Essays about: "fashion week"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 13 essays containing the words fashion week.

1. 6. “Paris Measurements” : The Inertia of the Thin Ideal on the Runways of Paris Fashion Week

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

   Author : Sara Swahnström; Agnes Hultén; [2019]
   Keywords : Thin Ideal; Visual Representation; Idealization; Organizational Ecology; Inertia; Aesthetics; Fashion Week; Paris Fashion Week;

   Abstract : Background - Welcome to the 2010’s and its visual information culture informing about the century-old ideal of thinness, by sending (almost) exclusively thin bodies down the runway of Paris Fashion Week (PFW). This, while at the same time the academia and mass media are repeatedly articulating the necessity of a more ethical aesthetic within the fashion industry, while the argument that “thinness sells” lack empirical support, while measures are taken around Europe to discourage media bias and encourage healthy bodies walking the, and while the body positivity movement – applauding the diversity of body types – is on the rise in the Western society. READ MORE

3. 7. An investigation of Automating Software Deployment Using Continuous Delivery Tools : A cost-benefit study in the case of multiple system instances

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Interaktiva och kognitiva system

   Author : Yousif Touma; [2019]
   Keywords : Continuous Delivery; Continous Deployment; DevOps; Octopus Deploy; Azure DevOps;

   Abstract : Manual deployments of software is a tedious, repetitive and non-scaling method of deploying software.Continuous Delivery is a practice that enables automated deployment of software in a rapid fashion at the click of a button. READ MORE

4. 8. The new gatekeepers of fashion week : A qualitative study of the influencers role at fashion week

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

   Author : Nina Brodin Holmstedt; [2017]
   Keywords : Fashion influencer; Social media; Instagram; Fashion week; Qualitative content analysis; Gatekeeping; Media representation; Word-of-mouth communication;

   Abstract : Aim of the research: This research aims to create an understanding for the new ways in which global fashion influencers’ attending fashion week are contributing to the presentation of it as gatekeepers and distributors of information and fashion knowledge, and how this rolea dds new perspectives to how fashion week is presented. Method: The research has been limited to analysing the material of six global fashion influencers, with a total following of 28 million people, during the major fashion weeks of Spring/Summer 2017 and Autumn/Winter 2017. READ MORE

5. 9. Social Media, Insta-Culture and The Reinvention of Fashion Week

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

   Author : Victoria Andersson; Louise Jandér; [2016]
   Keywords : fashion; fashion week; social media; designers; change; society; consumers; Instagram; entertainment;

   Abstract : Background: It is clear that the fashion industry is experiencing a change as a result of the explosion of social media. Today the four key social media platforms for fashion houses are Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. The society has created a culture around these media platforms, which is referred to as insta-culture. READ MORE

6. 10. Whatever : Critical Fashion

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för design (DE)

   Author : Karina Tanuwijaya; [2015]
   Keywords : Fashion; Critical; Design; Whatever;

   Abstract : In his book, Whatever, Michel Houellebeque wrote: “I observe right away that people generally go around in bands, or in little groups --- Next I notice that all these people seem satisfied with themselves and the world; it's astonishing, even a little frightening. They quietly saunter around, this one displaying a quizzical smile, that one a moronic look. READ MORE