Essays about: "ready to wear thesis"
Found 5 essays containing the words ready to wear thesis.
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1. Optimization of pneumatic activity sensor : Development of a low friction seal
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013)Abstract : In this thesis, the development of a new type of seal is presented along with the steps taken to attain the conclusive design. The results are presented in this paper as a cross-sectioned CAD-model along with the selection of materials and suggestions for future work. READ MORE
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2. Girl Get Dressed/Ready to Wear : Designing activities of getting dressed
University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomiAbstract : 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
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3. Fashioning the political statement : A qualitative study into the duality of postfashion
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för modevetenskapAbstract : The aim of this study is to examine the interrelationship between contemporary French luxury fashion and political struggles by examining the garments with explicit political statements from the ready-to-wear spring/summer 2015 Chanel runway, the ready-to-wear spring/summer 2017 Dior runway and the menswear fall/winter 2017 Balenciaga runway analysis as to discern the possible reasons and effects of the making of these statements. The focus of this thesis is to examine the way political struggles, as immaterial social relationships, can be commodified into garments, as according to the Marxist situationist theories of Guy Debord, and how the commodification in question by haute couture houses, rich with the sociological notion of cultural capital as described by Pierre Bourdieu, can have a potential effect on the formation of both fashion discourses and political discourses by using Foucauldian discourse analysis. READ MORE
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4. Henry Poole & Co. : How a 200-year old bespoke tailor have managed to stay modern.
University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomiAbstract : Background: During the last decade or so the century old bespoke tailors on Savile Row have become the epitome of luxury brands as far as menswear is concerned. At the same time, the different establishments on Savile Row have started to modernise themselves through various means to better fit into today’s fast paced retail-market. READ MORE
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5. Export of quality clothing at a men's wear manufacturer -a study of market strategies at the House of Monatic in South Africa
University essay from Ekonomiska institutionenAbstract : South Africa, as many of the countries on the African continent, has for a long time been discriminated against when it comes to export of clothing and textiles. The trade regulations are now getting more favorable and the US and European markets are becoming more open for exports from the African continent. READ MORE
