Dissertations / Theses: 'Clothing and Dress'

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Scott, Margaret Cochrane. "Dress in Scotland 1406-1460." Thesis, Courtauld Institute of Art (University of London), 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.295035.

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Negrao, Nayra Waddington. "Multi-dimensional clothing." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1346.

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Thesis (BTech (Fashion Design))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010
The main objective of the research is to unfold the necessary theory by using current and relevant information available, in the scientific and fashion department, to substantiate the exploration of dimensions and the associated human interpretation. To produce two separate collections that combined illustrate my personal design identity, but when apart they demonstrate two parallel versions of the same concept. The main collection is divided into two ranges, one commercial and another conceptual. The commercial pieces will present a more affordable ready-to-wear range to the consumer while the conceptual pieces will represent my own interpretation of the concept chosen for this research. Together these designs will formulate a vision for the overall collection, reflecting my own meaning and interpretation of what dimensions are and the various techniques of representing them. Extensive research will be done to unfold all the theory needed to substantiate my findings during this exploration into dimensions and the universe we live in.

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Rainer-Jeanes, Earline. "Clothing interest, leisure activity continuity and their association to clothing fit satisfaction for women 55 years and older." Thesis, This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07102009-040413/.

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Batchelor, Jennie Elizabeth. "Dress, distress and desire : clothing and sentimental literature." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2002. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/1441.

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This study explores representations of the adorned female body in sentimental literature. In particular, it addresses the intersection of the discourses of dress, fashion and sensibility and the political anxieties such intersections expose. These concerns are located within current critical debate upon the implications of the feminine sentimental ideal for women readers and writers. Building upon recent scholarship, the introduction argues that sensibility was predicated upon a concept of the body as an index of feeling. This argument is subsequently complicated, through a reading of More's `Sensibility' (1782), which points to the potential of dress to function as both an extension of the corporeal index and metaphor for sensibility's propensity to lapse into affectation. Dress, as More implies, not only exposed but embodied the paradox status of sensibility as a symbol of selfhood externally expressed, and possibly affected mode of display. The opening chapters explore, in greater depth, the perceived antagonism between dress and the sentimental body. Chapter One centres on Pamela (1740) and the heroine's contentious appearance in her homespun gown and petticoat. Chapter Two explores textual representations of dressmakers and milliners, whose damning association with fashion ensured that they became personifications of and further justifications for critiques of dress as a form of social and moral encryption. Subsequent chapters on ladies' magazines and Fordyce's Sermons to Young Women (1765) discuss how writers, across various genres, responded to this antagonism by suggesting ways in which the adorned female body might become a synecdoche of sentimental virtue. Such texts, however, reveal the fault line upon which they and, by extension, sensibility rest. In analogising appearance and worth, writers had to uncomfortably acknowledge that, once outlined in print, such ideals became accessible to readers, potentially rendering virtue as easy to put on as a gown or petticoat. The final chapter addresses the escalating synonymy of fashion and sentiment in the 1790s, as critics argued that the distinction between genuine feeling and its performance had blurred to obscurity. Edgeworth's Belinda (1801) is read, in this context, as a counter-sentimental novel, which attempts to divorce the two through the rehabilitation of the woman of fashion as a woman of `true' sensibility: a wife and mother.

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Keller-Drescher, Lioba. "Die Ordnung der Kleider : ländliche Mode in Württemberg 1750 - 1850 /." Tübingen : Tübinger Vereinigung für Volkskunde, 2003. http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0d5x6-aa.

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Hamilton, Polly. "Haberdashery for use in dress 1550-1800." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/14406.

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This study investigates the supply, distribution and use of haberdashery wares in England in the late sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with especial reference to the paired counties of Cumbria and Lancashire, Warwickshire and Leicestershire, Hampshire and West Sussex. A brief comparison is also made with London. Through examination of documentary evidence and extant examples, it aims to set the provision and use of haberdashery for dress into the context of the Early Modern period, and challenges widely held assumptions concerning the availability of wares through the country. The purpose of the argument is firstly to demonstrate that haberdashery, being both a necessity and a luxury, was an important, and historically traceable, part of traded goods in the early modern period, and secondly, with particular reference to the response of retailers to changing needs and demands, to show that the widescale availability of haberdashery for use in dress made it significant in the expression of personal identity and appearance for individuals of all social strata, while its manufacture and distribution provided employment for considerable numbers of people.

