Case study I.1 Zara: the Spanish retailer goes to the top of world fashion Zara (www.inditex.com) is a fashion retail chain of Inditex Group owned by the Spanish businessman‚ Amancio Ortega‚ who also owns brands such as Massimo Dutti‚ Pull & Bear‚ Oysho‚ Uterqüe‚ Stradivarius and Bershka. The Inditex group (of which Zara is a part) is headquartered in La Coruña‚ northwest Spain‚ where the first Zara store opened in 1975. It is claimed that Zara needs just two weeks to develop a new product
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. Public breastfeeding has recently become a topic of debate but the underlying issues seem to find their way to the surface when looking at this particular issue. Public breastfeeding doesn’t isn’t just about women who want to nurse their children outside of the home without any repercussions; breastfeeding presents itself as yet another incidence of where our values lie and how we‚ as a society‚ make it our job to control women’s behaviors‚ shame women‚ and sexualize women. Women are often criticized
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Part 1: Man-made Fiber 1.Fiber Name: Rayon Spinning Method: Wet spun Trade Name(s): Viscose Rayon‚ Bemberg Rayon‚ Micromodal Rayon Major Advantages: Highly absorbable‚ easy to dye‚ cool hand‚ soft drape‚ can be made to resemble fibers Major Disadvantages: Much weaker when wet‚ poor resiliency‚ low appearance retention‚ very low elasticity Common End Use(s): Woven fabrics‚ apparel‚ draperies‚ upholstery‚ technical wipes‚ medical supplies Major Modifications and/or associated Trade name(s):
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Fashion of the Decades Fashion designs are always changing from season to season. They never stay the same. The colors‚ cuts‚ and fabrics go in and out of style all the time. Fashion has always affected society since the beginning of time. Fashion from the 1920’s to the 1990’s changed rapidly. Fashion affects everybody even if a person doesn’t know it‚ from hemline trends to haircut styles. Old trends are always re-worked and recycled to become new again. The Industrial Revolution of the early
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The later 20th century saw the manifestation of the Post-Modernism‚ in which the use of appropriation and re-contextualisation was developed to test previous conventional depictions of gender in the visual arts. Artists Yasumasa Morimura‚ Julie Rrap‚ Anne Zahalka and Cindy Sherman have each employed the use of appropriation to question the historical ideologies of gender‚ particularly in relation to women‚ and their role in art and society. They all borrowed past paintings and promoted them with
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Final Project Nancy Bowling Lana/Eth125 The diversity in the United States has helped me to better understand and relate to others in ways that I may not have in the past. I have learned much from this class and about myself that there is still discrimination and prejudice in the United States. I have learned that I need to take the time and to get to know a person before I make any judgments against them. There are so many different kinds of people in the United States with the different backgrounds
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The Role of Women in Sports Management 491: Sports Business The sports industry has long been viewed as nothing more than a glorified boys club‚ and for most of its existence this has been true. However‚ this perception and reality began to shift in the late twentieth century‚ particularly after the passage of the Education Amendments Act‚ Title IX. Increasingly‚ women have become an integral part of the sports industry‚ both on the playing field and in the team and league
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“A Comparison of Competitors’ Websites” The retail industry such as Men’s Wearhouse‚ Macy’s‚ Burlington‚ and Express operate websites and are part of a highly competitive industry. They contend with local‚ national‚ and global online retailers that bring comparable products and offer comparable services. Consumer opportunities in retail are shifting quickly with online retail stores‚ with an innovative future‚ which includes speed‚ convenience‚ and personalized mobile access. The change to e-commerce
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Gender Roles in Sports Ever since the beginning of the Olympics Games in Greece in 776 B.C.‚ women have always been put on the back burner when it comes to sports. To this day there are very noticeable differences in women’s sports compared the nature of men’s sports. Women and men alike experience their inequalities in sports. For example‚ of you were to ask a group of people what they would rather watch: women’s basketball or men’s basketball; generally speaking the majority of the group would
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Gossip Girl and a Youth Obsessed Culture Breakfast at Tiffany’s‚ shopping at New York’s finest stores‚ a masked ball‚ an affair‚ drug overdose‚ and sex in a limo is just a common schedule for Manhattan’s elite group‚ Serena van der Woodsen and her partner in crime‚ Blair Waldorf. Yet‚ they are still able to make it to Algebra and Ivy League college interviews. The crazy life of Serena‚ Blair‚ and all their friends makes it a lot easier when they have a trust fund the size of a jackpot
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