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Point of View - Serena French


http://nypost.com/2015/05/19/cannes-no-flats-policy-is-totally-sexist/
http://nypost.com/2015/02/23/oscars-red-carpet-fashion-was-especially-bland-this-year/


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Felicity Jones, 2015 Oscars
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Ines de La Fressange, Cannes 2014
Serena French, a columnist for the New York Post, has an undeniable passion for fashion and she makes that prominent in her columns.  I know that she’s a fashion columnist by the way French always includes pictures of dresses or shoes or any other articles of clothing at the very top of her online article page, and she refers back to them throughout the column so readers can picture what she is talking about, but they can also see for themselves what she is discussing. French is currently a Fashion Editor at the New York Post and has been writing for them for more than eight years. She’s reported about fashion from the Golden Globes to the Grammys, and has been doing so for a very long time. I chose her as my columnist because I liked her voice and how she effectively communicates her point of view about fashion itself in less than a page or two.

French uses a lot of negative diction to convey her thoughts about fashion at certain events. In her article "Cannes' no-flat policy is totally sexist", she says, " . . . this year there's a fresh enthusiasm for a fascist approach to footwear" to show how she felt about women not being allowed to wear flat shoes at this event. Likewise, in "Hollywood's biggest stars played it safe on the red carpet", French uses words like "dead", "forgettable", "dullest" and "unremarkable" to tell readers that she was unimpressed by the celebrities' style choices at the 2015 Oscars. By using negative diction in her columns, she criticizes fashion choices to show her readers what she thinks, but leaves enough room for thought for readers to form their own opinion on her topics.


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  1. AnonymousFebruary 29, 2016 at 8:45 AM

    Along with the use of negative diction, I noticed that she uses rhetorical questions and fragments to make the reader feel more apart of the articles also it lets the reader know in a subtle way how to interpret the information given.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 29, 2016 at 8:49 AM

    I noticed that Serena French uses some figurative language to describe the dresses and outfits to us. She uses the metaphor "an endless parade" and the idiom "hitting it out of the park." I think this adds her voice into the column and makes it more interesting. I also agree that she uses a lot of negative connotation to really emphasize her criticism. Good job on your two paragraphs!

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