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Fashion has been on people's minds since time immemorial. Whether man, woman, child or elderly, individuals have sought to express themselves through how they dressed, one more conservative, the other extravagant and glamorous. Nowadays, it's quite a technique to skillfully attempt to dress people when being dressed sometimes implies having no clothing whatsoever. This effect is accurately illustrated in Picture 1 in which a marrying couple seem to be wearing, what looks like a uniform for the man, and a dressing gown for the woman. While one does notice the boxer shorts on the man and the extension of a real dress on the woman, the effect is nevertheless substantial. Deeply rooted in ritualized tribalists cultures, body painting nowadays stands for various purposes: it has come to represent either a form of extravaganza, or means by which people choose to protest (Picture 2), other times is used to cover up certain physical disadvantages.
Following a similar trail, there is a new fashion in town, one that requires liquid mixture of cotton fibres, goggles, and some imagination. How does it work? One sprays the paint over the body in whichever...
It can be anything from a T-shirt to dresses, or swimwear and hats. The paint dries instantly once it touches the skin, resulting into a garment that can actually be used like any other piece of clothing bought in a shop (Picture 3). The invention belongs to Manel Torres who sought to demonstrate how science and technology can help fashion in a "futuristic" sense, while being able to return to how clothes were initially made when fibres were bonded together without weaving or stitching.
Extravaganza is not limited to actual dresses, but hair styles follow a similar trend as depicted from Picture 4. While it looks like the animal is made of the model's hair, the "surplus" is actually a hat. This sort of initiatives are the product of contemporary world in which designers do not shy away from even using dead animals to create new trends in fashion. Iris Schieferstein has become famous for her usage of such "materials" from which she designs and makes shoes (Picture 5).
Women's hats go back into history since the Middle Ages when the Church decided women should cover their hair. What started at home as making of hats soon turned into a profession of its own. From…
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Cultural Observation In any culture, the way someone dresses will have an impact in identifying who they are and the traditions which are embraced. The Indian civilization has their own form of dress that is holding onto various social customs in the form of the sari. To fully understand how this is impacting society requires carefully examining the cultural context of the dress ensemble, providing a description of it and discussing
Cultural Observation The television program Criminal Minds is a modern police procedural which deals with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) criminal profiling unit, the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU). Throughout the episodes of the program, the situation is set up so it is "us vs. them" with the FBI representing law and order and their opposition representing criminality. There are two sets of characterizations, those in law enforcement and the perpetrators
Cultural Observation of Dress Why do all humans engage in the act of dressing the body? Consider how dress relates to both the physical and the social needs of the wearer. Everyone dresses according to social factors and to make themselves more physically appealing to other. This helps them to be seen as hip and enhance their appearance. These variables ensure that the social and individual needs of the person are met.
Clothing is a very important concept in India and a person is likely to focus on adopting a certain dress style according to the circumstances he or she comes across. Factors like ethnicity, geography, climate, and cultural background are essential in determining the attitudes that a person is likely to take on with regard to dress style. Dressing styles have evolved from Langotas and loincloths to more elaborate costumes that
The Balinese seem to be coping with the tourist invasion as well as they have coped with others, that is they are taking what they want, but they are not allowing themselves to be any the less Balinese. This appears to have been the story throughout Bali's history, outside cultures came, perhaps as conquerors, perhaps only as visitors and traders, but Balinese society and culture have remained distinctive, accepting
Cultural Distance: How Is it Measured, And How it Impact on Global Marketing Operations The persistence of cultural distances is relevant for the global multinational marketing operations exposed to multiple cultures in their everyday activities. This indicates that marketing across border introduces complexities because it forces global marketers to tailor their approaches and practices to each cultural context they carry out their business activities. As a result, this paper will discuss