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Leung, Ka-kie. "Dress and gender power." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25262063.

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Wolf, Allyson Arbury. "Dressing wounds and healing justice a journey of individual and national transformation /." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2010. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Spring2010/a_wolf_031310.pdf.

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Chenault, Lindsay. "About tailored wearable design /." unrestricted, 2008. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04202008-101336/.

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Thesis (M.F.A.)--Georgia State University, 2008.
Title from file title page. Stan Anderson, committee chair; Nancy Floyd, Elizabeth Floop, committee members. Electronic text (55 p. : col. ill.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed June 6, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-55).

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Silverstein, Cory Carole. "Clothed encounters : the power of dress in relations between Anishnaabe and British peoples in the Great Lakes Region, 1760-2000 /." *McMaster only, 2000.

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Ma, Jin Joo. "Dress-scape : wearing the sound of fashion." Thesis, Royal College of Art, 2017. http://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/2799/.

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Can a sound itself be a garment? This practice-led research explores the sound of garments and fashion, which is unheard, unspoken or overheard, to suggest a new perspective for reconsidering garments and fashion. Through experiments with making, wearing and displaying, the research examines the sound, voice or silence embedded in garments and fashion and affective experiences aroused from garments as atmospheric spaces. A new term, ‘dress-scape’, is introduced and discussed through a series of practical and theoretical approaches to the concept. The research suggests that the dress-scape of a garment emerges as the resonance of sound, voice, noise or silence from the interplay between the garment and the maker, the wearer or the viewer. As the research attempts to locate fashion in a new place, the practice varies significantly from that in conventional garments. The maker rather explores non-wearable garments, other artefacts, installation, film and sound-making using diverse mediums. The practice, in turn, oscillates between fashion and art practice. The journal entries exist as a documentation of the maker’s reflections on the research journey and contribute to the development of both practical and theoretical renderings of the research. Inspired by the notion of ‘tacet’ (broadly, ‘silence’) as used in John Cage’s work, 4’33”, the research aims to invite the reader, the viewer and the listener to be silent and to ‘listen’ to the research, together with the maker, who also acts as the author and the composer. Thus, rather than acting as a series of problem-solving investigations for knowledge acquisition, the research is essentially the journey of the investigation of the maker’s tacit awareness of other related issues including modernist artists, film, architecture, the relationship between fashion and art, and curatorial display. This, in turn, adds to the value of the practice-led research, elevating it to an interdisciplinary study.

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Van, Rhyn Sonelle. "Security-focused party wear for the purpose of enhanced personal safety in the urban environment." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1343.

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Thesis (BTech (Fashion Design))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010
This dissertation will focus on a security focused range of ladies clubbing apparel, adapted for the urban lifestyle. The dissertation is based on the theory of the Supermodern Condition and the Supermodern Design Aesthetic, by Marc Auge. I will investigate the topics of street and contact crime and also means of design that incorporate safety measures into contemporary fashion apparel. The aim of this dissertation was to create a range that would allow for the integration of storage for young ladies personal items into their clothing. This range would allow the wearer enhanced mobility and liberate them from cumbersome bags and purses, in an urban clubbing setting. The design inspiration is based on contemporary fashion styling and trends in order to have commercial appeal to the target group.

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Xu, Yongchao. "An analysis of the visual structure and meaning in the evolution of Qipao." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2009. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2009/y_xu_041309.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A. in apparel, merchandising, design and textiles)--Washington State University, May 2009.
Title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 12, 2010). "Department of Apparel, Merchandising, Design and Textiles." Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-101).

