The Real Fashion Victims Today Are Lolita’s Age : Children and the Cult of Celebrity
http://www.iht.com/articles/1999/03/13/rcult.t.php
SUMMARY
It all started when Calvin Klein was criticized for an ad with two skeletal skinny children wearing underwear. There is an issue that clothes aren’t just clothes that we wear. It is popular culture that is telling young children what to wear which is an unrealistic image of a person, such as Barbie. It is a social issue that designers have to face when marketing their collection. The fashion industry has become so superficial to the point where it is at the expense of a young mind. Demeaning the integrity of a person.
THOUGHTS
I agree with the article that I have found. Over the years, fashion has given people especially young girls the unrealistic view of how they should be. Girls wear clothes that demean their integrity, they learn to dress up very suggestively, open to predators to take advantage. Not just that, but it doesn’t help with their self-esteem. Self-respect needs to be taught with learning fashion. Young minds cannot wear things without giving it thought to how it reflect themselves. I even try myself to make sure I do not wear anything to disrespect myself nor anyone in my family. It is important because when you are out in the world, first impressions are pertinent. Not just in the business world but in socially as well.
Fashion Going Green
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/apparel-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=53303
THOUGHTS
This is an awesome way to contribute to our home, Earth. There is now a recycling program for old unwanted clothing. Loomstate and Barneys offer 20% discounts if you bring clothing in to be recycled and 1% goes back for the planet. It is great initiative for the fashion industry to go Green. The fashion industry was the last place I thought would go Green with such a superficial world. But this is awesome way to contribute to the planet and encourage others to be eco-friendly.
Fashion Incubator loses Queen St. W. home to developer
http://www.thestar.com/article/222939
SUMMARY
The Toronto Fashion Incubator has lost its battle with Baywood Homes, a development company possibly itching to turn the Queen St. W. property into a condominium project. It won’t renew the incubator’s lease, which expires Aug. 31. A launching pad for some of Canada’s hottest fashion talent, including David Dixon, Joeffer Caoc and Arthur Mendonça, the incubator provides work space, workshops and equipment to more than 330 aspiring fashion designers. “But this is development. We’re just a little non-profit. We don’t have a lot of power. “Plans to build the incubator a permanent home on Atlantic Ave. are a few years off, Giambrone adds. The Ontario Municipal Board is reviewing Baywood’s development proposal to build luxury condos just west of the incubator location, knocking out a building at 48 Abell St. that houses an artists commune.
THOUGHTS
Queen St. has always been part of the fashion incubator, but now it’s sad to see it go. It has always been the hot spot for shopping, or just fun to look at the collection. Fashion incubator is a non-for-profit and could not afford to buy it off from Baywood. I don’t know where exactly they will be located since I really dont know where Atlantic Ave is. Queen St. was such an excellent location, it is near the Eatons Centre, Paramount theatre, much music, all the places that will create the most traffic. We’ll see in the future how the plans go for the New Fashion incubator.
