fashion & social change

what is animal rights      Animal rights, moral or legal entitlements attributed to nonhuman animals, usually because of the complexity of their cognitive, emotional, and social lives or their capacity to experience physical or emotional pain or pleasure. Historically, different views of the scope of animal rights have reflected philosophical and legal developments, scientific conceptions of … Continue reading Animal Rights →

Over the weekend I visited one of the thousand cosmetic chains that have taken over North America. From the comforting smells of fruit and citrus and the bright colors used on their packaging on your way into the store you are engulfed into the world of hair gels and hand creams but of course with … Continue reading The body shop →

Who has ever walked by Lush without walking in? I can say that I am not one of those people because the smell coming out of the store pulls me in every time. This is what they use to attract their customers into their stores. The smell along with their colourful advertisements that really make … Continue reading Lush →

Zahrah Ally 05/26/2019 On May 26th I visited Vaughan Mills Mall to casually shop and pick up a few essentials. I've never shopped at PINK before and I was intrigued by the bright colours that stood out and therefore I decided to enter. Considering the store only produced female clothing and products; when walking in, … Continue reading OBSERVING VICTORIA’S SECRET PINK →

  Note time of day/day of week: May 26th, 2019         Jimmy Choo claims to be a premium luxury brand. The product range is mainly focused on women aged between 17 and over. There are no mannequins in the store, shoes are beautifully displayed in the cases.       What do their advertisements … Continue reading Jimmy Choo →

Note time of day/day of weekTime: 1:28 pmDate: December 26. 2018Note who is shopping where you are (who do you think is the target market?)For all gender but mostly females shopAround age 16-55Does the store claim to be something specific? (fair trade, organic, handmade, luxury, cheap, vegan)CheapFair tradeHow are the mannequins assembled? On or next … Continue reading H & M →

Sakina Abdallah When I got to the mall on Wednesday May 22nd 2019, I wanted to change my style up and try a brand that I would not normally wear. So, I walked into UNIQLO as I saw the mannequins were wearing a clothing style that I would typically never pick out for myself. When … Continue reading Uniqlo – A Thorough Inspection →

Note time of day/day of week Around 9:55 am to 10:15 amWednesdayMay 22, 2019 Note who is shopping where you are (who do you think is the target market?) Women customers when we at woman section in Zara (of course, the store also contains men and kids sections) Mostly 18-40 ages Does the store claim … Continue reading Zara →

H&M is a huge store in and has stores all over the world however can they be trusted well I'm going to answer that question. There will be three things I will be looking at, materials they use for clothing, people working for them, and impact on the environment. once all these are answered I … Continue reading H&M: Are They to be Trusted →

Whenever I go to the mall, I tend to look for trendy clothing at a reasonable price. H&M is a store that I always find amazing pieces of clothing.  I visited this store last week during the mall field trip, with the intention of deeply analyzing the store. The store seemed to be very quiet … Continue reading H&M – A deeper analysis →