In John Fiske’s Understanding Popular Culture, he describes jeans as objects of popular culture that can embody contradictory meanings. Jeans, he argues, have multiple meanings given to us by jean producers, such as associations with heteronormative femininity, youth, toughness, and/or hard work. ...
Most of them are American brand of jeans, and you see that these are the style of dressing the American celebrities, especially those in the music industry . And some of us listen to their songs too (Interviewee G). The above extract reveals some patterns of lifestyle of the Sakawa boys...
The Shanghai Women’s Product Store, which emerged in the 1950s, served as the leading guide for ladies’ fashion in the city until the 1990s. Though not as popular as it used to be, the store still stands on Huaihai Rd M. today. And the giant “apple” jeans hung on the Liulin R...
In London's shopping arcade, the hat selling counter is also the favorite place for the British to visit. Its styles are various, which is absolutely inferior to the ladies' high heels and purses. It is said that the British people love their hats because of the rainy weather in the loca...