Essays about: "dress making"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words dress making.

  1. 1. Reconstructing Eighteenth-Century Tailoring: A Qualitative Study of Craft Knowledge

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvård

    Author : Therese Holmgren; [2022-07-05]
    Keywords : reconstruction; eighteenth century; dress history; craft knowledge; hand sewing;

    Abstract : This thesis researches the craft knowledge in eighteenth-century sewing through case studies and reconstructions. With the theoretical framework of experimental archaeology, craft science and object-based research, it was found that reconstructions can be a suitable method to research and document craft knowledge and skills of hand sewing. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Enchantment of Noble Masculinity : A look at the material enchantment of nobility through the professional uniforms of count Carl Axel Lewenhaupt in fin de siècle Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Modevetenskap

    Author : Hilma Persson; [2021]
    Keywords : Material enchantment; Fragments; Nobility; Uniforms; Ideal masculinity; Discipline; Whiteness;

    Abstract : The analytical framework of enchanted objects has mainly been studied in the fields of anthropology and religion, but can equally be applied to fashion and dress. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the material process of enchantment through the fragments of count Carl Axel Lewenhaupt’s professional uniforms from fin de siècle Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 3. PEELING GARMENTS : Flat garment construction between fabric layers using the printing process as a construction method and the reference of a peeling wallpaper to create expressive dress

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Monika Colja; [2020]
    Keywords : fashion design; print in fashion; flat garment construction; screen-printing; layering; simultaneous design;

    Abstract : This work is a proposal for an alternative approach to working with print, making the printing process a key element within designing. It is an investigation into flat garment construction between fabric layers, as this enables for the printing to be used in place of sewing. READ MORE

  5. 4. Princesa de la calle - Dress turned streetwear : Exploring possibilities in re-design, in relation to second-hand evening dresses witha focus on street wear silhouettes

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Nathali Elfström; [2019]
    Keywords : Secondhand; Dresses; redesign; streetwear; draping;

    Abstract : This work aims to explore the possibilities in re-design by using secondhand party-dresses as the main material to construct new garments with a focus on street wear silhouettes. Deconstruction is commonly used when working with secondhand and will also be used in this work, as well as draping. READ MORE

  6. 5. Girl Get Dressed/Ready to Wear : Designing activities of getting dressed

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Carolina Johansson; [2019]
    Keywords : getting dressed; fashion; performance; body; form; activity; movement; method;

    Abstract : This body of work operates at the border between fashion and performance, with the intention to explore the performativity of body, inrelation to forms of dress. The work presented in this thesis sets out to examine the ways the performed act of making may inform theoutcome through designing new activities of getting dressed as producers for dress, while questioning the static systems of makingdress that develops form mainly with an approximation of a bodily form. READ MORE