Teen Vogue

their whole lives and this commercial proves to women that they are “more beautiful than [they] think” so they should be living a happy and carefree life (weird color). Dove’s next film continues to improve how women think about themselves, especially teens and their moms. Dove challenged teenaged girls and their mom’s at a local high school to take a selfie without any improvements or filters and submit it to Dove. A week later Dove hosted a photo gallery after school. All of the selfie’s…

Personal Cultural Heritage Assignment 1. Summarize the cultural heritage of your family, referencing the criteria listed above. My family comes from a large background of German heritage and it is quite noticeable in the way we act. German people are very direct, like to have rules, they’re hard workers, and they love their beer. Their diets consist of mostly pork, hearty cuisines, bratwurst and of course, beer since the country is known as the birthplace for many different kinds. They even…

Mari Kennedy Ms. Ragan 12B English 3rd 28 March 2016 Beating Mental Illness Imagine a normal day, the sun is out, and there is a pedestrian crossing the street. This pedestrian has to walk in front of a car that is waiting for them to cross. They walk quickly across the street in fear that the driver waiting for them thinks that they are taking too long. This pedestrian starts shaking, suddenly she doesn’t have control of her body or mental state. She is overcome with worry and self…

outselling the mediums and smalls,” said Loren Kozuch, the head of merchandising at a prominent clothing company for young adult women. But when 34 percent of teen girls report to buy plus sized clothing (a statistic that has doubled since 2012), the increase in retail options should not come as a surprise. It is more surprising that it’s taken this long. Mallorie Dunn’s fashion education at was far from inclusive. Dunn graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology, ranked the 5th best…

Medina, Deserie Period:3 Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis left an everlasting legacy on not only the White House but women, the 60s era, a presidential widow widely known for her fashion symbol and elegance. Jacqueline Bouvier was born in South Hampton New York July 28, 1929. Her parents divorce at the age of 10. Early age Jacqueline…

At 15 years old, I didn’t have any interest in boys. Throughout my childhood I would go to sleepovers with other girls from my class, and while they’d giggle at the pictures of the male models in Teen Vogue and gossip about the latest boys that they’d been smitten with, I would sit on the side and absolutely infuriate them during games of Truth or Dare. The question was always the same. “Come on Delaney, you’ve gotta tell us! Who do you like?” Naturally, answer was always the same too. I’d…

As we see models on runway shows and social media exhibiting clothing they got paid to show off, we often do not pay attention on how the clothing looks but how skinny the model is. Modeling is a very competitive career because there’s millions of beautiful women in this world, but as we come to notice many of these women starve themselves so they can win that position they’ve dream of on the runway show. We hear about eating disorders all the time and we don’t really pay attention about it,…

Physically attractive individuals are often viewed more favourably than unattractive people on dimensions that are weakly related or unrelated to physical looks, glamorized such as intelligence, sociability, and morality (Smith, McIntosh and Bazzini, 1999). The fact that Hollywood culture is predominantly white, Caucasian and that it has such power over people, shows how it is considered to be the mainstream standard of beauty. Celebrities like Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Ritchie, both nothing…

Ancient Egyptians were the first of women to wear makeup. The basic motive back then was the same as it is today and just like modern day supermodels, the well to do women of ancient Egypt wanted to look their best all of the time. Ancient Egyptians used copper and lead ore to create the world's first cosmetics to the scientifically advanced products of today that can do everything from hide pores, smooth complexions, and turn the pale green of your eyes a vivid shade of emerald, makeup has…

In contemporary society, what role does advertising play in shaping culture? Researchers, scholars, and media critics have strongly identified advertising as an analytical approach to offer products and services to the consumers. However, advertising is also seen as an important method of social communication within society. Advertising is central to the processes through which our desires are activated. Fifty years ago the methods of communication for advertising were limited to newspapers…