This document summarizes a pop art trend in fashion during the Spring/Summer 2015 season. Major influences came from pop artists like Roy Lichtenstein and Piet Mondrian, featuring bold colors, circles, and intersecting stripes. Collections from designers like Junya Watanabe and Dries Van Noten displayed this trend through statement skirts and playful layering. This shows that pop art influences have moved beyond museum walls into mainstream fashion.
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S/S 2015 POP ART Trend
This season saw an
intriguing combination
of influences from Roy
Lichtenstein, one of the world’s
leading pop- artists, Mondrian
and Sonia Delaunay. With
circle motifs, bright colors
and bold, intersecting stripes
the collections were a truly
vibrant display. From Junya
Watanabe’s statement skirts,
to Loewe’s paneled dress
and Dries Van Noten’s playful
layering, it’s clear pop-art is no
longer restricted to museum
walls.
FORECASTING
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CREATIVE
Catalogue Cover
I had the creative
freedom to assemble
a catalogue, in which
I created a line of denim
jeans that catered to longer
lengths. The front cover
features the backside of a
woman sporting her denim
with some Adobe Illustrator
effects.
In the center of the
catalogue I designed a
denim fit and style guide
for those who want to know
what style suits their body-
type or personality.
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COMMUNICATION
The famous Curiously
Strong Mint has a new item,
cough drops.
I created a print
advertisement that
communicates with
customers the new product,
but also makes an emotional
connection.
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Task: The brand management team has proposed developing a new (sugar-free) line of cough drops.
How would you adjust this strategy to appeal to this new market? Design a launch ad that presents your
ideas and a new visual.
Reasoning: For their new line of sugar-free cough drops, I’d continue their original practices of ambient,
and guerrilla marketing. I found that most of Altoid’s ads contained a short phrase featuring the met-
al tin mints, or images with one person and a short tag line. After brainstorming ideas, I decided to use
a phrase and include the tin mints underneath. I wanted to keep it short and memorable with a few
words.
Thought process: At first I wanted to use the Rx prescription symbol, but I was not sure if it was a known
recognized symbol. It also seemed too simple. Moving forward, I used a thesaurus to look up the word
cough. I got croup, tickle/frog in throat, ahem, bark and cold. I figured if this ad was to be displayed at
a bus stop or subway station during the winter, the catch phrase had to be memorable. I settled on“A-
hem, throat tickle?”, which commands thought and attention and make them think. It also informs them
that Altoid’s now offers a product for colds, sore throats, and coughs.
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According to the Association for Retail Environments, there are currently 12 top trends
for 2013. Some of the trends include versatility, peek-a-boo panels, negative space, depth
deception, translucence, and contrast of Yin & Yang. We're choosing to implement the
peek-a-boo-panels, translucence and negative space.
The peek-a-boo panels give a sense of discovery, and we can implement this
by displaying some shoes trough a cubby hole that is translucent. Materials with
a translucent look include plastic panels with recycled content, and can also
include icemetrix glass tiles. Negative space also brought positive response in
showrooms, we plan on conveying this trend by featuring shelving with cutouts
and negative empty space.
Inspiration & Trends
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SOCIAL MEDIA
“Fashion marketing is the application of a range of techniques and a business philosophy that
centers upon the customer and potential customer of clothing and related products and services
in order to meet long-term goals of the organization” (Easey, Mike. Fashion Marketing (3rd Edition).
Hoboken, NJ, USA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. Web.). It can be argued that fashion marketing is different from
other areas of marketing since change in fashion is evolutionary. The roll of reflecting customer demands
results is a variety of approaches to fashion marketing.
As long as there have been items to sell, we’ve been marketing. The effectiveness of different
marketing methods have expanded and declined for thousands of years, as consumers and
technologies have advanced rapidly. As a result, marketers have had to change their game plan
regularly to keep up with the progression. Now with social media, methods of advertising have
progressed at rapid speeds and are now more widespread than ever. This is allowing control to be put
back in the hands of consumers. Throughout the lens of marketing history, we can learn how marketers
are making social media technology work for them and understand how consumers react. Even though
all consumers can respond differently to the same marketing tactics, using social media can help or
hinder your business if not done properly with the consumer in mind.
Marketing within Social Media
The latest happenings are being posted, liked, and shared on social media. The UK retailer,
MISSGUIDED, has dived into every social media channel, except having their own interactive mobile
app to communicate with their users.
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LEADERSHIP
Business Plan- Dance Studio
Mission Statement:
Chicago Dance Academy is committed to increasing dancers physical, emotional,
and intellectual well-being. We feel obligated to deliver profits and growth to our
stakeholders ensuring long term financial sustainability. Of equal importance is to distribute those profits
back into our community. We pledge to provide the environment for our valuable team members to
achieve their goals, both physical and personal.
Vision Statement:
To add value to stakeholders at every level via services, training, support and growth.
Target Customer:
Household Income: Average $78,151 - $101,1275
Education: Parent(s) have a Bachelor’s Degree or higher
Neighborhood: Lincoln Park, 60614++
Marital Status: Married with Kids, Married, Singles
Occupation Type: Sales and office, management, healthcare practitioner, businesses/financial, legal, or
education
Children and Teens: 5-18 yrs.
Ethnicity: Caucasian, Hispanic, African American & Asian
Sex: Female and male
Lifestyle Habits/Interests: Shopping at independent boutiques, eating out, visiting cozy lounges and chic
nightclubs. Arts and entertainment, cooking, dance, do it yourself, listening to music, playing instruments,
reading, writing, working out, and sports.
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Wrote a business plan for a dance studio opening in June, 2016.
Estimated the financial cash flow for the first year, broken down by month
and quarters.
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RESEARCH
Importing Denim from Japan
Discharge Port: Baltimore, MD
Port Name: Port of Baltimore
Loading Port: Nagoya, Japan
Port Name: Port of Nagoya
Port Type: Seaport
Port Size: Very Large
UN/LOCODE: USBAL
Port Type: Deep-water Seaport
Port Size: Very Large
Type of Packaging: 1 20ft. Cargo container | Full
container load
Route: Leaves Japans Nagoya Terminal, arrives at
Baltimore, Maryland terminal port
Transit Time: 29 days
Distance: 18114.08 km = 11255.57 miles
Freight Costs: $2,487.91 (Calculated with
WorldFreightRates.com)
Load Ability of Ocean Containers: 20ft container
approximately 26-28 CBM
1 Average Jean Weight: 1.5 lbs.; 2400 units =3,600
Sourced denim from Japan and imported it to
the nearest port for the retailer. I picked a reputable
manufacturer, and found the costs for the materials.
With the costs I was able to find the correct retail
selling price.
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The Kurabo Mills was founded over 110
years ago and it stands as one of the oldest
manufactures of Japanese textiles today. They
have pioneered many denim manufacturing
practices that are in common use today. These
techniques include using natural indigo dyes as
well as a unique denim spinning and dyeing
process that creates very resilient denim with
unique fading patterns. The quality of Kurabo Mill’s
denim has earned them the respect of denim
aficionados around the world.
Kurabo is most famous as being the denim that
supplied Japan’s first denim brand, BIG JOHN.
Today, they continue to work with many of the top
denim brands in the industry including Baldwin,
Epaulet, and many more.
They have a Research & Development team
that detects market needs and trends while
developing products that always exceed
customer expectations.