Archive for November, 2006

High School Musical

High School Musical was originally a Disney movie shown on the Disney Channel, not ever meant to be released on DVD or elsewhere. Nobody anticipated it becoming such a phenomenom among teenage girls..
The soundtrack alone has sold millions of copies worldwide, and the DVD close to that. High schools everywhere are choosing to do “High […]

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Short and Colourful

While nowadays, short hair done in side fringes is traditionally associated with the emo culture, it has also become popular among others who don’t wish to dye their hair black and listen to False Start.
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Seen in many different colours and lengths, the fluffy style is easy to maintain, and makes a lovely look similar to […]

Monday, November 27th, 2006

Rihanna

Rihanna, a young R’n’B singer originally from the Caribbean, is a very popular singer with young people today.
In mid last year, she released her first single - the catchy “Pon De Replay” - from her debut album “Music of the Sun“. This was a huge success, which she followed in 2006 with a new album […]

Friday, November 24th, 2006

Pussycat Dolls

The Pussycat Dolls are an American all-female pop group, extremely popular with teenage girls.. and guys as well, but for different reasons.
Originally, they were a dance group, but burst onto the contemporary music scene in 2005 with their smash hit single “Don’t Cha”. Their first album “PCD” has had 7 singles (though not all […]

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

“MCR”

My Chemical Romance (a.k.a MCR) are a 5-member Rock/Punk/Emo American band originally from New Jersey, who have become extremely popular with today’s teens.
They began around 2001, and shot to fame when they were signed by Reprise Records in 2003. Their next album “Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge” went platinum within a year, and they put […]

Monday, November 20th, 2006

Cardies

Cardies, in recent times, have become the garment of the old ladies.
However, in all it’s brightly-coloured splendour, Glassons has brought back the cardie, and it’s as popular as it ever was… apart from with those who got sick of it the first time around. Some are shorter, some longer and more shawl-like, but they remain […]

Friday, November 17th, 2006

Slip-Ons

For a while, Vans were the only casual slip-on shoes on the market.
Now, the more original canvas slip-ons are back.. and while they don’t look much different to how they ever did, they’re now sold at Glassons, Jay Jays, and other similar stores, in brighter colours and different patterns.
Guess that automatically makes them look great […]

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

Mesh Shoes

These half-shoes became quite popular recently, especially in summer, for those too lazy to bother with your average sandal straps or backs.
Available in almost every colour, these handy little shoes sell like hotcakes from nearly every shoe shop (and the occasional clothing shop who wanted in on the market, i.e. Glassons) around the country.
Sure, they’re […]

Monday, November 13th, 2006

Slogan Tshirts

All teenage girls have gone through the phase of funny slogan tshirts.
However, what is there to do other than sigh and wonder what the poor soul was thinking, when you see someone who is obviously not hot, wearing a tshirt like this? Slogan tshirts can look great on the right people, but they far too […]

Friday, November 10th, 2006

Metro Tops

One of the main purposes of these tops is versatility. The sort of thing you can wear to many different places on many different occasions, and that’s one of the things they’re advertised for, and it’s obviously working as teenage girls are seen in them everywhere.
However, the point of versatility is for people slightly older […]

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006