Clothes Line Research Articles

“If people are wearing pink stuff they’re probably not real fans”: Exploring women’s perceptions of sport fan clothing

Given the growth in the female sport fan base of North American major league sports and the development and expansion of women’s team-related apparel, the purpose of this study was to examine women sport fans’ perceptions of team apparel. The authors collected data through in-depth interviews with 16 Canadian women who self-identified as fans of professional sport teams. They perceived a lack of options in team apparel, despite the development of women’s clothing lines. Analysis of the aesthetics, symbolism, and instrumentality of team apparel using a third-wave feminist approach provides socio-cultural explanations for women fans’ dissatisfaction with existing offerings. This approach advances understandings of the social circumstances shaping women’s sport experiences as fans and the impact of gender on consumer engagement. Results suggest that sport teams need to recognize the diversity of women’s gender identities and expressions and provide a wider range of clothing that demonstrate their status as authentic fans.

From Silicon Valley to Vesuvius Valley: Dismantled industrial farms to a knowledge-and-creativity hub in Naples, Italy

San Giovanni a Teduccio, a downtrodden suburb of Naples, Italy, is a far cry from Silicon Valley, USA. The crumbling apartment buildings, the walls covered in both graffiti and death notices and the ubiquitous clothes lines hung outside people’s windows do not leave the impression that this neighbourhood is a centre for high technology. And yet it is this spot — a corner of the sprawling city that never quite recovered after a major food-packing factory shut its doors in the 1980s — where the Apple chief executive, Tim Cook, hoped the best and brightest young minds in the world would come to train to be leaders in the new app economy. This hope has been met; in fact, the iOS academy is now in its second year and over 50 per cent of its students are foreign. This paper analyses the new creative climate in Naples, from the city’s recent Fordist past to the present day. Specifically, the analysis will support the theme of creativity, which is nowadays recognised as a fundamental factor for innovative cities, and this theme’s relationship with the concept of resilience in an urban context. This study includes survey-based research from the eastern part of Naples to support the arguments in this article.

Determining the Appropriate Demand Forecasting Using Time Series Method: Study Case at Garment Industry in Indonesia

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REVIVAL OF TODA EMBROIDERY-Needlecraft of Nilgiris

The Toda are an ancient pastoral people who live in the cool uplands of the Nilgiri Mountains of Tamil Nadu, India. Toda women do an aesthetically great and intricate form of embroidery and it holds a cultural uniqueness for the Toda community. This distinct style of embroidery is locally known as “Pugur” or “Pukhoor”. In the current study an effort has been made to preserve and revive this craft with the focus on documentation, creating general awareness and capacity building of the artisans. Interventions were planned for the revival and preservation of this traditional craft and community. A video on the tribal craft has been made to for introducing it to the masses for increasing awareness about the craft through social media and video screening sessions. A motif/design catalog was also prepared for use by artisans and designers. Also, it was found that design education for artisans at the local level is the most effective model because it focuses on all-round education for the artisan. Thus, a clothing line was designed for men, women, and kids and design layouts were provided to the artisans for understanding placement of embroidery pattern.

In Praise of the Catenary

When a chain hangs loosely from its end points, it takes the familiar form known as the catenary. Power lines, clothes lines, and chain links are familiar examples of the catenary in everyday life. Nevertheless, the subject is conspicuously absent from current introductory physics and calculus courses. Even in upper-level physics and math courses, the catenary equation is usually introduced as an example of hyperbolic functions or discussed as an application of the calculus of variations. We present a new derivation of the catenary equation that is suitable for introductory physics and mathematics courses.

Kolon FnC’s Global Expansion Strategy

Korean fashion firms face difficulties in sustaining their growth momentum because of market stagnation and the aggressive entry of global luxury and SPA brands. To find a breakthrough, local fashion firms are adopting diverse strategies, including direct entry, licensing, and acquisitions, to successfully tap into the global market. Kolon FnC, which is among the five affiliates of Kolon Industries, focuses its business in the production and sales of fashion goods and clothing lines. Focusing on its strength as a leading brand power in the sports and outdoor segment, Kolon FnC is making strategic moves, such as diversifying its fashion portfolio, creating new value by collaborating with artists, and enhancing its R&D capability for new garment materials, which is led by one of its sister affiliates, Kolon Fashion Material. Under the leadership of the newly appointed CEO Dong-Mun Park, Kolon FnC is aggressively seeking talented young designers in Korea to differentiate itself from its global competitors. CEO Park strongly believes that talented young Korean designers can be a viable source of competitive advantage against global competitors. Since 2010, Kolon FnC has acquired several small-sized designer shops and fashion accessory shops to diversify its fashion portfolio and to create a young and vibrant brand image. This approach marks a departure from the strategic paths of its major local competitors, as Korean fashion firms typically focus on licensing or acquiring foreign brands. This case aims to identify the practical implications of global expansion strategies by analyzing how the Korean fashion industry has evolved and how Kolon FnC and its competitors have deployed different global expansion strategies in developing their resources and/or capabilities for future growth.