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Park, Jae Ok. "Clothing style preference of working women related to self- image/clothing-image congruity and public self-consciousness." Diss., This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07282008-140007/.

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Wong, Sai-Keung. "High performance virtual clothing dynamics /." View abstract or full-text, 2004. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?COMP%202004%20WONGS.

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Almila, Anna-Mari. "Hijab as dress : Muslim women's clothing strategies in contemporary Finland." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2014. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=211282.

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This thesis concerns female Islamic dress, the hijab, in contemporary urban Finland. The hijab is not merely a symbol or an inevitable embodiment of either female oppression or agency, but rather is a form of dress that is simultaneously social, mental, material, and spatial. The approach developed here captures the multiple dimensions of the hijab as it is lived and experienced. The thesis draws upon ideas from a range of social theorists, including Bourdieu, Lefebvre, Goffman, and Gramsci. These ideas are deployed to understand the conscious and semi-conscious dress strategies and practices that veiling Muslim women use to manage various everyday issues and challenges. I investigate questions concerning how social, material and spatial relations both impact upon, and are negotiated by, the wearing of the hijab. The research was conducted in Helsinki using ethnographic methods, such as semi-structured interviews and participant observation. The main groups of informants were Finnish converts to Islam, Somalis, and Shi'a Muslims from Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq, and the sample covered women of various ages, educational backgrounds, and professional positions. The empirical chapters are organised according to four major themes: Politics, Materiality, Performance, and Visibility in Public Space. According to the findings, Muslim women in Finland negotiate their dress strategies with reference to Finnish ‘mainstream' society, religious doctrine and the demands of their particular ethnic communities. Dress strategies and practices are found to be bound up in complex but identifiable ways with factors such as fashion markets and dress availability, diverse modes of embodiment and habituation, and the socio-spatial relations which produce and are produced by the Finnish built environment. In sum, by focussing on the lived experience of wearing the hijab, many of the more simplistic politicised understandings of Muslim women and their characteristic forms of dress can be challenged and superseded.

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Packer, Connie Lynn. "Registered Dietitian Dress and The Effect of Dietitian Dress on Perceived Professionalism." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2007. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1262.

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People use others' dress to make assumptions, including how they believe the wearer will behave. Observers then adjust their behavior in response to the anticipated behavior of the wearer. Physician or nurse dress affects the degree to which patients perceive the medical professional as confident, experienced, competent, mature, trustworthy, and professional. Dietitian dress has not been studied. Our purpose was to identify 1) the current level of formality of dress of registered dietitians (RD), 2) characteristics of dress codes, 3) the effect of RD dress on patient/client perceptions of professional traits, and 4) the level of formality at which an RD is perceived as being most professional. Phase I Respondents were randomly selected from the American Hospital Association database and the national WIC directory. A total of 972 managers (449 WIC and 523 hospital nutrition services) completed a survey about their facility's dress code policy for RDs, and how the facility's dietitians dress for work. Data showed that at most WIC clinics dietitians dress in Semi-Casual (khaki pants/collared knit top) attire while most hospitals dietitians dress in Business Casual II (dress slacks/knit shirt) attire. Over half of all managers surveyed felt that dietitian dress was important and a priority. Phase II Respondents were patients/clients of a hospital or WIC clinic in Illinois, Virginia, or Utah. Respondents gave demographic information and rated pictures of a dietitian in nine sets of clothing on eight characteristics: empathetic, competent, approachable, credible, organized, effective, professional, and confident. Respondents identified the dietitian with whom they would most and least prefer to have nutritional counseling. A total of 582 surveys were collected. These data showed that WIC participants and hospital patients most preferred the dietitian to dress in Business Casual (dress slacks/collared dress shirt) with a lab coat; this attire also received the most positive/desirable Professional Characteristic Scores. All respondents least preferred the dietitian dressed in Casual (jeans/knit shirt) attire; this attire received the least positive/desirable Professional Characteristic Scores. Only 1.1% of WIC and 8.1% of hospital dietitians regularly wear dress slacks, a collared shirt, and a lab coat, the patients'/clients' most preferred dress for dietitians.

