Megan Doy
Fashion Business and Promotion undergraduate Birmingham City University
Inside Sephora’s Branded Beauty Strategy. NEW YORK, United States — In the year leading up to the August 9th launch of Marc Jacobs Beauty, developed in collaboration with beauty retailer Sephora, the lauded American designer was generous with the press.
Lengthy profiles appeared in outlets from New York magazine to Women’s Wear Daily, in which Jacobs praised the line, declaring that he was “surprised by how delighted I am with the results.” The collection of shiny lip vinyls, gel eyeliners and high-gloss nail polishes — comprising 122 skus (stock-keeping units) in total — was an instant hit with beauty magazine editors, offering the just right mix of compelling back story and appealing product to fill the pages of their September issues. International - Log in. Birmingham City University - Sign In. Stuffocation: Living More With Less by James Wallman review – the power of experiences. There is a spectre haunting western society.
“Materialism,” this book suggests, “is making millions of us feel joyless, anxious and, even worse, depressed.” Is Nigeria The Luxury Industry's Next Big Opportunity? - Luxury Society - Markets. Porsche, Rolex Lead Luxury Invasion in Nigeria Nigeria’s consumer class is on the rise, but is the local market ready for foreign luxury entrants?
What are the real opportunities for brands in Nigeria? Nigeria recently made headlines when the value of its economy all but doubled overnight, after authorities updated their approach to calculating gross domestic product (GDP) for the first time in twenty-four years (The Atlantic). With this new figure – $509 billion, thanks in part to the inclusion of booming film and telecommunications industries – Nigeria’s GDP has now become the largest in Africa, and the 26th biggest in the world. Historically the country’s oil and gas sector has been the key driver of the economy, constituting more than 14 percent of Nigeria’s GDP and 95 percent of its foreign exchange earnings (McKinsey). 4 Workwear R040M: Russell Men's Smart Softshell Jacket.
Watch Francine Lewis's Vine "Fern can't wait for Nellys birthday. Billy: deff #towie ITVBe" 1105654.jpg (JPEG Image, 800 × 533 pixels) The Page 3 generation: growing up with the pin-up column. UPDATE: The Sun has rubbished claims that it was dropping Page 3 and said that it will continue the column.
A front page headline on Thursday read: "We’ve had a mammary lapse. " *slow clap* The female artists reclaiming their bodies. The female figure has been a central object of Western art since time immemorial: from Botticelli's marine nudes to Titian’s ravishing lovers and Courbet’s 1866 “Origin of the World”.
But rarely have women’s representations of themselves been given air to breathe. As English art critic John Berger wrote in his 1973 Ways of Seeing, describing media culture’s shaping of gender politics and the woman as object: “Men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at.” How to take a screenshot with Mac OS X. 54 Samurai-Inspired Styles. 32 Female Fighter Fashions. By: Meghan Young - Published: Dec 3, 2009 • References: As women become stronger in all aspects of life, fashion begins to depict this fierceness.
Emulating women warriors in the entertainment and political spheres, these female fighter fashions demonstrate how far we have come. Philippe Starck x Parrot Zik 2.0 Wireless Headphones. Power-shift-agenda-2014.pdf. Women directors, take action! Ninety-five per cent of Hollywood directors are men, according to the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, and so are most of their crews.
There are simply not enough films being made by women. We want to change that. Today, Dazed Digital launches Females First, a video series funding and premiering new work from the best emerging female directors in the world, from art shorts and music videos to documentaries and fashion films. The subject matter will be bold and broad, and all will be created by women. Emancipation... Liberation... Anticipation... A Woman President? I couldn't help myself but to feel the pulse of excitement while watching the flick Makers: Women Who Make America, a movie about the "breakout" of the housewives to careerwives, highlighting Women's Lib, Ms.
Magazine's impact on society, and the March for Equality. Could we really, possibly, hopefully have a woman president soon? Saving good women from bad design « Femme Den. The Femme Den is a design lab focused on the female consumer, powered by Smart Design.
We’re designers, researchers, strategists and engineers who bridge the gap between assumptions and realities about design for women. Women buy or influence up to 85% of consumer purchases. At Smart Design, over 90% of our designs have been successfully brought to market. You do the math. 81110.jpg (JPEG Image, 486 × 623 pixels)
Beyonce posts ALL videos from self-titled visual album to her Vevo account. By Kayla Caldwell for MailOnline Published: 22:35 GMT, 24 November 2014 | Updated: 00:43 GMT, 25 November 2014 Beyonce proved she makes her own own rules when she secretly dropped a whole new album just before midnight on December 13.
Women on company boards: go for 40% of non-executive posts by 2020, urge MEPs. EU-listed companies should aim to ensure, by 2020, that at least 40% of their non-executive board members are women, so as to promote gender equality in economic decision making, say draft rules proposed by the European Commission and backed by the Women's Rights and Gender Equality and Legal Affairs committees on Monday. In 2012, only 15% of non-executive board members at the EU's largest companies were women.
"Today's vote on the joint report by the Women's Rights and Legal Affairs committees sends a strong call for EU legislation to step up women's membership of and participation in boards of listed companies. What is currently a reality in some EU member states will soon be extended to the single market as a whole and all EU listed companies, thereby making the most of the talents of many qualified and highly skilled women", said MEP Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (EPP, EL). 40% target for listed company boards. Most Millionaires Want Hillary Clinton for President, Survey Says.
Karl Lagerfeld stages a feminist revolution at Chanel SS15. If you hadn't figured it out by now, Karl Lagerfeld really does know his way around a good finale. For SS15, Chanel resurrected no less than the insurrectionary spirit of the May 1968 student protests – albeit with a modern, feminist touch.