Ch.24 1 In the calculation of the CPI‚ sweaters are given greater weight than jeans if a. the price of sweaters is higher than the price of jeans. b. it costs more to produce sweaters than it costs to produce jeans. c. sweaters are more readily available than jeans are to the typical consumer. d. consumers buy more sweaters than jeans. ANS: D 2 In computing the consumer price index‚ a base year is chosen. Which of the following statements about the base year is correct? a. The base year is always
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Ever heard of waist high pants‚ or maybe you heard of the infamous trench coats‚ probably not‚ these designs might be called ancient or retro‚ but most of them just blend into the fashion of the current generation or they have faded away. Most likely‚ these terms haven’t even been heard since the late 1960’s‚ or maybe even the 70s‚ the point is both of those terms were popular fashions in the 30s‚ these terms were known all over America and most likely owned by most of the male population. Boys
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has dressed the residents of Pleasantville in old fashioned 1950’s clothing. Big poodle skirts‚ tight sweaters‚ rigid bras all emphasised the figure of the ladies in pleasantville.They all sported similar hairstyles like the typical hair in a ponytail or flipped bobs and for the boys‚ short brylcreamed hair‚or crew cuts. As for clothing they wore letterman sweaters;plaid shirts or sleeveless sweaters. The introduction of colour within the film is an obvious technique used to signify the idea of ‘The
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Elias Williams started his own fashion brand in hopes of making money to buy a new laptop. During his first year at the University of Guelph-Humber‚ Williams and his friends created a sweater design. “My friends and I were moving away as we were all going to different universities. We wanted to design a sweater that we could all have to remember our friendship‚” Williams said. Williams and his friends posted the designs on social media and they said that it immediately received attention. “All
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Free People-Company report Overall Store Profile 1.What type of store are you analyzing? (department‚ specialty‚ etc) what is the stores image and does the merchandise fit the image? 1. Free people is an innovative specialty retail company which offers a variety of lifestyle merchandise to highly defined customer niches in the United States Canada‚ and Europe‚ catalogs and websites. Their stores are very sixties and seventies inspired. Free People offers a merchandise
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tennis shoes M-F) - Visible foundation/undergarments - Flip flops (Except during permissible times). - Jeans or Denim of any kind (except on Casual Friday) - Shorts‚ skorts‚ mini-skirts. - Less than 1 inch thin-strapped dresses unless worn with a sweater‚ cover-up or jacket over. - Tank tops‚ tube tops‚ halter tops‚ racer-back tank tops‚ sheer or braless clothing‚ low cut tops‚ spaghetti straps‚ display of midriff or under garments. - Hats‚ beachwear‚ flip flops (foam or rubber soles)‚ sport sandals
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clothing” including hippie and Boho inspired dresses with paisley patterns. Crocs were a brief fad for both sexes in the summer of 2005‚ despite their kitsch connotations. Late Thousands In the late 2000s‚ headbands‚ denimprint leggings‚ knitted sweater dresses‚ Nike Tempo shorts‚ ballet flats‚ acid wash skinny jeans and light‚ translucent tartan shirts worn with a camisole underneath were popular among young women. Long‚ baggy shirts were taken in at the bustline and of- ten paired with
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Social OrderAccording to the social order model‚ society is given a set of rules to regulate people behaviors and prevent anomie or "normlessness." Society serves the interests of all sharing‚ a strong set of norms and values‚ though not being able to adhere to these cause people to feel out of place. Most people accept this hierarchy as long as they see the system is fair. However‚ it is not fair‚ and this in turn becomes visible when it comes to occupations. Young people do not apply to specific
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“Eleven‚” the speaker is Rachel‚ a school kid who tells us of her unfortunate experience with a red sweater. In such a short time the main character is actually rather well-developed. Because of the author’s use of literary techniques‚ the speaker appears fearful‚childish‚ and wise. We‚as the audience‚ can almost feel Rachel’s fear and humiliation as she is forced to wear a smelly‚hideous sweater that doesn’t belong to her. We can feel the silly enveloping fear that children feel over the slightest
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If you look back through the past sixty years of fashion‚ you may notice a pattern. People may say that the true years of fashion began in the late nineteen forties and went on through the early nineteen sixties. If you look at fashion today‚ its almost repeated the look from sixty years ago. In each generation fashion trends become based on history and/or important events. in the nineteen forties fashion was being modeled by the military wear. World War II caused a drastic change in the way clothes
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