ROUPAS PARA MAMÃES: CORPO E GRAVIDEZ NAS REPRESENTAÇÕES PARA A MATERNIDADE NA REVISTA MANEQUIM (1963)

Examinar as representações para a maternidade por meio da análise das roupas para grávidas que circularam na revista Manequim, notadamente, na edição especial “Futura mamãe”, de 1963, é o objetivo deste texto. Nossa abordagem discute como a gestação é incorporada pela moda e como esta produziu e difundiu representações para o corpo grávido. No artigo, indicamos, ainda, como as transformações corporais definiram linhas de indumentárias apropriadas à gestação nos anos 1960 e como estas assimilaram tendências e estilos da moda jovem, o que contribuiu para a ampliação do consumo.

Becoming Annie: When Film Costume and Fashion Converge

The practice of adapting screen costumes has existed in various forms throughout film history, most recently manifesting itself as limited edition licensed clothing lines. In this paper, I examine the production and consumption of screen costumes adapted for the retail fashion market using the case study of Renée Ehrlich Kalfus’s Annie for Target collection, based on her costumes for Annie (2014). Kalfus learns to negotiate seemingly conflicting identities while acting as “costume” and “fashion” designer simultaneously. Although the collection was made for children, the marketing capitalized on parents’ nostalgic attachment to Annie. The clothes allowed young consumers to appropriate the visual identity of fictional characters for their own self-expression through everyday cosplay. I draw on a personal interview I conducted with Kalfus, advertising and marketing materials, and Annie for Target consumer reactions gathered from social media pages, YouTube videos, and blogs. Through a visual and discursive analysis of these materials, I explore the process of costume adaptation and how both producers and consumers engage with film through clothing.

Green apparel buying behaviour: A study on Indian youth

AbstractChanges in demographics and availability of global clothing brands have brought several changes in Indian apparel industry. Green or organic clothing brands are becoming popular among Indians and likely to contribute to the revenues of apparel sector. Global and national apparel manufacturers have introduced organic clothing lines to cater to ecological conscious consumers. The purpose of this research was to examine the effect of consumer susceptibility to interpersonal influence (CSII), past green behaviour, green peer influence and green apparel knowledge on Indian youth's green apparel buying behaviour. A mix of convenience and random sampling was used for data collection. The sample (n = 981) comprised of youth of age group 18–24 years. Structural equation modelling was used to test the hypothesized relationships. Findings suggest that past green behaviour influenced green apparel buying behaviour. Green peer influence and green apparel knowledge had no impact on green apparel buying behaviour. Moreover, CSII had no influence on green apparel buying behaviour. The findings differ from earlier studies that suggest influence of social norms and peer group had an effect on green buying behaviour. Practical implications of the present study are discussed.

‘Another Day to Swing on Clothes Lines’

A large proportion of overseas-born artists comprise the pop music industries in Australia. Keith Urban, Rick Springfield, members of Cold Chisel, The Angels and Masters Apprentices, for example, not only represent themselves as ‘Australian;’ they are frequently associated with the nation by critics and audiences. The Bee Gees also exemplify this trend. In this article, I wish to bring into focus The Bee Gees’ curious connection with Australia. In order to do this task, I ask a series of questions; first, what is The Bee Gees connection to Australia? Second, how has this connection been constructed and continually reinforced? Third, what forms of discursive resistance against their ‘Australianness’ exist in regard to these constructions? And finally, how might we critically understand the tensions that have emerged regarding their legitimacy as an ‘Australian band’? I argue that their connection to Australia is continually renegotiated due in large part to their incompatibility with dominant performances of masculinity by Australian white male musicians.

The Crowns of Stuzo Clothing

The Crowns of Stuzo Clothing

Harmony Korine’s <em>Trash Humpers</em>: From Alternative to Hipster

Harmony Korine’s <em>Trash Humpers</em>: From Alternative to Hipster

Fashionable Dunedin and “Rooted Cosmopolitanism” in the Twenty-First Century: NOM*d and Company of Strangers

Abstract Typically, fashion has been associated with the large urban centers that are considered the hubs of contemporary culture, or “fashion’s world cities,” to borrow from the title of an oft-quoted edited volume; however, in the twenty-first century, fashion may play a role at a local or regional level, even in relatively isolated contexts such as that provided by Dunedin, located in New Zealand, at the bottom of the South Island. The work of Dunedin designers such as Margarita Robertson and Sara Munro, creative directors for their respective clothing lines, NOM*d and Company of Strangers, illustrates Walter Benjamin’s conceptualization of fashion as expressing utopian desires, in this case a form of “rooted cosmopolitanism,” to borrow from Kwame Anthony Appiah, while furthering an economic system dependent on commodity fetishism.

