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34 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
University of Leeds : B - Design
Youth identity ownership from a fashion marketing perspective
This paper explores the influence that marketing has on the teenage demographic and on their development of identity. The concept of 'cool' is explored as a marketing method to influence young fashion-consumers, questioning the ethical issues and implications. Few researchers have looked at the way in which fashion marketers use contemporary marketing tools such as cool-hunting and the use of the concept of cool to influence this demographic. It was found through surveying 79 school pupils that they can be easily exploited by marketers and that most considered themselves more a part of web-based communities than of their local community.