Dress Sense Research Articles

Andrew Bruce Scrimgeour

An orthopaedic veterinary surgeon who stood out, not only because of his colourful dress sense, but also his altruism. He was a generous man who loved sport and lived life to the full.

Senior citizens’ clothing in a “youthing” polish society. The perspective of elderly women and men

The way the modern-day senior citizens dress may be determined by their functioning in a “youthing” society, together with the legacy of the Polish People’s Republic and the dress codes prevailing at that time. This article provides an analysis of the abovementioned issue in a gender context, as the described age-ordering of clothes in this text concerns women and men differently. The analysis was based on a diagnostic survey, conducted among people over sixty years old, who gave their opinions on their own and their peers’ dress sense. The responses given suggest that the trends characteristic for a “youthing” society contribute to rejuvenating the way Polish senior citizens dress. According to them, the elderly dress fashionably, tastefully and colorfully – which was stated more often by the women than the men. The survey results also confirm that the dress codes relevant to PPR times are deeply rooted in the seniors’ minds. This was reflected more often in men’s opinions than in women’s. The preliminary results presented in this article indicate that the way elderly people in Poland dress is beginning to be reshaped. The results require greater depth, and this could be facilitated through the use of qualitative techniques that might complement the collected material.

“A clinico epidemiological study of dermatophytosis in a tertiary care center, Ujjain”

Introduction: Dermatophytes are fungi that can cause infections of the skin, hair & nails due to their ability to invade keratin. Dermatophytosis is the most common superficial fungal infection worldwide, more common in tropics and subtropical regions. It may present in epidemic proportions in areas of high humidity. Aims and Objectives: The present study is aimed to determine the distribution and to identify the clinical types of dermatophytosis that are prevalent in Malwa region. Materials and Methods: A total of 298 samples were collected from infected skin, hair and nails for a period of 1 year.Samples were collected under aseptic condition by skin scrapping, nails and hairs clipping by using scalpel or forceps and were then subjected to direct microscopy by potassium hydroxide (KOH) mount. Results: Dermatophytosis manifested more in the age group of 21-30 years, with male predominance. Among various clinical types, tinea cruris was the commonest type. Direct microscopy on KOH mount revealed the presence of dermatophytic fungi in 71.8% of the samples. Conclusions: Dermatophytosis is the commonest disease presenting in dermatology clinics and are responsible for myriad of clinical manifestations in human. Empirical use of steroid/mixed preprations, poor patient compliance due to high cost and changing dress sense are some important contributing factors for the real upsurge in incidence and prevalence of dermatophytosis in the last few years. Keywords: Dermatophytoses, Tinea cruris, Tinea corporis. Introduction Dermatophytes are a group of closely related filamentous fungi that can cause infections of the skin, hairs & nails due to their ability to utilize keratin.[1]They are classified into three genera: Microsporum, Trichophyton, and Epidermophyton. Trichophyton rubrum has been the most common isolates. These superficial cutaneous mycoses affect 20% to 25% of the world’s population.[2]In the present scenario of India, dermatophytoses

Matroids over partial hyperstructures

We present an algebraic framework which simultaneously generalizes the notion of linear subspaces, matroids, valuated matroids, oriented matroids, and regular matroids. To do this, we first introduce algebraic objects which we call tracts; they generalize both hyperfields in the sense of Krasner and partial fields in the sense of Semple and Whittle. We then define matroids over tracts; in fact, there are (at least) two natural notions of matroid in this general context, which we call weak and strong matroids. We give “cryptomorphic” axiom systems for such matroids in terms of circuits, Grassmann–Plücker functions, and dual pairs, and establish some basic duality results. We then explore sufficient criteria for the notions of weak and strong matroids to coincide. This is the case whenever vectors and covectors are orthogonal, and is closely related to the notion of “perfect fuzzy rings” from [15]. For example, if F is a particularly nice kind of tract called a doubly distributive partial hyperfield, we show that the notions of weak and strong matroid over F coincide. Our theory of matroids over tracts is closely related to but more general than “matroids over fuzzy rings” in the sense of Dress and Dress–Wenzel [12–15].