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Shen, Dong. "Chinese consumers and US-made clothing : a cultural perspective /." online access from Digital dissertation consortium access full-text, 1999. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?9941432.

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Kimsey, Lisa P. (Lisa Pierce). "Dress Style, Counselor and Client Gender and Expectations About Counseling." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1988. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc798356/.

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This study explored the effects of counselor dress style and counselor and subject gender on clients' expectations about counseling. Two hundred fifty undergraduate students were given Tinsley's Expectations About Counseling questionnaire. Dress style was shown to have no effect on the expectations measured. Significant main effects were found for client gender, counselor gender and their two way interaction on the measures of responsibility, acceptance, confrontation, empathy, genuineness, tolerance, trustworthiness, concreteness, and immediacy. Post hoc analysis revealed that both male and female participants had higher expectations of female counselors than male counselors. Participants of both genders also expected female counselors to be more confrontive, genuine, trustworthy, concrete, and accepting than male counselors. They also had a higher expectation that counseling would address their immediate concerns.

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Leung, Ka-kie, and 梁嘉琪. "Dress and gender power." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31953621.

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Harps-Logan, Yvette. "Clothing values and clothing buying practices of black and white middle income women." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39907.

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The purpose of this study was to determine if there were differences in clothing values between Black and White middle-income women patronizing the primary and second-order markets, and to determine if there were differences in the clothing buying practices between these groups in the two markets. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to a purposive sample of 250 Black and White women residing in three metropolitan areas. The clothing values measured were economic, political, religious, and conformity. Eighteen clothing buying practices were included in this study. N1ne practices were speclfical1y directed toward the second-order market shoppers. Variations were found in the rank order of clothing values within the two groups. Blacks ranked the religious value higher and conform1ty lower than the Whites. Blacks scored higher on the economic and re1igous clothing values while Whites scored higher on conformity. Significant differences between Black and White middle-income women in their clothing buying practices were found in: (1) the method used to acquire the majority of clothing; (2) the percentage of personal clothing items purchased in primary stores; and (3) buying pattern for a dress costing more than $50.00. Significant differences between Black and White middle-income women who used the second-order market were found in: (1) length of time respondents had purchased used-clothing; (2) satisfaction with price when making used-clothing purchases; (3) shopping the Salvation Army, Goodwill, and thrift stores; purchasing of (4) pants; and buying used-clothing to wear for (5) work and (6) school. Middle-income women who used the primary market exclusively scored higher on the conformity clothing value than did those who used the second-order market. Black consumers who used the second-order market held higher religious clothing values and lower conformity values than did the White women.
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Tolley, Rebecca. "Review of Encyclopedia of National Dress : Traditional Clothing Around the World." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5648.

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Nielson, Jennifer L. "The Relationship Between Education About Dress Practices and Change in Perception of Self-Concept Related to Dress." DigitalCommons@USU, 2009. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/421.

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The influence of an individual's dress practices on his/her sense of self has been studied for many years. Courses such as the Dress and Humanity course at Utah State University have been developed to educate students on the impact of dress on society. In this study, students in the Dress and Humanity course were given a pre-course and post-course survey to determine if self-perceptions related to dress practices underwent a change over the duration of the semester. Significant differences were found in the categories of body image, evaluating self-esteem, and communication of self to others. A relationship was found between survey responses and gender, degree of importance of clothing purchases, and how much money participants spent in the 365 days previous to the pre-course survey.

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Cho, Soo Eun. "Clothing gift expenditures the influence of gender, ethnicity, and age /." Greensboro, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2007. http://libres.uncg.edu/edocs/etd/1395/umi-uncg-1395.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2007.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Oct. 18, 2007). Directed by Barbara Dyer and Carl L. Dyer; submitted to the School of Human Environmental Sciences. Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-112).

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Mestres, Jamie Wilson Laurel E. Janke. "The development of the junior wear industry 1926-1930." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6290.

