What are most people looking to buy when they go to the mall? Some might say toys, some might want appliances, some might want something entirely different, but what most people are looking for when they go to the mall are clothes. Malls should indeed offer everything for every different type of person, but the main focus of a mall should be the clothes stores. One time I was at The Natick Mall and I was looking for clothes stores to shop in, like every other time I go to the mall, when I came to a realization that there are only a few stores in the mall that I really enjoy shopping in. The Natick Mall has very good variety of different kinds of stores, but when it comes to the selection of all around excellent clothes stores, it’s not too great.
The Natick Mall does have some good clothes stores. Some of my favorites include Forever 21 and Express. Forever 21 is a great store to shop at. It has an awesome selection of clothes, and it’s rare that you ever get the same item of clothing as one of your friends. The clothes at Forever 21 are always stylish and constantly on top of the new fashion trends. Not only that, but the clothes found here are not like any other store in the mall, they are all very unique. Also everything in the store you can buy for an incredibly cheap price, and in that case keep some money in your pocket. Express is an extremely fun store to be in, from the customer service, to the appearance and organization of the clothing, everything is just right. The clothes here give your style a polished and finished appearance, and in the end make your wardrobe look just right. These are the only two stores in the whole mall that quality clothes stores.
Even though there are some decent clothes stores found in The Natick Mall, when it comes down to it, there aren’t any stores that really stand out. Even though the clothes might be fashionable and trendy, there is always something that completely covers up the positive. It might be the prices, it could be the cheapness of the material the clothes are made out of, it could even be the customer service, or the appearance of the store itself. I know nothing is perfect, but is it so hard to ask for a store that has everything right? A store that has stylish clothes made out of good materials, that are not too much money, and the store itself is organized, and the people that work there help the customers. Personally, I don’t think that is too hard to ask for at all.
The Natick Mall made a good decision in the addition of Forever 21 last summer. Not only did the mall profit from this new store by getting more money and more customers, but also the shoppers benefited too from having a good clothes store. The mall should add better clothes stores like they added Forever 21. One clothes store that the mall should definitely add to their collection is H&M. This store has many different styles of clothing for different kinds of people. Also the prices of the items are affordable for everyone. The inexpensive prices of the clothes don’t mean that the material is cheap, actually it’s the opposite; all the clothes I have bought from there have never ripped. Another store that they should add is Charlotte Russe, because it really is great, fun store. It always has the most popular clothes for the best prices, and the customer service is great. If the mall added these clothing stores then mall would make a lot more money and attract many more customers because of the fact that everyone is looking for an all around great clothing stores, and these two stores definitely are.
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
March 4th, A Date to Mark in your Calendar?
There is a little more than three weeks until the premiere of the new season of America's Next Top Model, but the question is, will the season be fresh and exciting or one cycle too many? As many might know this new season will be cycle 12. We will see if Tyra and the other judges can pull together some new ideas and make the everlasting battle of the models a season to look forward to. March 4th marks the new cycle, which some are anxiously awaiting for, but others stay skeptical.
Last season was full of tackiness and repetition. Even though it was clear Tyra's efforts and attempts were to make the season like nothing else before, she clearly fell in an act that was, at times, comical.
From the second episode the models arrived to find Mr. and Mrs. Jay wearing futuristic outfits, and that is where the weirdness began. They both explained to the models that this cycle's theme was going into the future. As the models entered a building, they went through many futuristic, but clearly fake machines. The machines were said to make them better models. Then they arrived at another machine that was malfunctioning and this was where Tyra made her big entrance. Tyra appeared from out of the machine acting like a robot. The models didn't seem to mind, they were, as always, star struck by the sight of Tyra, that they didn't even care, even if she was acting like a robot. The special effects also added to the tackiness of this season. Once "robot" Tyra was finished talking to the girls she "disappeared" out of thin air! The models all looked really surprised (they might be good models, but they weren't too great at acting). The season lacked freshness and was weird at times to say the least.
