Vogue

The series of September 11, 2001 were attack by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States. The attack killed 2,996 people and injured 6,000 people. United States used 10 billions to fix the damaged properties, but 3 trillion in total. United Airlines and American Airlines were hijacked by al-Qaeda. Two airplanes were crashed to the North and South 110-story towers in New York. After an hour and 42 minutes, both towers collapsed with massive of smokes and fire. Thousands of people…

closing and peaceful. Yet this photo is not just showing the beautiful model Kiki and the sculpture she held. 1920’s was also called the “Roaring Twenties.” At that period, a new kind of music Jazz, African culture and their art works were quite in vogue. Jazz is a kind of music that created by African-American in New Orleans, where the black were treated more respectful. The popularity of Jazz and other African culture in 1920’s represents the raise African-American’s rights. However, although…

This ad is for the company Tom Ford, specifically their cologne product. It was published in 2007. Tom Ford’s advertisements appear in magazines such as Vogue, which displays how it is geared towards upper class people. Furthermore, it is targeted towards men. It shows how if a man wears this cologne, he can get any woman and anything from them. This ad uses bright red on the woman’s finger tips to draw attention to those areas on the body. Also the writing is in all caps white at the bottom of…

“You see, the discussion surrounding appropriation takes on so many more layers...layers that desperately need to be brought to the discussion”(Jaikaran). Cultural appropriation is the use of other cultures’ customs for one’s own purposes not belonging to that culture; often perceived as offensive. As the world changes and progresses, more acceptance of cultures unfolds. Acceptance of cultures will never fully occur if said cultures are considered separate from the rest of society. Cultural…

I take pride of every experience I have been through, because I believe that even the bad ones shake our core and awaken something new. I am always on a mission to challenge stereotypes, but I guess in the case of “book love” I am defeated. As a young girl, my parents paved the way for me to experience life through my senses. And so, I was constantly encouraged to open up and learn from our travels, life incidents, challenges and just about anything we went through as a family. My father…

“The College Crisis” is an article from Teen Vogue magazine. The article emphasizes how college life lead students to obsessive compulsive disorders. I think that the author made good points through the article. The author claims that there are many things that cause stress for college students. Usually, students worry about academics and social relationships and work pressure. An interviewee said that “Everyone thinks school will be an escape… You no longer have your parents managing things for…

Progressive Movement can be seen in the provision to the Arizona Constitution like: secret ballots, direct primaries, voter initiatives, referendums, and the recall of judges. In the 1910’s to write these concepts into ones state constitution was quit a vogue proposition. In fact, President Taft rejected the initial Arizona Constitution solely on the provision of recalling judges which he felt could…

of members of the LGBT community, one of the most popular being The House of Xtravanganza in New York City (the mecca of voguing). Here, the dancers would strike poses striving for perfect lines and awkward poses similar to those of the models in Vogue Magazine (where the dance form got its name). Initially, voguing was an alternative to physical fights in a dispute. Through their movements, the dancers would ‘throw shade’ or casual disrespect towards their opponent and whoever did the best…

anniversary of his birth. This exhibition, which takes place at the Grand Palais in Paris, pays tribute to both the impressive photographer and the man he was. I personally knew his work as being the fashion photographer who had collaborated with Vogue for more than sixty years. But the grey walls and the airy rooms of this exhibition showed me all the elegance and wisdom that would define him. Irving Penn would really care about his models; he would even say about them : « I don’t think I was…

referred to as St. Anthony's cross. The crux decussata, is named after the Roman Decussis, known as St. Andrew's cross. Custom supports the crux immissa as it is the cross on which Christ Himself died on. Two prechristian cross forms have had some vogue in Christian usage. The ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol of life to the ankh, a tau cross surmounted by a loop and known as crux ansata was adopted and extensively used on Coptic Christian monuments. The swastika, called crux gammata,…