When we scroll down Instagram, most of us are looking for stunning images to inspire us, give us a hint at what the latest trends are/will be and even just to find something funny to brighten our day. However, even for the exclusively ‘fashion conscious’ among us, Instagram has become a much more powerful tool than something to while away the time with.

Besides being an amazing way to help create brand awareness and liberate designers from the retail chain, ultimately letting them sell their own products directly on the platform, Instagram has become a helpful metric tool as well.

When we’re looking at fashion posts or blogs, more often than not we’re viewing them from the point of view of someone who is either a fan of the designer/brand or as someone who interested in buying from the brand/label. But there’s something that most of us are over-looking and that’s the ability to buy stocks or shares in a brand or label that we love.

While it is true that entering the stock market and buying a dress are two totally different things, being able to make money from a brand you love while supporting them is a really cool feature that isn’t always made clear enough to younger generations these days. Plus encouraging more women to hold stock portfolios at some point in their lives is a great way of creating a more accessible and inclusive attitude in the largely male-dominated world of the stock market. Just saying!

That being said, using an application like Instagram as a tool to determine which brands are likely going to be successful stock is a great idea. According to a recent study by UBS, analysts realized that there was a 76% correlation between the number of likes a brand page was getting per post and overall per month and the number of sales they would ultimately make that month.

When pages have a higher number of likes, even if most people can’t afford their designer items, it shows that they’re more likely to at some point or another. The stronger a brands market share, the more valuable each share becomes – at least in the world of fashion, where popularity and mass appeal are the name of the game (as well as style of course).

There are few things that ire audiences more than seeing a beloved book butchered on screen. After all, there’s plenty of time to fall in love with a book over the course of a few hundred pages. Capturing it all in a couple of hours, though, seems to prove challenging. Luckily, these book lovers were willing to share some of their favorite book-to-screen adaptations for a change of pace.

If you’re a fan of suspense and a darker plotline, you might just fall in love with Gone Girl. The good news is at the film stands up to the suspense and haunting tones of the novel.

This is also another example of a film that benefits from a talented cast. This included the likes of Rosamund Pike, Ben Affleck, Neil Patrick Harris, and more. Either version is captivating but make sure you’re in for an intense story before curling up with Gone Girl!

When Jenny Han’s book, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, hit Netflix, plenty of people were enraptured. Some even cited it as one of the best adaptations they’d ever seen.

The end result was a romantic prompt that led us through a coming-of-age story that left many people hanging on for more. This adaptation came from a 2014 novel but was adapted and released in 2018. The cliffhanger at the end of the story leaves us waiting for more.

There are few movies that have quite the cult following as Trainspotting. Filmed in 1996, the movie is actually based on a book by Irvine Welsh released in 1993 of the same name.

Once again, this is another film that benefits from a talented cast. You can catch the likes of Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, and Ewan McGregor. The adaptation itself came from a screenplay by John Hodge and director Danny Boyle with an adaptation that succeeded in its goals.

With a heavyweight like Emma Thompson on the project, there was no way that 1995’s film adaptation of Sense and Sensibility could fail. Directed by Ang Lee, it’s one of the best adaptations of the book to date.

The characters aren’t completely true to form but most screen adaptations differ in one way or another. The real benefit is that the changes that were made to the screenplay weren’t so significant that it’s not recognizable for its original work.

The Exorcist is one of the most famous horror movies ever. It’s even garnered a reputation as a particularly cursed filming experience.

The 1973 film was actually based on a book as well. William Peter Blatty not only adapted the screenplay for The Exorcist but wrote the novel too. The icing on the cake was seeing the scariest scenes in the book brought to life with terrifying practical effects. It’s gone down in history as one of the most groundbreaking films in horror.

There are few people out there who haven’t seen The Princess Bride or can quote the climactic scene where Mandy Patinkin’s Inigo Montoya seeks vengeance for his father’s death.

The movie is based on a book of the same name and takes an interesting approach to the adaptation. While it’s generally faithful to the source material, it also cleverly cuts out some of the more drawn-out parts of the novel. The result is a screenplay by the author that keeps audiences enraptured through the whole film.

Turning back to horror cinema classics, we’d be remiss in failing to mention a particularly popular piece. This time, the film came in the form of Rosemary’s Baby.