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Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on Feb. 18, 2010). The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Dr. Laurel Wilson, Thesis Supervisor Includes bibliographical references.

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Larmour, Margaret Swisher 1946. "A study of body measurements relating to the fit of clothing for 65 to 74 year old women." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276729.

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Survey questionnaires were utilized to solicit information from women between the ages of 65 and 74 who were in attendance at senior citizens' meetings. Primary objectives of the survey questionnaire were (1) to identify an optimum size range (most frequently occurring size) on which to base the measurement portion of the study, (2) to solicit information regarding the fit of clothing, and (3) to seek information regarding garment alterations required by these women. From the eighty-eight respondents, a purposive sample of twenty-one women between the ages of 65 and 74, and falling within optimum size identified in Phase I of the study, was selected for measurement. Fifty-six measurements were made on each subject. The measurements were statistically analyzed and compared with the standard size 12 used by pattern companies and the ready-to-wear industry. The women in this study, by and large, were heavier and shorter than the reference size twelve to which they were compared.

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Shephard, Arlesa J. Wilson Laurel E. Janke. "Waterproof dress an exploration of development and design from 1880 through 1895 /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6182.

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Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on Feb 16, 2010). The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Dissertation advisor: Dr. Laurel Wilson. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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Feik, Jennifer. "An analysis of textile roles in pre-history Olmec and Chinese civilizations." online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium access full-text, 2004. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?1419178.

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Gim, Geummi Jung. "Clothing acquisition patterns and size information of Oriental female immigrants." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276899.

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The purpose of the study was to investigate Oriental women's clothing acquisition behaviors and to compare their body measurements with the measurements listed in Voluntary Product Standard, PS 42-70. A questionnaire was administered to 101 Oriental women residing in Tucson, Arizona. Thirty-nine body measurements were taken from each subject in the sample. The major type of store used most frequently was department store. It appears that Oriental women were not impulsive buyers or influenced by suggestive selling techniques but highly represented careful shopping characteristics. Fit was the most important consideration in purchasing a garment. Newspapers were the major information source of fashion for Oriental women. A significant fitting problem area appeared in garment length when Oriental women purchased ready-to-wear. Bigger differences were found in vertical than the circumference body measurements for Oriental women when the mean of body measurements was compared with the PS 42-70 measurements.

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Huckabay, Dabney A. "Perceived body cathexis and garment fit and style proportion problems of petite women." Thesis, This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10062009-020234/.

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Bailey, Claire Simone. "Petite women: the reflection of confidence for petite women through dress." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1341.

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Thesis (BTech (Fashion Design))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010
Petite women face many difficulties when purchasing clothing (Kam, 2006). This has been the common reaction expressed by a number of petite women all over the globe (Kam, 2006). Although there have been efforts made to accommodate petite women in South Africa( National Textiles Research brief, 2007) regarding clothing such as Edgars in particular there is still a large amount of petite women who feel dissatisfied. To test whether poorly fitted clothing does have a psychological effect on the petite women, interviews will be conducted with students attending CPUT and UCT. Research on theories revolving around the human mind and how the perception of other people influence our own perceptions of our self image were covered and the product of this research will be a new sizing system for petite women and a range of smart wear which allows women to express themselves age appropriately. The apparel industry has been growing and has worked side by side with technology to address many problems concerning fit and have succeeded in many departments. The fashion industry has in fact paid little attention to petite individuals not recognizing the psychological effect it has on the consumer and could largely benefit if the industry concentrates more on fit, aesthetic and design problems.

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Turnbull, Susan G. "Clothing studies in New Brunswick secondary schools : teacher assessment of future content/." The Ohio State University, 1987. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487325740720934.

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Weissengruber, Thekla. "Zwischen Pflege und Kommerz : Studien zum Umgang mit Trachten in Österreich nach 1945 /." Wien : Lit, 2004. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=010548633&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.

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Fehrenbacher, Morgan Mary. "Clothing style and color preferences for the socially active mature female." Online version, 1998. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998fehrenbacherm.pdf.

