I’ve never been much of a jewellery guy.  In my university days I used to walk around with some face metal in the form of an eyebrow piercing and some earrings, and I occasionally wore some sort of beaded hemp necklaces, bought from a Caribbean vendor while on spring break.  Then one day I looked in the mirror and thought “What on earth am I thinking?”  The day I got rid of my face metal was the day my 4-year old cousin told me that I “grew up.”
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My Jewelry Box is currently holding a contest in which contestants visit their website, choose their favourite piece of jewelry under $400, and get the chance to win their choice item by writing about it. Not too shabby right? And what girl in her right mind wouldn’t jump on the occasion? So here I am, writing to you about my favourite piece of jewelry under $400 for the My Jewelry Box contest.
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Growing up, I remember going through my mother’s old pictures and seeing those amazing vintage shades, high-waisted bell-bottoms, beautiful long hippie dresses and strappy Jesus sandals she used to wear, pleading “Why Mom? Why? Why did you give it all away?” Now, that I’m all grown up, I walk into a store like American Apparel and wonder if they went fishing through my give-away bags when I was a kid in the 80’s. When it comes to fashion, everything comes back in cycles. What’s “new” is really just an evolution and tweak of what’s past. Here’s a post for all you 80’s kids who like me, are probably regretting all those e-Bay opportunities you must have missed seeing hipsters strut around in our old gear.
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Uniforms serve many functions. In most basic terms, they set those wearing the uniform apart from those who aren’t; they instate order within organizations and within society; and they serve to protect the officials wearing them, crafted with specific materials and designed to maximize accessibility to necessary tools. While the uniform helps to diminish social chaos and issue a sense of order, there have been many cases throughout history, where those behind the uniform have abused power and thus attached a very negative stigma to uniforms in general. Though instilling an element of fear is a necessary constituent in asserting authority, some uniforms will never live their terrible name down and will make you want to crap your pants if you ever find yourself face-to-face with a person wearing one. Here is a short list of some.
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