Even if we were approached by a greeting employee, we would just ensure them that we were just taking a look around the store. Values, Culture, and…

In sport today I believe women are treated in an unfair way to their male counterparts. Sport is controlled by the media in this century and women are looked at as sexual objects rather than for their talent like men are. The women are also then expected to wear skimpy clothing not because it’s better for the sport but because of marketing. Professional female athletes are seen as inferior to their male counterparts and therefore don’t get as much media coverage. Women athletes play the exact…

white. Some of the most notorious pieces were a cotton tank top that crossed over at the bottom, giving it almost a tunic look; along with a black jumpsuit with hoodie included and leather pockets. Amren Tulano presented a beautiful and delicate lingerie line where romanticism and seduction were give the spotlight. The collection counted…