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McCarthy, Bryan. "From fig leaves to skinny jeans : how clothes shape our experience of God, ourselves, and everything else." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:74ef707b-7f55-4bda-9873-02b5702ddb8e.

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In the history of sartorial reflection, the usual offerings for human motivations to dress are: protection (i.e. from the elements), modesty, decoration, and socio-political self-expression. The literature on clothing rarely attends, however, to the question of garments' impact on wearers' self-experience. There is some social science research, for example, suggesting that when we wear clothing we associate with individuals who have a high degree of mental focus and attention to detail, it causes us - probably, in most cases, pre-reflectively - to experience ourselves as such and therefore to perform better on tests that measure these qualities. Apart from this research, exploration into the matter, regardless of field, is scant, but it is especially thin in philosophy and theology. This thesis seeks to address the shortfall in these fields by providing at least one model of the human relationship to clothes that, unlike what is currently on offer, accounts for findings like the above. To do so, it draws on the sartorial reflection of the British artist and essayist Eric Gill, who understands clothes as architectural spaces of sorts, as encasements that house our being, and the German philosopher Martin Heidegger, whose philosophy of being and 'thinking about building' can do similar work less explicitly but more robustly. After outlining this new way of looking at humanity's relationship to clothes, the thesis will conclude by discussing some theological implications. In particular, it discusses how the overlap between Gill's sacramental perspective and Heidegger's similar understanding of an inherently meaning-infused 'world' can yield an account of clothes as facilitators (or hinderers) of the attunement or comportment of openness and/or proximity to God through their potential to bear theological resonances.

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McIntire, Jonah Saint. "The clothing and textile research base an author cocitation study /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4520.

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Thesis (M.S.) University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 24, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.

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Xiao, Ranran. "A study of effective apparel brand building strategies in the Chinese market." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2010. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2010/r_xiao_052810.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A. in apparel, merchandising, design and textiles)--Washington State University, May 2010.
Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 13, 2010). "Department of Apparel Merchandising, Design and Textiles." Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-55).

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Chang, Ya-Ting. "Taiwanese consumers perceptions of American versus Taiwanese apparel brands." Online access for everyone, 2006. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2006/y%5Fchang%5F050306.pdf.

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Retief, Ardina. "The development of an online guide for the assessment of apparel textile quality." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06182007-172513.

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Tokar, Cynthia. "Garments as living sculpture /." Online version of thesis, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11254.

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Lee, SangEun Monica. "Korean female college students' attitudes toward fashion and clothing purchasing behaviors before and after the Korean economic crisis." Online version, 1999. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1999/1999lees.pdf.

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Annett, Clare. "Academic Apparel: Examining Gender Inequality and Dress at a Large Canadian University." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35193.

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Women working in the current Canadian academic system face challenges which their male colleagues do not; one such challenge lies in dressing for work in the university setting. This paper examines the role dress plays in the workplace experiences of female professors at a large Canadian academic research institution. Through on-line and face-to-face focus groups as well as one-on-one interviews with 16 female professors, this study examines how these women decide what to wear to work. Using Goffman’s (1959) symbolic interactionist approach to self-presentation, in combination with Simmel (1957) and Blumer’s (1969) work on fashion, the various meanings attributed to women’s dress are explored. Women’s self-presentation in professional settings is significant, as theorized by Ridgeway’s (1991; 1993; 2011) theories of gender inequality in the workplace. Finally Scott’s (1990) theories of everyday resistance explore the potential for female professors to resist the dominant power structure through their choice of dress and self-presentation at work. The preliminary findings indicate that for those individuals for whom power and authority are not as accessible, dress and self-presentation can be avenues through which these individuals can access this authority and at times some may push back against the unequal power structures which exist in the current Canadian academic system.

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DeWeese, Gail. "The impact of married women's employment on household expenditures for clothing." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/49845.

