1. Fashion Victims

2. What is it?   Fashion victim is a term coined by Oscar de la Renta that is used to identify a person who is unable to identify commonly recognized boundaries of style.Oscar de la Rentastyle

3. What is it?   Fashion victims are victims because they are vulnerable to faddishness and materialism faddishness materialism   According to Versace, "When a woman alters her look too much from season to season, she becomes a fashion victim."Versace

4. Fad   intense but short-lived fashion trend. Fads are also by their nature at the extreme range of currently acceptable style, which means they commonly cross the line from the sublime to the ridiculous.

5. Materialism   Designer labels have come to form an important part of our identification of style and fashion.   Designer branding is sometimes associated with a higher quality of manufacture and a more expensive price. The ownership and display of such products of quality is frequently marketed to suggest that the wearer will automatically embody a personal characteristic of quality by association.brandingmarketed

6. How to Avoid being a Fashion Victim  1. don’t be a compulsive buyer  2. don’t spend beyond your means  3. Scan, clean and organize your current wardrobe  4. Dress in a way that represents YOU

7. Are you a victim?  Have you ever been a fashion victim?  http://www.testq.com/ career/quizzes/131-are- you-a-fashion-victim http://www.testq.com/ career/quizzes/131-are- you-a-fashion-victim http://www.testq.com/ career/quizzes/131-are- you-a-fashion-victim

8. Assignment  Search magazines and the internet for some fashion victims. (Must find a minimum of 5)  Tell me why they are a fashion victim and how they could fix the problem.

9. Example  Imagine if you saw this woman on the street… is she a fashion victim?