Essays about: "fashion magazines"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 36 essays containing the words fashion magazines.

  1. 21. Jeans for all : The change of portrayal of female and male models in the advertisements by Levi’s Jeans from 1960s until 2000s

    University essay from Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Marta Sieczko; Amanda Miklin; [2014]
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    Abstract : Reading through fashion magazines we are greeted by advertisements from various fashion brands advertis- ing for both genders. The reader is, however, not always aware of all the messages being communicated through various signs in advertisement pictures. READ MORE

  3. 22. Experiences of Social Inequalities Related to Skin Colour Enhaced by Fashion Magazines in South Africa : A case study on how women in South Africa identify themselves in relation to the representation of race in South African fashion magazines

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Author : Josefine Åkerlund; [2013]
    Keywords : Apartheid; Bourdieu; Cape Town; Cultural Identity; Doxa; Fashion Magazines; Habitus; Minor Field Studies; MFS; Race; Representation; Segregation; Skin Colour; South Africa; Stuart Hall; Apartheid; Bourdieu; Doxa; Habitus; Hudfärg; Kapstaden; Kulturell identitet; MFS; Minor Field Studies; Modemagasin; Ras; Representation; Segregering; Stuart Hall; Sydafrika;

    Abstract : This study was carried out during the spring of 2013 in Cape Town, South Africa with a Minor Field Study (MFS) scholarship funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). South Africa is a country with a complex society due to the still recent history of Apartheid. READ MORE

  4. 23. Sustainable Fashion Consumption : An Interactive System between Consumers and Institutions

    University essay from Centrum för modevetenskap

    Author : Karin Vennström; [2012]
    Keywords : Consumption; sustainability; identity; desire; fashion; consumer culture theory; and Yuniya Kawamura.;

    Abstract : Sustainability in the fashion industry has become a widely discussed issue. Various actors in theindustry, brands, designer labels, fashion magazines and other media sources, as well asconsumers all contribute to this matter. READ MORE

  5. 24. Gender Differences in the Fashion Consumption and Store Characteristics in Swedish Clothing Stores

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Institutionen Handels- och IT-högskolan

    Author : Pisey Chea; [2011]
    Keywords : gender; fashion consumption; consumer behavior; store characteristic;

    Abstract : The study examined gender differences in fashion consumption in reflecting to retailing-store characteristics. Observation was conducted in the five different retailing-stores to notice various store displays and consumer behaviors between women and men. READ MORE

  6. 25. EXPLORATION OF THE GENDER MYTH VIA FASHION MEDIA : ANDROGYNY AND DANDYISM IN CONTEMPORARY FASHION MAGAZINES

    University essay from Centrum för modevetenskap

    Author : Kristina Glogorovska; [2011]
    Keywords : Androgyny; Dandyism; Gender; Identity; Fashion Magazines; Photography;

    Abstract : This paper attempts to analyze different representations of "androgyny‟ as fashion tendency in contemporary fashion magazines (Vogue, i-D and LOVE Magazine) for the period of 2010 and 2011. In order to show the development of "androgyny‟ as fashion tendency, this study first explores how androgyny metamorphosed from a "hidden‟ signifier of unconventional sexuality to "visible‟ postmodern teaser for sexual identities. READ MORE