AM I IN OR OUT?

TRENDING
Making sense of trends and time frames is an often
confusing task. At any one time, in any given time frame, multiple trends
can be at play. There are long term secular trends, shorter term primary
trends, still shorter term secondary trends and yet shorter still near and
short term trends. A trend is defined as a general direction is which
something is moving or developing. In the case of trading financial assets a
trend is a measurable direction in prices, usually up or down. Trends can
and do exist in every time frame and understanding how they work is one
key to avoiding frustration.
 The 21st century is deluge of overwhelming demands from a digital
society; hence, enormous trends have emerged. Global Trends have been
increasingly given attention and anchored to socio-cultural, economic, and
political dimensions. Unconsciously, individuals do not realize that they
have been into certain trends.
WHY DO WE BELIEVE WHAT WE
BELIEVE?

We understand the way we have been made to

understand, and we embrace that understanding
John Quincy Adams
RETHINKING BEAUTY: Trends in Beauty
Today
Irina Barbalova
According to Euromonitor, the global beauty industry is looking in
better shape than it did during the depths of the recession in
2008/9 and has recovered its equilibrium. The premium sector
powered ahead in 2012 and is $4bn, with strong revenues from
the US, China, Brazil and Saudi Arabia. Premium skincare was a
high point,
Mens but is
skincare nail polish high
another waspoint,
another noteworthy
which has beenproduct
increasing
category.
three times that of womens skincare due to a focus on simplicity,
health and solutions-based products.
She also discussed the relationship and crossover between
fashion and cosmetics. Apparel brands are crossing over
into beauty, such as Wrangler and Triumph which infuse
fabrics with aloe vera and other anti-cellulite or
moisturizing ingredients.
Beauty has been more resilient than fashion and so
fashion brands are looking benefit from this growth with
affordable beauty offerings. Like H&M, Bershka and
more famous friends.
 THE BEAUTY IDEAL: The Fashion
Silhouette

All of these women were considered beautiful for

adhering to each social standard. It is foolish for one to know
that beauty can be all these different things and still believe
the beauty construct that she or he has eternalized the right
one.
CHINESE WOMANS
It is considered beautiful if the foot was small.
FOOT
Foot binding was incorporated into the culture
and took place for about 1000 years. Around the
age of six small girls feet were wrapped in tight
bandages, so they could not develop normally.
They usually stayed between 4-6 inches long.
The tradition is thought to have originated
among the upper-class court dancers in Imperial
China around the 10th century before spreading
to the lower classes. Since it affected their
ability to walk, it came to be seen as a sign of
wealth the wealthiest of people didnt need to
walk or work in fields.
 LIP PLATES
Lip plates are a form ofbody modification.
Increasingly large discs are inserted into apierced
holein either the upper or lowerlip, or both,
therebystretchingit.To a Suri or Mursi woman, it is
an expression of female maturity and a sign that she
has reached child-bearing age. For the Surma
people, a young woman has her lip pierced by her
mother, usually at around the age of 15-18, before
marriage.After the wound has healed, which
usually takes between two and three weeks, the
peg is replaced with a slightly bigger one.
 GIRAFFE NECKS
The women who can start wearing the rings from the
age of five - have a long piece of brass wound in a spiral
around their necks. A full set of the neck rings can weigh
as much as 10 kilos - but few of the women now wear a
full set. Most women gradually increase the number of
coils on their rings to steadily increase the apparent
length of their necks. There are theories that women
wore them to protect against tiger bites or that they
were worn to make them look more like the dragons of
local legends. Other people believe they started wearing
them to make themselves less attractive to other tribes
so they were less likely to be taken into slavery.
 GEORGIAN WIG
VANITY
Women often slept sitting up to keep the style in
place and scratched their itching scalps using the
misnamed long handled backscratchers of today. Hair
was initially built up over horsehair and wool padded
frames beginning with the natural hair. Then vast
amounts of false hair was added, sometimes building
the hair up to reach 30 inches. This was about half
the height of the average female of the day. Hair was
worn so high that the chin was halfway between the
top of the head and the feet.
 CORSETS
A garmentworn to hold and train thetorsointo a desired shape
foraestheticor medical purposes. While these
moderncorsetsandcorset topsoften feature lacing orboningand
generally imitate a historical style of corsets, they have very little, if
any, effect on the shape of the wearer's body. For women, this most
frequently emphasizes a curvy figure by reducing thewaistand
thereby exaggerating thebustandhips.

MEDICAL PURPOSES: People with spinal problems, such asscoliosis, or

with internal injuries, may be fitted with a form of corset to
immobilize and protect the torso. ArtistAndy Warholwas shot in 1968
and never fully recovered; he wore a corset for the rest of his life.

Aside from fashion and medical uses, corsets are also used insexual
fetishism, most notably inBDSMactivities.
GIRLS TODAY
In our society today, girls are being constructed to constantly
strive for a slimmer figure. There are girls who are after an
hourglass figure, like Kylie Jenner, Chloe Kardashian, Kim
Kardashian, Marilyn Monroe, and girls who are after a healthy
figure, like Pia Wurtzbach, Gigi Hadid and more.

You shouldnt care on what others say about your body.

You should spend your time loving more your body than
criticizing because YOU ARE PERFECT, JUST THE WAY YOU
ARE.
Girls can also be seen around with the famous arch eyebrow,
winged eyeliner, highlighted cheekbones and matte lipsticks,
wearing their crop tops and chokers.
 To the girls out there,
You should be proud of your body. No matter who
you are or what you do. I could give you a million
reasons why you don't need to cater to anyone or
anything to succeed. Be you, and be relentlessly
you. That's the stuff of champions.
Also When I see your faces there's not a thing that I
would change cause you're amazing, Just the way you
are.
And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for
a while cause, girl, you're amazing. Just the way you
are.