Fashion designer, Michael Kors, has set an age limit for his models. He took part in a panel discussion called "Health Matters: Weight and Wellness in the World of Fashion". Michael Kors announced that he will only be hiring models 16 and older because "The age of models really has to become a priority. We need to give these girls a chance to grow up." He also said he won't hire girls who show any signs of an eating disorder. Reading this shocked me because when I see runway shows, the models in them are insanely thin. It will be really interesting to see what types of girls he hires. This might possibly change the world of modeling.
I am following Mashable on Twitter and I'm loving it! All of the posts are super informative and even entertaining. The one I am ready now is just list of social media jobs that are posted and these Tweets are posted very often. Following Mashable is very useful for seniors or people who just want to learn more about social media. I also read another Tweet by them with a link called 6 Easy Ways to Score the Best Deals with Social Media and it's great! It talks about how to find coupons through Twitter to your favorite companies and how to find near-by deals. Mashable is a great company to follow!
According to Fashion Magazine, Nike is taking anyone's old sneakers and using them to create athletic and playground surfaces. The sneakers don't have to be Nike but this drive is unfortunately only going on in Vancouver..but maybe someday it'll come around here! This program has existed since the early 90's and has recycled parts from more than 24 million pairs of shoes!! It takes about 2,500 pairs of shoes to make one basketball or tennis court.
I can't seem to find any posts from Vogue anymore..I don't know if they stopped Tweeting or they deleted their account because I can't even get onto it anymore. So, I have moved onto Fashion Magazine :)
Christopher J. Hughes, a member on the staff at the Times Leader, came to talk to us in class. He was very interesting to listen to and also helpful. I really enjoyed learning about how the Times Leader and also the Weekender use Facebook and YouTube to promote themselves. Using things like their YouTube page for singers in the area is great. It helps get the community involved and helps to get new singers out there. He also helped in giving tips to students on what types of equipment they should have if they were interested in taking video for the news. I also really got a kick out of his story about the camera not working and him using his IPhone application to do an entire news feed. I really liked having him in class to switch things up a bit. It was very helpful and I enjoyed it.
As social media is becoming more and more popular, the use of the networks in school is increasing. Just last semester for my PR class, Facebook and Twitter weren't even close to as important as they are now. I never thought to use those networks to get the word out for events. Now, in my PR class I am on the SEO part of our account team. I have already made a Facebook for the Polish Room and have already gotten a great response from it. We have 105 friends and most of those people were completely unaware that Wilkes University even had a Polish Room. It's useful because I post all upcoming events on the site and it helps raise awareness. I don't even think social media network are at their peak yet. I think they'll just continue to get better and better.
So as I was scrolling through Twitter, I realized that I saw no posts from the company I am following. I went back to last week and got tired of searching. So, for this blog I am going to write about the first company I chose, Fashion Magazine. They seem to always be updating their Twitter and they have been using it a lot recently for contests. The contests I have been seeing are to win make up kits but it still helps a lot with getting their name out there. Girls who see it will sign up for the contest and most likely end up looking around more on their website. They also do contests to win hair products as well. These help them to become more popular and it gets them a lot more hits on their website.
Spring is on its way!! I am sooo happy it's March already! I cannot wait until the weather starts getting nicer and summer gets even closer!
My spring beak flew by and I feel like I really didn't do much..I am not looking forward to class tomorrow but the sooner we start, the sooner we're out again for Easter Break!! :) :)
Over break I went to see Alice in Wonderland in 3D and I absolutely looooved it!..I could have done without the 3D but I loved the entire movie. It was so interesting. Tim Burton makes such odd movies and I though Alice in Wonderland was another one of those odd movies. The colors in the scenes were amazing and the make up and costumes were awesome. I thought it was a great movie!
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