Given the thorough integration of social media into the lives of the majority of American teens, it is no surprise that these sites play an important role in the establishment of friendships and the everyday back and forth of peer relationships. This chapter takes an in-depth look at the role of social media in teens’ friendships, looking at teen friendships more broadly defined.

Fashion blogs have been around since the early 2000s, but today, blogging is a whole new ball game. While fashion blogs are at an all-time high, we can’t argue against the fact that social media platforms like Instagram remain the single largest forum to redirect traffic towards fashion blogs. But we are not complaining, because that’s made our lives twice as easy. It’s a hashtag game out there, and that’s how we are neck deep into people’s profiles – engrossed, enamored, and even losing a few days while browsing one hashtag after another. Sometimes it can be overwhelming too,...

This was an excellent year for shoppers, solely based on the number of new brands and designer collaborations that popped up across clothing, shoes, and accessories. This year we saw some surprising pairings, shopped new ventures from old favorites, and discovered some up-and-coming names making big waves in the industry. More and more, though, we learned about all the ways creatives marry their artistic vision with the personal, social, and environmental tenets that are important to them—whether that be looking into their own background and history for inspiration, building a company on sustainable values and renewable resources, or using...

There is a popular Internet meme regarding time being a magic bank account. Apparently the famous coach, Bear Bryant, kept a card in his wallet which related time to money and treated time as a game. Here are the rules: 1. Each morning you get 86,400 seconds as a gift of life. 2. What ever you don't use on that day is forever lost. 3. Each morning your account is refilled, but the game can dissolve all your remaining time anytime without warning The meme, asks you to compare those seconds to dollars to understand the value of time....

If 2015 was the big breakout year for wearable technology, then 2016 was the year that tech-fashion finally began to hit its stride. From smart bras to biometric wool sweaters, designers found that by giving equal weight to the technology and the garment they could create smart clothing that is both useful and appealing. Meanwhile, classics like the showercap and the zipper got a modern upgrade. And 2016 marked the year that Converse finally decided to update its classic Chuck Taylors. Here’s a look back at the cleverest fashion designs of 2016.

This past weekend saw the culmination of a small internet joke that snowballed into a ridiculous viral sensation. Columbus, Ohio native Zach “Danger” Brown wanted to raise $10 on Kickstarter to make a potato salad. He got $55,000 instead. So he used all the extra cash to throw a party, dubbed Potato Stock. Taters were mashed, mayonnaise was liberally applied, and hundreds of pounds of delicious spuds were consumed. Some local charities got a big cut of the funding. After the hangover cleared, The Verge hopped on the phone to chat with Brown about the perils of internet fame,...

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