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This paper examines the U.S. women's designer shoes niche, identifying major designers and characterizing the niche's place in the market. It discusses why designer shoes are not just footwear but a status symbol. The paper looks at prominent shoe designers.

From the Paper
"Women's designer shoes-the top brands in the country-have found a highly profitable niche in the U S market. For the purposes of this paper only non-athletic non-casual designer shoes will be considered ..."

Tags:women's shoes, designer shoes, online shopping, market niche

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This six-page paper explains the benefits and limitations of using CAD system for the manufacturing and designing of shoes. Since technology is growing at a very fast pace, thus designing and manufacturing is now carried out through computerized technology.

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The paper discusses the Nine West Shoe Company, a branch of the internationally acknowledged Jones Apparel Group, which focuses on selling products designed for women. The paper comments that although it was initially destined to sell shoes, the store is currently presenting their female clients with clothes, handbags, shoes and a multitude of accessories. The paper discusses Nine West's variety of shoes, the treatment of the company's loyal clients, the technologies it uses, and the company's new product development and marketing policies. The paper concludes that given the obvious success of the shoe and accessories company, Nine West possesses the best marketing teams in the world and they implement the most appropriate and efficient marketing strategies.

From the Paper
"Nine West uses the latest technologies in producing, distributing, selling and delivering the best products. The company also possesses highly skilled, capable and trained personnel to assist the clients. A combination of the technologies, standards and the people generates the high quality of the Nine West products and customer services. By being presented with high quality products and services, the clients declare themselves satisfied and as such increase the company's value. Furthermore, a company with an increased market value is prone to register significant profits."

Tags:promotional, strategies, idea, screening, quality, standards

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This paper discusses items from three big designer names and compares the population statistics of the countries where the items are manufactured to those of the United States. Although all three are attempting to improve their image, the author exposes the environmental, social and human cost at which these items are being manufactured. The paper concludes that taking advantage of lower costs often translates into human rights and labor rights violations, and environmental degradation.

Outline:
The United States
Item 1: Banana Republic (monogram) Pants
Item 2: Victoria's Secret Bra
Item 3: Adidas Running Shoes
Conclusion

From the Paper
"The label lists the country of manufacture of the cotton pants as Cambodia. According to Responsible Shopper, the Gap's clothing is "manufactured with genetically engineered and pesticide laden cotton." Moreover, "in more than 40 Gap-contracted factories in Cambodia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Lesotho, El Salvador and Mexico," interviews with workers revealed "abusive" conditions ("Responsible Shopper"). Cambodia became the center of attention for the Gap and its subsidiaries like the Banana Republic line of clothing. Responsible Shopper notes that in 2003, "a Gap worker was shot to death during a worker protest in Cambodia." Not only that, "Cambodian police opened fire to disperse more than 1,000 garment workers who were protesting working conditions and pay." Doing business in countries that treat their citizens like they do in Cambodia is more than unethical; it is akin to being an accomplice."

Tags:sub-poverty, unhealthy, Cambodia, Thailand, activist, sweatshop, unsanitary, abuse, slavery

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This paper looks at Van Gogh's "Starry Night" and compares it to his "Shoes" painting - a painting that stands proudly on display at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. The paper discusses how both paintings are derivations of the same basic impressionistic template - but their differences, both subtle and otherwise, reveal how Van Gogh was a diverse painter who was more than capable of branching out in new directions.

From the Paper
"Vincent Van Gogh is renowned amongst art lovers for his remarkably vivid artwork, for his contributions to impressionism, and for his sheer unconventionality. However, his work should also be noted for its ability to give the ordinary and mundane - as well as ethereal outdoor tableaus - a certain resonance that would be beyond the capacity of most artists. With that in mind, the following paper will look at Van Gogh's "Starry Night" and compare it to his "Shoes" painting - a painting that stands proudly on display at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the end,..."

Tags:van, gogh, contrasting

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The paper shows why the issue of designer babies will become one of the most controversial issues in modern medicine. The paper explains the arguments in favor of designer babies that rest on utilitarian ethics, ethical relativism or nonmalfeasance and the arguments against this practice that also rely on a range of religious and ethical beliefs. The paper points out that the arguments that designer babies might benefit society rest on the assumption that eliminating disease would lead to an improved quality of life and that being able to control the physical or psychological features of a child would help families.

From the Paper
"The Abraham Center of Life, located in San Antonio, offers a variety of standard fertility services for hopeful parents: egg donation, frozen embryos, surrogacy, and even adoption. In addition to their standard fertility and family-planning options, Abraham Center also offers a highly controversial option to clients. At Abraham Center, couples can choose their donors' "physical traits and even personality," (Blogicus 2007)
"Choosing donor physical and psychological traits essentially means that hopeful parents can buy a baby of their choice, picking everything from hair and eye color to skin color, height, and race. The so-called designer babies that come from such deliberate selection could in the future be created in a laboratory, as scientists understand enough about the human genetic code to possibly alter embryonic DNA for parents who want their babies to look and possibly act a certain way."