In the early cycles of America's Next Top Model, each and every episode was marked with a kind of new experience or challenge. The competition seemed genuine and the judges promised a mix of humor and advice for the models. The freshness of the competition seemed to die away after the seventh cycle and even though fans might stay faithful to the series, it never could live up to its early days.
The last season never provided the audience with anything it had in the beginning. The photo shoots became boring because they couldn’t come up with new ideas. The judges, with new judge, Paulina Porizkova, seemed to try and add humor to the show, when it wasn't funny. They just tried too hard to make the challenges fun and exciting when, in the end, they were really repetitive of what had happened previously in earlier seasons. So I don't totally bash on Tyra, last season did, however, have some things that were amusing. The first photo shoot was based on voting, which encouraged young voters to vote. On the upside of this competition, Tyra always seems to make at least one photo shoot based on some sort of cause.
So should you tune in for this premiere or not? This season could be promising, but most likely it is just going to be a repeat of last season. Once again there will be efforts to make the competition more interesting, but they will fail to do so. Consequently, the audiences will not want to tune in for more. There might be a few surprises this season, and new challenges, or new photo shoots, but overall this season won’t live up to the previous expectations, or the earlier seasons of ANTM. If you lack some humor in your life you might want to tune in purely for some comedic relief, at what the models have to go through or anything Tyra will say this season. Cycle 12 is most likely going to fail, and it wouldn’t be surprising if this was the last season ever to air.
Word Count: 645
Last season was full of tackiness and repetition. Even though it was clear Tyra's efforts and attempts were to make the season like nothing else before, she clearly fell in an act that was, at times, comical.
From the second episode the models arrived to find Mr. and Mrs. Jay wearing futuristic outfits, and that is where the weirdness began. They both explained to the models that this cycle's theme was going into the future. As the models entered a building, they went through many futuristic, but clearly fake machines. The machines were said to make them better models. Then they arrived at another machine that was malfunctioning and this was where Tyra made her big entrance. Tyra appeared from out of the machine acting like a robot. The models didn't seem to mind, they were, as always, star struck by the sight of Tyra, that they didn't even care, even if she was acting like a robot. The special effects also added to the tackiness of this season. Once "robot" Tyra was finished talking to the girls she "disappeared" out of thin air! The models all looked really surprised (they might be good models, but they weren't too great at acting). The season lacked freshness and was weird at times to say the least.
In the early cycles of America's Next Top Model, each and every episode was marked with a kind of new experience or challenge. The competition seemed genuine and the judges promised a mix of humor and advice for the models. The freshness of the competition seemed to die away after the seventh cycle and even though fans might stay faithful to the series, it never could live up to its early days.
The last season never provided the audience with anything it had in the beginning. The photo shoots became boring because they couldn’t come up with new ideas. The judges, with new judge, Paulina Porizkova, seemed to try and add humor to the show, when it wasn't funny. They just tried too hard to make the challenges fun and exciting when, in the end, they were really repetitive of what had happened previously in earlier seasons. So I don't totally bash on Tyra, last season did, however, have some things that were amusing. The first photo shoot was based on voting, which encouraged young voters to vote. On the upside of this competition, Tyra always seems to make at least one photo shoot based on some sort of cause.
So should you tune in for this premiere or not? This season could be promising, but most likely it is just going to be a repeat of last season. Once again there will be efforts to make the competition more interesting, but they will fail to do so. Consequently, the audiences will not want to tune in for more. There might be a few surprises this season, and new challenges, or new photo shoots, but overall this season won’t live up to the previous expectations, or the earlier seasons of ANTM. If you lack some humor in your life you might want to tune in purely for some comedic relief, at what the models have to go through or anything Tyra will say this season. Cycle 12 is most likely going to fail, and it wouldn’t be surprising if this was the last season ever to air.
Word Count: 645
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