The two pieces of media both follow a young mother, pregnant with her first child. As she gets closer to her due date, though, she starts to notice strange happenings. Without going into too many details and spoiling things, know that you can rely on both versions of the story to stay on the edge of your seat.

Speaking of literary giants, there are few people who aren’t at least cursorily familiar with To Kill a Mockingbird. The media was later adapted from the source material into a movie.

The movie came out only two years after the novel but the results were impactful. The movie is consistently highly rated and few people picture anyone but Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch. The emotional film is considered an important piece of media and goes is one of the better book-to-screen adaptations.

While you might not recognize the title of The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich, you’ll definitely recognize the content matter and film adaptation.

This is the book that the movie The Social Network is based on. Both the book and the movie take a closer look at the founding of Facebook as well as the environment of Harvard University at a time. Given that Facebook is so popular, the film didn’t have much room for failure!

When you hear the title, The Girl with a Pearl Earring, you might think of the Johannes Vermeer painting. The painting is known for its mysterious air.

What if we knew the story behind the painting and the woman in it, though? As for the film Girl with a Pearl Earring, it came in 2003, four years after the novel by Olivia Hetreed was released. While some complained that the movie had a slow pace, it’s generally praised its adaptational value.

There are few pieces of media that have the same lasting recognition as Breakfast at Tiffany’s. The Audrey Hepburn film captivates audiences years later.

As far as book adaptations go, the film edition of Truman Capote’s novel is more than memorable. However, fans did have a few notes about the adaptation. Namely, the version on the silver screen cut out a lot of the darker elements of the story as well as the queer elements of the novel.

The one rule about Fight Club is that you aren’t supposed to talk about it. However, we’ll have to break that rule to give it some praise here.

If you don’t take our word for it, you can trust the writer of the original novel, Chuck Palahniuk praised the movie himself. Still, it’s worth acknowledging that he noted the movie was a more simplified version of the plot. Now, the film is an unforgettable cult classic.

When it comes to teen movies, the 2012 adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower was highly anticipated. The original novel was written by Stephen Chbosky in 1999.

The film came out with a cast that featured heavy hitters like Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Dylan McDermott, Joan Cusack, and Paul Rudd. The film was well-received and benefited from a screenplay by none other than the author himself. This helped preserve the integrity of the novel as it transitioned to the big screen.

The original novel No Country for Old Men was written by Cormac McCarthy. When it was adapted into a film, the Coen brothers took on the project themselves.

The result was a movie that was incredibly faithful to the novel. In fact, there are plenty of scenes you can read and watch side-by-side and notice little change in the dialogue. Book fans definitely wouldn’t want to miss adaptations that take after this one.

The film The Cider House Rules came out in 1999 while the novel came out more than a decade earlier, in 1985. Under the same name, the novel was written by author John Irving.

The movie has received a lot of praise over the years, despite the fact that there are some major changes in the silver screen adaptation. Still, the core of the novel was still captured in the movie, likely because John Irving himself wrote the screenplay for the film.

For this entry on this list, we’re going to step away from the movie theater lines and silver screens. Instead, we’re going to take a look at a TV adaptation.

When it came to the well-loved series by Daniel Handler, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Netflix was ready to take up the mantel. The series in question lasted from 2017 to 2019 and starred none other than Neil Patrick Harris as the sinister Count Olaf.

The Wizard of Oz made its debut on the silver screen in 1939 but its popularity hasn’t waned much since then. It definitely has longevity that L. Frank Baum probably couldn’t imagine.

Was it that it was so faithful to its source material? Perhaps – the film did stay relatively faithful to the source material. However, the real magic was in the visuals. Especially back when it was released, the bright colors and surprising effects captivated audiences then and since.

As we’ve seen, there’s a high bar for classic novels. After all, a wider audience is familiar with the concept, and anyone who’s had to read a book academically will look at adaptations with a more critical eye.

If you want something that’s known for being faithful to the source material, you’ll want to consider Pride and Prejudice. More specifically, since the book has been adapted more than once, many turn to the 1995 version for the most faithful version of the book.

