by Maya Brown Sometimes I wonder why celebrities don’t buy their clothes at thrift stores. It would certainly eliminate the tradition of many a teen or women’s magazine, the “Who Wore It Best” conundrum. It is one of the most common problems tackled in virtually every celebrity ridden media source. Because, honestly, what is more [...]
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A Lawsuit Of Debate
Posted by SPARKsummit on June 24th, 2011
by Maya Brown How many times have you looked through clothes at a store and asked yourself, “Who in their right mind would wear this?” I know I have. That is exactly what Rachel Kane does on her website www.wtforever21.com. She posts about clothing and apparel that the popular store Forever21 markets. However, what started [...]
Desperate For Reality
Posted by SPARKsummit on May 25th, 2011
by Maya Brown Desperate Housewives is a T.V. show made to explore the lives of middle class women living in a suburb in America. What happens in the show is so bizarre that at first glance I thought it was more a satire of the life rich people live. Unfortunately, at least according to the [...]
Candies, Hear Us Now?
Posted by SPARKsummit on May 2nd, 2011
by Maya Brown A couple of weeks ago SPARK posted a blog about Candies, a clothing and apparel brand for tweens and teens and their mixed messages. While Candies shoes and clothing ads have a penchant for sexualized images, the Candies Foundation focuses on preventing teen pregnancy, often using an abstinence-only message. We at SPARK found [...]
Music To My Ears
Posted by SPARKsummit on April 23rd, 2011
by Maya Brown On one of my YouTube binges I found myself watching the video “Fireworks” by Katie Perry. I half expected Snoop Dog to pop out and start rapping or for the sparks to come out of Perry’s boobs rather than her heart. I was rather relieved that it actually had a good message [...]
Fashion Industry Sells Young Model, Not Clothes
By Maya Brown This month images of 10-year-old Thylane Loubry Blondeau started making their way around the Internet. This young model posed for French Vogue a couple months ago and pictures were recently published in a two-page spread alongside two other preteens. The pictures are very much in line with Melissa Campbell’s awesome blog about Loungerie [...]