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I sure hope they succeed. Why should I want to identify with a aprox. 17 year old anorexic. Isn't that the purpose of these fashion shows that we identify with the models and thus want to look like them and thus of course want to buy the clothes they are wearing.
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Sep 15th, 2006 at 02:01:45 PM EST
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Isn't that the purpose of these fashion shows that we identify with the models and thus want to look like them and thus of course want to buy the clothes they are wearing.

No, the purpose is to make as many as possible feel unhappy about themselves and thereby produce the need to shop for beauty and happiness. So the more inaccesible the ideal is, the better.

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by A swedish kind of death on Fri Sep 15th, 2006 at 02:57:29 PM EST
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Making us unhappy is the job of all advertising for non-essential consumer products - otherwise It wouldn't work. The promise made in every ad of this sort is that life will be better (read 'happier') when you buy what we're selling.

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by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Sep 15th, 2006 at 04:24:58 PM EST
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Don't be silly. Economics clearly show that advertising is purely informative and has no effect on consumer preferences.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 15th, 2006 at 04:26:59 PM EST
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If only ;-)

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by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Sep 15th, 2006 at 05:04:23 PM EST
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