| Jackie Kennedy is an important figure in discussing the rhetoric of fashion. |
Jackie Kennedy is an important figure in the discussion of fashion discourse. |
| As first lady, she was part of the elite, ruling class. |
As first lady, she was part of an elite ruling class. |
| As is normally the case with fashion trends, the ruling class establishes the fashion trends, and lower classes then attempt to emulate those styles. |
As with fashion trends naturally, the ruling class and define fashion trends, lower castes and then try to emulate those methods. |
| Those who imitated Jackie Kennedy's style did so not only because they liked her sense of style, but they also wanted to identify with those aspects of her life that her style brought with it: wealth, power, and social status. |
Those who imitated style of Jackie Kennedy did so not only because they love her sense of style, but they also want to identify with those aspects of her life that her style brought with him: wealth, power, and social status.
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| Celebrity figures such as Jackie Kennedy provide us with the most accessible vision of what it means to be wealthy. |
Celebrity figures such as Jackie Kennedy provides us with a vision that can be accessed from what it means to be rich.
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| Their style and their fashion choices become culturally understood symbols that represent wealth and power. |
Their style and fashion choices of their own have become culturally understood symbols that represent wealth and power.
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| Once the “refined taste” of the elite is adopted by lower classes, (for example: imitation Louis Vuitton handbags, fake Chanel sunglasses) the elite then shift gears and establish a new high-fashion trend that places them back at the top of the fashion pyramid. |
Once it adopted the "taste" of the elite of the lower classes, (for example: the tradition of Louis Vuitton handbags and sunglasses Chanel fake) elite then gears and establish a new trend of high fashion that puts it back into the top of the fashion pyramid. |
| Many times, the trend among the elite is to wear clothing that appears “casual” and “low-maintenance,” (all while costing hundreds or even thousands of dollars) – but as soon as the actual casual and low maintenance wearers adopt those trends, the style changes. |
In many cases, the trend among the elite is to wear clothes that show "casual" and "low maintenance", (all the while costing hundreds or even thousands of dollars) - but as soon as the wearer rely actual casual low these trends and maintenance, change style .
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