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Clothing has significant social factors as well. Wearing clothes is a variable
social convention as the basis of customs. Clothing also may be used to communicate social status, wealth, group identity, and individualism. (Full article...
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spacesuits, and doctor's gowns. (Full article...)
Textile arts are arts and crafts that use plant, animal, or synthetic fibers to construct practical or decorative objects. (Full article...)
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artificial fibres, and chemicals. It was established in 1794 and became the world's leading man-made fibre production company before being broken up in 1990 into Courtaulds plc and Courtaulds Textiles Ltd. (Full article...)
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Aesthetics in textiles is one of the basic concepts of serviceability of textiles. It is determined by the perception of touch and sight. Aesthetics imply the appearance and attraction of textile products; it includes the color and texture of the material. It is a statement about the end user (consumer) and the target market. When combined with fabric construction, the finish of the clothing material, garment fit, style, and fashion compatibility, colours create an aesthetic comfort. All of these elements work together to satisfy our visual perception. Aesthetics incorporates the role of evaluation (analysing and judging) also.
There are various arts and applications that imparts aesthetic properties in textiles. Additionally, the use of LEDs and optical fibres enables the creation of aesthetic properties such as illuminated textiles. (Full article...) -
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- ... that Jacqueline Kennedy did not want to make her clothes the focus of her 1962 goodwill tour of India and Pakistan, but still wore 22 different outfits in the first nine days?
- ... that after being criticized for dressing "like a doll" at an important meeting, pioneering Russian feminist Anna Filosofova replied that "clothes do not make the woman"?
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- ... that according to Brandy Hellville, executives at Brandy Melville have bought the clothes off of employees' backs?
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Chilkat weaving is a traditional form of weaving practiced by Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and other Northwest coastal tribes of Alaska and British Columbia. Chilkat blankets are worn by high-ranking tribal members on civic or ceremonial occasions, including dances.
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Liu Wen, supermodel, walks the runway modeling fashions by designer Diane von Fürstenberg at New York Fashion Week 2013. (from Fashion)
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Edgar I of England in short tunic, hose, and cloak, 966 (from History of clothing and textiles)
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Albrecht Dürer's drawing contrasts a well-turned out bourgeoise from Nuremberg (left) with her counterpart from Venice. The Venetian lady's high chopines make her look taller. (from Fashion)
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Latin dancers in their costumes. The woman is wearing backless dress with deep slits on its lower portion, while the man is wearing a shirt with top buttons open. (from Fashion)
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Woman's Bicycling Ensemble, 1898,LACMA (from Fashion)
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Carla Fernández and Pedro Reyes for Taller Flora. (from Fashion)Indigenous Americas Map Tunic designed in 2018 by
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Afashion trends get popularised through media. (from Fashion)
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Gensei Kajin Shu bytraditional Japanese clothing and Western styles. (from Fashion)
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Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI, was a leader of fashion. Her choices, such as this 1783 white muslin dress called a chemise a la Reine, were highly influential and widely worn. (from Fashion)
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Cover ofMarcus Clarks' spring and summer catalogue 1926–27 (from Fashion)
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Minidress by John Bates, 1965 (from Fashion)
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Boxer Codex, showing the attire of a Classical period Filipino, made of silk and cotton (from History of clothing and textiles)The
- Gross sales of goods vs IP laws (US 2007) (from
- A French reinterpretation of Spanish fashion, with elaborate reticella ruff, 1609 (from
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Bella Hadid at the Cannes Film Festival (from Fashion)
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Kaia Gerber at the 2019 Max Mara Fashion Week in Milan (from Fashion)
- "Swinging London": Young adults in London's Carnaby Street. (from
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, with story and drawings by Marguerite Martyn, represents the saturation newspaper coverage given to society women at a fashionable dance. (from Fashion)This 1921 clipping from the
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A woman inBengal region in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, clad in fine Bengali muslin, 18th century. (from History of clothing and textiles)
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Estonian national clothes are a fine example of change in clothing after the industrial revolution. They changed a lot during 18th and 19th of century with the addition of new types of colors (like aniline dyes), placement of colors (like lengthwise stripes) and with the addition of new elements (like waistcoats). By the end of the 19th century they went out of use in most of the country (except more remote places as in Kihnu island) and it was only in mid 20th century when they once again gained popularity and now as a formal clothing. Members of University of Tartu Folk Art Ensemble wearing clothes specific to Kihnu island, Tori Parish (women in red skirts) and Tõstamaa area (men in brown clothing). (from History of clothing and textiles)
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Jacqueline Kennedy, the wife of President John F. Kennedy, made pink a popular high-fashion color. (from Fashion)
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