Hidden Figures, in both its book and movie form, had an inspiring purpose. It brought to light the work of real women who worked as mathematicians to get NASA’s Project Mercury off the ground.

The story follows the work of Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughn. These roles are filled, respectively, by Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monáe, and Octavia Spencer. The story is an impressive one that gives credit where it’s due. All in all, the film was a commercial success once it hit box offices.

In 1969, a book was released by Mario Puzo that would change cinema history. Today, there are few people who aren’t familiar with The Godfather, at least from the film.

The film The Godfather wouldn’t come out until a few years later, in 1972. The result was a crime story that would be remembered for decades. It definitely helped that the cast included the talents of Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, all under the artistic hand of Francis Ford Coppola.

To be fair, the film Les Misérables released in 2012 was based less on the original book and more on the musical of the same name. Still, it’s fairly impressive.

As an adaptation of the novel, we can focus on the storyline more than the merits or drawbacks of the film for its quality as a musical. In all, the film boils down many of the concepts in the novel but it’s done artistically so to keep the plot intact and mainly done to limit an already fairly long run time.

Christian Bale is pretty well-known for his commitment to his roles. There are few quite as chilling as his now-famous performance as Patrick Bateman.

The film adaptation of American Psycho came out in 2000 while the novel by Bret Easton Ellis was released nine years before in 1991. Since the book and the novel are both chilling and shocking, either is bound to captivate the audience upon their first time looking into either version.

If you want to take another look at what the end times could entail, you can join Neil Gaiman in his story, Good Omens. It was later adapted into a show featuring Michael Sheen and David Tennant as the leads.

Both the show and the book are remarkably similar in plot and more. With the use of a narrator as well as the general attitudes of the characters, the on-screen adaption keeps the irreverent approach that Gaiman takes to the apocalypse on the page.

Back in 1985, Patrick Süskind wrote a book titled Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. It wasn’t until 20 years later that Tom Tykwer would direct the film adaptation.

The story follows Jean-Baptiste Grenouille tells the story of his life as a murderer, with a fantastical twist, through flashbacks. While the film adaptation is sometimes considered weaker in writing, it benefits from stunning visuals and the talents of actors like Ben Whishaw and Alan Rickman.

When you ask about cinematic masterpieces, it doesn’t take long for the title The Shawshank Redemption tends to come up rather quickly.

The 1994 film by Frank Darabont is actually one of the many adaptations of Stephen King’s works, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption. King didn’t particularly believe it would make a full-length movie but the end result, while fairly altered, went down in cinematic history as a great adaptation, even at the cost of some faithfulness.

Persepolis is an interesting choice among these adaptations because of its style. The original Marjane Satrapi story was delivered in the form of a graphic novel.

As such, adapting it to a live-action film would likely change the impact of the film. After all, in a graphic novel, the imagery is just as striking as the story, ideally. The story follows the author’s life living during the Iranian Revolution and the black-and-white graphics match the tone well.

If you want to see the first introduction of Lady Macbeth, you’ll want to look at William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The wife of the titular character is noted for her cunning and cruelty.

Yet, the story we’re looking at here is Lady Macbeth, a novella originally called Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District by Nikolai Leskov. Not to mention, as any fan of Midsommar can tell you, Florence Pugh is perfectly suited to such a sinister role.

The adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada is so good that it’s practically surpassed the fame of the novel. If you aren’t familiar, the novel came out in 2003 and is by Lauren Weisberger.

The story in both follows the life of Andy Sachs as she works for fashion magazine mogul, Miranda Priestly. The film didn’t hold back on casting either, filling the screen with talented names such as Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, and Meryl Streep.

When it comes to classic literature, you usually have a few options as to which version you want to watch. As for Little Women, this viewer much preferred the 1994 version.

This could partially be thanks to a stellar cast. You can catch Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Kirsten Dunst, and Christian Bale all in the film. Furthermore, though, the movie is praised for capturing the spirit of the Alcott book that’s gone down in history as a literary giant.

There are certain movies that, even if they don’t capture every scene in the book perfectly, capture the essence of what was written well.

There are few screen adaptations that match the film version of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. The movie captured the events of the book as well as the aesthetic to a T. Plus, it had the benefit of a star-studded cast including the likes of Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, and Emilio Esteves.