This article marks the fifth in Urban Times’ EcoFashion Series. We hope to shed some light on the eco fashion industry by exploring elements such as the sustainability‚ culture‚ ecology‚ psychology‚ labour and future of fashion. Our authors explore to what extent eco fashion is on the cusp of becoming the next big trend. Previous episode: Psychology of Fashion I was just having an incredibly insightful conversation with Dr. Frank Shaw of Centre for Future Studies about the proper methodology
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Fashion Is Important Fashion is a concept that has been around since the beginning of ages. The Neanderthals of the Stone Age used sewn animal skins to get protection from the harsh environmental factors. This simple body covering that people used then went on developing throughout time to suit the different climates and cultures of the world. However today fashion is seen as a form of adornment and moreover a way of life‚ especially for the young generation. Fashion is the first thing that happens
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Karen Templer started Slow Fashion October‚ to start discussion and explore the wide range of topics related to sustainable fashion. You can read more about it on her (fabulous) blog. I have already been inspired by reading other peoples stories and am looking forward to reading even more. It makes me excited to hear I so many of you thinking about this topic and making changes to how you work and make. Here is my (late) story for week 1 of the#slowfashionoctober / @slowfashionoctober. When I
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INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Computer games have been leisure most in secondary level students. Students who are addicted to computer games‚ most all of them do not attend their classes just to play with their friends or classmates. Students who don’t still know how to play computer games that who are willing to know in playing computer games can be easily addicted to it and some do not do their daily tasks anymore. Many students have no good educational background because they don’t
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Addiction affects many people in society. Addiction is defined as‚ “behavioral syndrome‚ characterized by compulsive drug seeking with relapse into drug use” (Spanagel‚ R. and Heilig‚ M‚ 2005). Addiction comes in many forms‚ with many different substances. Addictive behavior is characterized as compulsive‚ meaning there is a loss of ability to refrain from use. Losing control is a key feature of drug addiction. When a person loses control of drug activities‚ they become addicted‚ and dependent on
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CASE 1: ZARA INTERNATIONAL: Fashion at the Speed of Light At the announcement of her engagement to Spain’s Crown Prince Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano wore a chic white pant suit. Within a few weeks‚ hundreds of European women sported the same look. Welcome to a fashion‚ a trend that sees clothing retailers frequently purchasing small quantities of merchandise to stay on top of emerging trends. In this world of "hot today‚ gauche tomorrow‚" no company does fast fashion better than Zara international
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1960-1970 “Fashions fade‚ style is eternal.” By Yves Saint Laurent (Sibeal Ito FIP) Introduction The 1960’s saw a massive development in fashion in comparison to the long skirts and conservative style of the 50’s. The decade was in the middle of an economic boom and lots of prosperity which led the expansion of fashion. What was also very important about the 60s was that people became unhappy with their governments‚ especially in the US.
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Models of Addiction SUBS 505 Models of Addiction The three models of addiction examined in this week’s readings include the medical model‚ the psychosocial model‚ and the disease of the human spirit model. The medical model “rests on the assumption that disease states are the result of a biological dysfunction‚ possibly one on the cellular or even molecular level” (Doweiko‚ 2012‚ p. 333). Many consider this model and “maintain that much of human behavior is based on the interaction between the
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Chapter 2.2 Why women follow fashion. 520 The intention behind garment designs‚ even when coming from two time periods known to have conflicting cultures and values‚ still share the demoralising communication of female identity being based around their appearance. “Beauty was now supposed to be every woman’s duty” (Steele 2001) This expectation for women to uphold their image still exists now in the 21st century‚ as fashion is seen as a feminine attribute and apart of their role in society. Although
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Choose any decade in recent history and describe how ‘Style’ defined the period- 1960’s Emergence from the devastation that hit Britain during the Second World War‚ Britain in the 60’s was one that broke many fashion traditions‚ generated new social movements and defined the period with its style. “There was to be an end to the age of shoddy‚ to the post-war period of ‘making do’… swinging London was confident enough now to wage a war of independence.” (Jackson‚ 1998 p35) The post war industrial
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