Word: fashionization
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...fund manager. On the wall behind his enormous desk, there's even a photograph of Wall Street antihero Gordon Gekko. But on this May morning, a daytime-TV segment flickering on his sleek, flat-screened television betrays his role as a master of an entirely different universe: women's fashion...
...Green, the billionaire owner of the Arcadia Group, which controls a clutch of U.K. clothing chains like Miss Selfridge and Wallis, is watching a spot about the latest fashion collection to hit Topshop, the jewel in Arcadia's crown. The much-ballyhooed line inspired by Kate Moss - the supermodel's own wardrobe formed the basis of the designs - went on sale the previous night at the chain's flagship store in London. Basking in the nonstop Moss-fueled coverage, Green can't help but smile: "You couldn't dream for a better start," he says...
...have we really achieved such equality? Although movies, porn, music, fashion, and glossy magazines fixate on the sexualized woman, giving advice on how to be more attractive, how to give great blow jobs, and how to be good in bed, sexuality and sexual pleasure are still defined on male terms: Sex is over when the man ejaculates; blow jobs are less gross than “carpet munching;” and sexually experienced men are virile, whereas experienced women are sluts. Under such slanted expectations and double standards, women are seen not as autonomous sexual actors but as passive...
...Europe, H&M has a formula that works. "We offer the best value for your money," says H&M chairman Stefan Persson. H&M is synonymous with the concept of "fast fashion"--trendy clothes at prices so low that the clothes are all but disposable. While the styles may be impulse buys, the company has maintained a disciplined, conservative approach to expansion that has turned H&M into Europe's second largest retailer in little more than a decade. Today H&M has 1,400 stores in 28 countries, including 114 in the U.S.; there it is still a small...
...luxurious shopping centers, marketing itself as a rival to designers like Armani. Inditex's regional sales for its 59 Asian stores last year amounted to $1.1 billion, or 9% of the company's revenue, up from 7.5% in 2005. The Spanish company is often credited with inventing fast fashion, a business model that moves garments from the design table to stores quickly. Zara's clothing designers work closely with factories on the back end and marketers on the front end to deliver new products, replenishing merchandise every two weeks. Inditex introduced more than 30,000 designs last year alone...