CULTURAL SIGNPOSTS

MUSIC......

-  Analyze what sort of media is used to encourage the public adoption of the trend.

TV – There are programs on TV. (Such as RAGE) People can listen to the music and watch film clips. This is a great way to show off new and old songs.

RADIO – There is always new and old artists on the radio. They are always interviewing them and promoting new songs. When people here the songs on the radio they are encouraged to purchase music. They also are always talking about up and coming festivals and concerts and tell you how to buy tickets.

MAGS – There are pacific music magazines such as Xpress or J-MAG. They are direct music advertising, people can see up and coming festivals, concerts or new albums and read up on bands.

- HOW MUSIC HAS APPEARED IN THE CYCLE OF FASHION..

Music has been a major influence towards fashion in the 20^th century.  A few examples are the following:

The Beatles (60’s)-  People were cutting their hair into the signature “bowl” cut and they were the first major band to start wearing full suits on stage.

http://auspop.blogspot.com/2010/11/beatles-hit-itunes.html

Nirvana (90’s)- The Grunge look had people wearing ripped jeans, baggy shirts, cardigans, converse shoes and shaggy hair.

http://www.shazamers.com/2009/10/nirvana-bleach-re-issuelive-at-reading/

Motley Crew/Ramones (80’s)- The punk look encouraged people to start wearing skinny black jeans, black converse shoes, mullet., rocker styled hair and band t-shirts.

Madonna (80’s) - Madonna made the ‘cone’ shaped bra popular. She was huge on lace and vinyl and the beauty spot mole which later on had the piercing named after her.

http://shessel.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/madonna-me/

The Spice Girls (90’s). The Spice Girls had a huge influence on fashion, having each of the 5 girls sporting a specific look.  Sporty Spice (sports wear), Baby Spice ( pinks, mini skirts, platforms and big blonde pony tails), Ginger Spice(English flag prints, orange hair, platforms ) Posh Spice ( Black bob hair, black dresses and black platforms) and last of all Scary Spice ( Huge afro brown curly hair, lots of animal print on everything, dark lipstick and platforms)

Bob Marley (70’s).  Bob Marley made “weed” cool having it printed on nearly everything, hippy clothing, tie dye, baggy pants, dread lochs, scruffy beards and the cute little beanies in Jamaican colours.

http://www.google.com/