Tags:embryos, genes, eugenics, utilitarianism, religion, quality, of, life

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This paper discusses the history of fashion designer, Monique Lhullier as she has risen from her roots in a third-world country to becoming one of the hottest fashion designers. It first describes the launch and progress of her career and then looks at Lhullier's deisgns and her marketing strategy. Finally, the paper provides the writer's personal opinion of the designer.

Table of Contents:
Lhuillier's Career is Launched
Her Designs
Financial Data
Marketing Strategy
Personal Observation
Overall Opinion

From the Paper
"It's as though Lhuillier has not taken a wrong step. Her rise to fame was paired with a romantic love story of the accountant fiance who became the powerful business partner. After 10 years of marriage, the couple had their first baby, a bouncing boy named Jack and his room is profiled in this year's big spread in Elle Decor magazine. Hers is a contemporary portrait of perfect domesticity, a this-could-be-you scenario that makes her beautiful, elegant, flattering wedding dresses all the more appealing. Lhuillier as a representative for her own line, the lines themselves, and what they represent, through precision marketing, outside encouraging forces (think: celebrity support) and/or the clientele's imagination all create a dream design company, and, ultimately, a dream designer."

Tags:marketing, gown, collection

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This paper explains that a pop music explosion, such as hip-hop, (1) creates a cultural upheaval of class and race, (2) distinguishes a youth subculture, (3) changes the way people think and act, (4) influences a broad shift in sexual mores, political beliefs and economic aspirations and (5) establishes a pervasive sense of chaos. The author points out that gangsta rap is a form of raw, urban social commentary written by and intended for poor minority youths; however, its appeal has broadened widely. The paper relates that the hip-hop movement of this generation has produced a myriad of fads and styles such as showy gold jewelry, baggy pants, designer name t-shirts, furs and expensive running shoes with which hip-hoppers blur the class lines by wearing clothes, like Ralph Lauren and Kaygol, typically sported by rich people.

From the Paper
"In the late 1980s and 1990s rap music became a medium used to express dissent and attack the government and law enforcement agencies, longtime persecutors of the black community. Rappers like Public Enemy, NWA, and Eric B. used their music to spread a message about social, political and economic issues. Turmoil ensued in 1992 when ex-NWA rapper, Ice Cube, released Body Count featuring "Cop Killer"."

Tags:upheaval, class, youth, style, urban

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This paper explains that clothing is rarely recognized as a political force; yet fashion and design may be one of the most internationally regarded forms of trade, communication, and influence among countries worldwide. The author points out that the Orient has been a wellspring of fashion influence for both the Eastern and Western world since ancient times; the Edo period in Japan was the beginning of several Japanese styles that remain popularized by Western culture fashions for centuries, including the "Kamishimo," worn by both males and females of the Samurai warrior class during special occasions featured stiff shoulder garments that crossed the shoulders and chest, elements vital to the Samurai image held by Hollywood and other popular culture creations in the West today. The paper relates that today very young Japanese girls, as seen in exported Japanese movies, manga comic books, and anime television, are setting global fashion trends, including miniskirts, short pants flared out at the bottom, and loose, baggy socks deliberately allowed to lap over the tops of their shoes.

From the Paper
"Fashion evolves as quickly as any other fast-paced element of society, never becoming stagnant. Some people are critical of the movement and growth of the industry, claiming it encourages people to become materialistic, rushing at every opportunity to spend more and more money on unnecessary items. However, this change and growth is precisely what makes fashion a true form of human expression. Diversity, experimentation, expression, and metamorphosis are what define human culture and fashion culture. As cultures touch, fashions exchange and spread. The in-look for the young rebels is eventually passed on to the older generations. The styles of one region are sent to another. "Young people, enjoy the diversity that changing fashion can apparently provide, seeing the constant change as a way to satisfy their desire to experience 'new' and 'interesting' things. Note too though that fashion can change to enforce uniformity, as in the case where so-called Mao suits became the national uniform of Mainland China." "

Tags:hakama, museum, teen, kamishimo, french

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The paper is designed to meet the specific needs of a client (a female shoe store owner) who requires instruction in completing the income statement for her small business. As such, the instructions are geared to the client's level of expertise in the area of accounting and focus largely on enabling the client to prepare her income statement with minimal assistance from professional sources such as an accountant, thus potentially reducing her expenses.

From the Paper
"This lesson is necessary to help my client in two important areas. The first benefit is practical, as my client will save a significant amount of money by learning to develop her own income statement, rather than relying on the expertise of professional accountants. The client has currently clearly indicated to me that they do not have the specific knowledge that is required to complete this task, and I feel that this instructional paper will fulfill this pressing need. The second benefit is less immediately tangible, and is simply geared at improving my client's general understanding of the accounting practices of her firm. I believe that this instructional paper will improve her overall knowledge about her business' finances, and as such may have unforeseen benefits in helping her to manage financial aspects like cash flow, spending, and budgeting."

Tags:accounting, expenses