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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Trendsetters."”.
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The disruptive impact of technology on the fashion industry
… fashion brands once wielded absolute power as trendsetters, and mass brands followed the trends set by exclusive brands. Traditional high-end print fashion magazines such as Vogue and Harper 's Bazaar were powerful sources of information about upcoming fashion trends. However, technology is …
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From pastime to purpose : design for the elevation of creative hobbies
… is mainly because young urban professionals, the trendsetters of their communities, have not fully bought into them yet. The purpose of this thesis is to carve out a new space for a creative hobbies movement based on Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's concept of flow. Through both a human centered design …
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An investigation of heterogeneous commuting mode choices through an Early Stopping Bayesian Data Assimilation approach
… Some of these behaviours may have served as trendsetters of commuting patterns that align with the emerging flexible working patterns, albeit not completely identical to those observed today. The challenge for travel behaviour modellers is that in the existing travel surveys, such …
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Tourism and the development of 'creative' urban areas: evidence from four non-central areas in London
… of visitors to these areas were established: trendsetters, detached fashion critics, cool seekers, cultural browsers and accidental creative tourists. These types of visitors are characterised by different levels of interest in creative products and desire to be a pioneer (in discovering new …
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An analysis of cultural appropriation in fashion and popular media.
Fashion is an outlet for creative expression and a reflection of personal and cultural identity. Fashion designers increasingly use cultural artifacts as inspiration for clothing. Previous media studies looked at cultural appropriation and found its place in fashion through traditional media …
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Black Generation Y students' knowledge of and attitudes towards personal financial management
… is likely to make them opinion leaders and trendsetters amongst their peers. The primary objective of this study was to investigate black Generation Y students' knowledge of and attitudes towards personal financial management within the South African context. The target population, relevant …