Fast Fashion, Fast Food

In my last blog, I discussed the ease in which we throw away food that we do not appreciate. Today I'd like to compare it with fashion, thanks to a very interesting article on www.jezebel.com that I read back in August titiled, "We Love Cheap Stuff, but Fast Fashion is Hard to Defend: by Sadie Stein. In this article, Stein compares the trendy clthes from Forever 21 to a meal at McDonalds, "Just

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Hello Kitty: A Lifetime Obsession

Sanrio's Hello Kitty, according to Sharon Kinsella, originated in 1971 as merely a stationary company for Japanese school students. (Kinsella 1995) At the time who would've thought that the simplistic cartoon character of a cat would be an icon with such staying power in decades to come. About 39 years later, Hello Kitty is bigger than ever. The mouthless cat is now redesigned and modernized

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Dressing Traditionally

About a month ago, my dad left for vacation to the Philippines. Before he left, I asked him to buy me an “Imelda dress.” “What is that, and why?” my dad asked. I explained to him that I wanted to be Imelda Marcos (former first lady of the Philippines who is worldly renowned for having over 2,000 pairs of shoes) for Halloween this year. I had the shoes, and I almost have the hairstyle down. But in

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