She Ain't Taking It

She Ain't Taking It

추구 혜택이 글로벌 SPA브랜드의 유·아동복 제품에 대한 점포 속성 평가 및 브랜드 충성도에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

추구 혜택이 글로벌 SPA브랜드의 유·아동복 제품에 대한 점포 속성 평가 및 브랜드 충성도에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

Lesiones orofaciales por tendedero de ropa: caso clínico

We present the clinical case of a 27 year old patient with a lesion mechanism seldom depicted in the literature: orofacial wounds caused by a clothes line. T...

How clothing design and cultural industries refashioned frontier masculinities: a historical geography of Western wear

Gendered subjectivities emerge historically and geographically, not only in situ, within an ‘authentic’ origin period or site, but through later retrospective commodifications and fantastical popular culture depictions. This article traces the masculine identity of the cowboy as commodified and performed through clothing. The cowboy emerged from colonial origins as a model and myth of frontier masculinity: the ‘rugged outdoor type’. But it was then formularized and stylized when subject to popular culture diffusion, and as accompanying clothing design evolved. Through clothing – advertised by metropolitan manufacturers and consumed across America and beyond – an archetypal, sexualized cowboy ‘look’ thus emerged. The author traces a historical geography of cowboy masculinities in clothing design, from early ‘frontier garments for the outdoor man’ to later Western-wear ‘for that long, lean look’. Related constructions of femininity are also considered, after women's Western-wear clothing lines were produced in the 1950s. To illustrate, I draw on archival brochures, catalogs, and advertising materials from the 1920s to 1970s, as well as discuss the material design of the clothes themselves. I focus especially on the Western snap shirt – an apparel item never actually worn on the nineteenth-century colonial frontier, but that became an ‘essential’ element of the cowboy look, and a vehicle for masculine appearance. Western-wear epitomizes how gendered subject positions are visually constituted in relational fashion via bodies, materials, media, and imagined geographies.

Barriers to implementing supply chain management in a cluster of clothing and knitwear line sectors

The objective of the research was to identify and analyse the barriers small companies in the cluster of clothing and knitwear line the city of Socorro/SP face in implementing the supply chain management (SCM). As a research instrument, a questionnaire with Likert scale of agreement and open questions was used. The research is characterised as exploratory, whose methods are employed in the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the model. The results were analysed with techniques of non-parametric statistics, using Chopra and Meindl (2003) method, where they work with five barriers, namely: barriers incentives, barriers information processing, operational barriers, barriers prices and behavioural barriers. The results answered the research objectives, demonstrating the analysis of the barriers that companies of the cluster in the city of Socorro/SP face in implementing SCM, demonstrating that even the barrier of information processing demonstrated the unsatisfactory outcome to APL.

Welding Procedure Development for Welding of High Strength Carbon Steel Cladded with Austenitic Stainless Steel 316L by Using Overmatching Filler Metal

This work aims to develop welding procedure for small diameter longitudinal welded clad pipe made from clad plate. High strength carbon steel base metal bonded with 316L stainless steel clad layer was used in this study. The dissimilar materials at the weld joint and accessibility limitation of small diameter present difficulty in welding process selection to achieve weld soundness. The joint and welding se¬quence are designed to avoid solidification cracking. Nickel base over matching filler is used on the clad side. Typical joint configuration is double V groove weld without clad peel back to minimize the number of passes inside the pipe. Firstly, welding is done on the carbon steel side by using Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) and Submerged Arc Welding (SAW) with carbon steel electrodes. Then, welding on the clad side is done by using ERNiCrMo-3 filler metal. Two different procedures for the clad side are studied. The first procedure is to weld the clad side by using Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) and Gas Metal Arc Welding pulse current (GMAW-pulse) and another procedure is to weld the clad side by using the SAW procedure. Hot cracking was observed in the case of SAW procedure at the clad weld centerline due to high heat input and high level of dilution. Mechanical properties and microstructure are evaluated. Clad weld by use of GTAW and GMAW-pulse could give sound weld metal. The tensile and yield strength of all weld metal were found to be greater than that of base metal and 100% shear failures were observed. Charpy impact energy of weld and HAZ at -10°C was found to be over 100 joules. Hardness of weld and HAZ area are surveyed over the weld cross section to determine local hardening. Additionally intergranular corrosion testing was carried out on the clad weld side and then bend testing was done. No crack was observed. Therefore, GTAW and GMAW-pulse clad weld procedure could give required properties according to clad line pipe standard, reduce cost of production and increase productivity compared to the peel back method.

Vivienne Westwood's ‘Seditionaries’ Clothes and the Change in Japanese Girls' Cute Fashions in the Early 1990s

A major change overtook Japanese girls' fashion in the early 1990s. Influenced by the fashion magazine Cutie, a version of the young girl-oriented subculture publication Takarajima, girls began to aggressively express themselves with individualistic clothing that did not go out of its way to pander to the opposite sex. Girls' fashions up until then tended to be imbued with a very Japanese childlike girlishness, but the ‘new’ cute look added boyish elements. This early 1990s trend in Japanese fashion was related to the popularity among Japanese youth at that time of the ‘Seditionaries’ clothing line created by British designer Vivienne Westwood in the late 1970s.