Essays about: "Fashion history"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 51 essays containing the words Fashion history.

  1. 16. Fashioning Socialism At Home : Exploring the smock-dress in Soviet-Estonia

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Modevetenskap

    Author : Rasmus Olsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Women; Home; Smock-Dress; Soviet-Estonia; Nostalgia; Uniform; Phenomenon;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to highlight the smock-dress within the context of Soviet-Estonia during the post-war epoch, ca. 1950s until 1990s. Through Mauss’s socio-anthropological tripoint view, the concepts and identities of the smock-dress are studied from the angles of biology, sociology and psychology. READ MORE

  3. 17. Translating History of Fashion on Screen : A study of Piero Tosi’s costumes in Senso and their power of divulgation as historiophoty

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Modevetenskap

    Author : Flora Ferrara; [2020]
    Keywords : History of fashion; costume; film; adaptation; historiophoty; Piero Tosi; historical accuracy; 1860s; literature; intersemiotic translation;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate that historical costumes can be a valid tool to crystallize and disseminate visual knowledge about fashion and dress history. In the specific, this thesis argues that the screen representation of dress and fashion of the 1860s in the adaptation Senso (1954) provides an evocative contextualization of their past use and meaning for modern viewers. READ MORE

  4. 18. Defining the Voice of Montreal: Exploring Possibilities for Human-Machine Companionship

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Malik Dehbi Talbot; [2020]
    Keywords : critical posthumanism; artificial intelligence; virtual assistant; tourism; science and technology studies; human-machine relationships; voicebot; labor relations; companion; sociomaterial assemblage; History and Archaeology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the possibility for (re)defining the relationship between humans and robots with conversational interfaces. It does so by looking at the creation process of a voice and text-based virtual assistant for tourists from the perspective of critical posthumanism and posthuman performativity. READ MORE

  5. 19. Fashioning Socialism at Home : Exploring the smock-dress in Soviet-Estonia

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Rasmus Olsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Women; Home; Smock-Dress; Soviet-Estonia; Nostalgia; Uniform; Phenomenon;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to highlight the smock-dress within the context of Soviet-Estonia during the post-war epoch, ca. 1950s until 1990s. Through Mauss’s socio-anthropological tripoint view, the concepts and identities of the smock-dress are studied from the angles of biology, sociology and psychology. READ MORE

  6. 20. Drinking from the Fountain of Youth? Brand rejuvenation in the case of heritage luxury fashion brands

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Katharina Netek; Feline Carbone; [2020]
    Keywords : Heritage brands; Luxury fashion brands; Brand rejuvenation; Millennials; Brand identity; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Thesis purpose: The aim of this study was to examine whether German Millennials are in favor of rejuvenation practices of heritage luxury fashion brands or if such actions instead lead to negative associations, as they tend to ignore the heritage aspect. Methodology: Following a relativist ontology, this research is guided by a social constructionist position, which allows a deep understanding of Millennials’ opinions. READ MORE