Wednesday, February 29, 2012
The Beatles
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Harry Potter
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
FOREVER21
The chain, originally known as Fashion 21, was intended at first mostly formiddle-aged women. The store was founded in Los Angeles, California in 1984 by Korean businessmanDo Won Chang (Hangul: 장도원) and his wife Jin Sook Chang (Hangul: 장진숙).[6] The first Fashion 21 store opened on April 21, 1984. It was located at 5637 N. Figueroa St. in the Highland Park district of Los Angeles. The store sized at only 900 square feet (84 m2). It is still in operation and bears the chain's original name. Trendy designs seen in South Korea were sold and targeted to the Los Angeles Korean American community[7]. However, people from many other ethnicities and nationalities began noticing the trend-setting fashion designs and the store became increasingly popular. By the end of the first year sales were reported to have risen from $35,000 to $700,000. Fashion 21 eventually expanded at the rate of a new store every six months and changed the Fashion 21 brand name to its current name, Forever 21.
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_21
J.CREW
In 1947 Mitchell Ciander and Saul Charles found this popular retail store. The original name of the company was Popular Merchandise. The store did its business as Popular Club Plan. They began by selling low priced women's clothing. In the 1980's sales started booming. The idea behind J.CREW, Lands' End, Talbots, and L. L. Bean were to provide leisurewear for the upper and middle class that was based on the same style of Ralf Lauren but these stores were much less expensive. in 1989 Popular Merchandise, Inc became known as J.Crew, Inc. The first retail store was opened in 1989 in South Street Seaport in down Manhattan. As of January 2011 there are 248 stores, there are 217 J.Crew stores, 27 Madewell stores, 9 crewcuts stores, and 85 J.Crew factory outlets.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
STEVE MADDEN
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| "Steve Madden is easily America's most successful shoe designer. Considered the fashion footwear mogul of the 21st century, Madden has been responsible for the design and marketing of the company's trendsetting shoes for the past two decades. His vision to give young, fashion forward men and women a unique way to express their individuality through style resulted in millions of customers worldwide and propelled his designs to the forefront of the fashion industry.
In 1990, with a mere $1,100 in his bank account, Madden started crafting shoe designs from his Queens-based factory and the Steve Madden brand was born. With sheer guts, years of experience in the footwear industry, and unique creative designs, Steve Madden formed his own successful enterprise." -http://www.stevemadden.com/ContentDisplay.aspx?pageID=1026
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Ray-Ban
Ray-Ban is a brand of American high end sunglasses
Founded in 1937 by Bausch and Lomb
They were originally made for the United States Army Air Corps
Then in 1999 Bausch and Lomb sold the brand to Italian Luxottica for $640 million
They were first created in 1936, but the idea of Ray Bans came earlier. After going on a ballon flying trip Lieutenant John A. Macready was complaining about how it bothered him when the sun was shining in his eyes. He thought that his eyes were going to be permanently damaged from the suns harmful rays. He contacted Bausch and Lomb because he wanted them to create sunglasses that were going to protect his eyes from the sun but still look attractive. The first prototype was patented on May 7, 1937. This prototype was known as the Anti-Glare, it had a ver light frame weighing only 150 grams. They had green lenses that were made out of mineral glass that was meant to filter out infrared and ultraviolet rays, and the frames were made of gold plated metal. Ray-Ban Aviators became a popular style when General Douglas MacArthur landed on the beach in the Philippines during World War I where many pictures were taken.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Nike Shoes
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| Nikes originated as Blue Ribbon Sports shoes was founded by University track athlete Philip Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman in January 1964. |
- Wikipedia
SPERRY TOP-SIDER
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| In 1935 Paul Sperry designed the original brand of boat shoes and called them Sperry Top-Siders. Paul was an avid boater who hated the risk of sliding across the deck. To solve this problem he wanted to design a shoe that would let him boat freely without the risk of falling. He was watching his cocker spaniel, Prince run across the dock one day and that inspired the design of the Top-Siders. He made the upper part of the shoe out of leather and the bottom rubber. The bottom of them had cut outs that almost resembled the bottom of his dogs foot. |
CONVERSE
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| February 1908 Marquis Mills Converse opened the first converse rubber shoe company in Malden Massachusetts. By 1910 the company was making 4,000 shoes a day. In 1915 the company started manufacturing shoes for tennis. 1917, the converse introduced the All-Star basketball shoe. 1921 Charles "Chuck" Taylor walked into a converse store and complained that he had sore feet. Converse then gave him a job as a salesman and an ambassador 1923 Taylor's signature All-Star stamp was officially added to the shoes. |
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| An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in the first steps of learning to read and write. William Labov |
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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| We encounter waves in every minute of every day. There are light waves which make things visible and sound waves so we can hear. Even solid physical matter is a wave that is vibrating at a certain frequency. If we observe the behavior of waves, we can see how energy changes from one state to another and back again. -Unknown |
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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