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The objective of this research was to analyze the impact of wives’ employment status and occupation on household expenditures for clothing, when controlling for income and various sociodemographic variables. The sample consisted of 2,285 households selected from the public use tapes of the Quarterly Interview component of the 1980-81 Consumer Expenditure Survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A four-stage econometric analysis of the data included: (1) probit analysis to obtain predicted probabilities of wives’ labor force participation; (2) tobit analysis to predict wives’ wage rates; (3) tobit analyses of six separate clothing expenditure models that contained predicted values from (1) and (2); and (4) tobit analysis of a clothing expenditure model that contained predicted values from (2) in addition to dummy variables for wives’ occupations. The predicted probability of the wife’s employment status was not significant in explaining expenditures for household, women’s, boy’s, or infant’s clothing. Expenditures for men’s clothing were positively affected by an increase in the predicted probability of the wife’s employment, while expenditures for girl’s clothing were negatively impacted by an increase in the predicted probability. Households with women employed in Professional, Traditional, or Uniformed occupations exhibited higher expenditures for clothing than did households with women who were homemakers.
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Robbins, Audrey A. "Physical attractiveness : the affect on perceived quality in clothing." Virtual Press, 2007. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1372054.

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The purpose of the study was to determine the perception of apparel quality based on perceived physical attractiveness of both the observer and model. Although there is research about apparel quality, what people view as physically attractive, and how people determine what is attractive, there has been little research about the relationship between these variables as well as observer background.Ninety-three Fashion Merchandising/Apparel Design and non majors completed one of two versions of a survey. The survey was presented on-line and included a picture that participants were asked to assess model attractiveness and apparel quality. A second version included a different model wearing similar clothing. Participants were also asked to rate their own attractiveness in relationship to the model and what quality features they consider when purchasing clothing.Frequencies and a two way ANOVA analysis revealed a statistically significant difference for model viewed/survey completed. Ratings of quality characteristics correlated to form a scale of quality. Education background influenced responses.
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Douglass, Melinda. "The utilization of clothing imagery into the fabrication of jewelry." Virtual Press, 1989. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/724959.

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The primary objective of this creative project was to develop an imagery source through the observation and analysis of historical and contemporary clothing. The secondary objective was to produce both jewelry and functional objects in metal that reflected the author's personal interpretation of such garment forms. This body of work employed a variety of traditional metalsmithing techniques.
Department of Art

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Wani, Catherine. "Perceptions of the veil among a group of Sudanese women: A qualitative study." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2004. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&amp.

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The Islamic dress code has been forcibly imposed on the women in Sudan, since 1983, and many feminists researchers have criticized the practices of the veil as a tool to oppress women. This study aimed to explore a group of Sudanese women, currently living in South Africa, experiences and perceptions of the veil, whether the veil is a religious dress code or a tool that has been used to exercise inequality.

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Lee, Brenna. "Clothing and fit preferences of female baby boomers at the University of Wisconsin-Stout." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2005. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2005/2005leeb.pdf.

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Tucker, Chloe. "The veiled gaze modesty, Hijab and the visibility of belief /." Diss., Connect to the thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10066/1063.

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Connell, Kim Yvonne Hiller. "Ecological consumer decision making nature, process, and barriers in apparel acquisition /." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2008.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Human Environment: Design Management, 2008.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 8, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 340-352). Also issued in print.

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Toerien, Elsje Susanna. "Dimensions of clothing interest: a cross-cultural study." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/80058.

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The purpose of this research was to determine and compare the dimensions of clothing interest between Afrikaans female clothing and textile students at The University of Pretoria and female clothing and textile students at Virginia Tech. An additional objective was to test the validity of the measuring instrument by factor analysis. Dimensions of clothing interest for the two groups were measured with the Gurel-Creekmore Clothing Interest Questionnaire, as revised and shortened by Borsari in 1978. T-tests indicated that the group mean scores differed significantly for three of the five dimensions. The Virginia Tech sample had a higher score on the interest and the self-concept dimensions while the Pretoria sample had a higher mean score on the modesty dimension. The factor structure for the American group was very similar to that established by Borsari in 1978 but differences existed for the structure of the South African group.
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