Making sense of dress: On sensory perspectives of wardrobe research

Abstract This article displays selected findings from a line of so-called ‘wardrobe method’ interviews conducted in the period 2010–16, in which the sensory system plays a particularly important role. The research approach of the project represents a fusion, on the one hand, of addressing the body as important within fashion and dress research and, on the other, the emphasis on user experiences and practices within the area of design research that also highlight sensory, utilitarian and symbolic aspects. Synthesizing the two research areas in the interview technique of clustering, the author shows how she has engaged with sensory perspectives of dressing in her field work, as well as in her analysis. As such, the overall departure for the article is the idea that user- and practice-oriented approaches from within design research are particularly well fitted to enrich the understanding of the way in which dress culture is not only something that has to do with visual display, but very much so with sensory experience as a tool for sense-making.

Progressive Retrogression: Science, Technology, Dress Sense and Fashion Taste amongst Polytechnic Students in Ghana

Background: The dressing or fashion style of tertiary students has become an important issue of much concern in this contemporary era amidst technological advancement. This study examines polytechnic students perspective on the effect science and technology has on dress sense and fashion taste. Methods: The design was a cross-sectional non-experimental survey of 102 polytechnic students between the ages of 15 - 29 years with ample knowledge on dress sense. The sample consisted of 40 male (39.2%) and 62 female (60.8%) students who were enrolled by using a multistage cluster sampling technique according to departments and academic levels. Results: The study found that there was an association between science and technology influence and dress sense (53.7% approval vs. 46.7% disapproval), however this was not statistically significance [x2 = 0.21, p ≤ 0.005]. Again the relationship between the future influence of science and technology on the dress sense of students was examined using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient since the two variables of interest were measured at continuous and categorical levels. The study identified a very weak negative correlation between the future influence of science and technology on dress sense and how better students dress will be than now [ρ = -0.2, n = 102, p < 0.05]. Conclusion: The study identifies that there is a very weak relationship between the influence of science and technology on the dress sense of students; however this relationship is not statistically significant.

SPHERE's 'Dress Sense' a Multi-disciplinary approach to designing wearable technology to improve health

SPHERE's 'Dress Sense' a Multi-disciplinary approach to designing wearable technology to improve health

Research on Dynamic Clothing Show of Virtual Character during the Online Shopping

The research presented in this paper is to develop a technique of virtual clothing show during the online shopping. At present, the online shopping commodity demonstrated is the simple picture showed, individual sites using the fitting room show the stereo clothing, nevertheless, these ways can’t reflect the dress sense of reality. So the dynamic clothing show is needed. This paper introduces the production process of dynamic clothing show. 3D models were designed with 3ds Max 2009, then be added bones. When bones meet the model, the fabric was simulated. The simulated fabric reflected the state of clothing with movement. Dynamic clothing show during the online shopping should provide consumers with more real clothing purchase experience.

Getting it in the neck

Mr Slop (FRCS Eng) is well known for his sloppy dress sense so it came as no surprise that the Editor of the Bulletin commented on it on after one of their rare meetings.

Women's War Drama in England in the Seventeenth Century by Brenda Josephine Liddy

MLR, 105.2, 2010 533 discussion of Clarissas personal style' unpicks themeanings of Clarissas various outfits, identifying the minutiae of individual sartorial choices as symbolic of a natural' dress sense, contrasted to the artificial types constructed by Lovelace's use of dress-as-disguise. This part also incorporates a chapter on masquerade, where the denizens of the Sinclair brothel are read as enacting a 'reversemasquerade' as members of theHarlowe family (p. 128). Many of the ideas here are hardly new, but the satisfyinglywell-observed readings allow foruseful nuances and perspectives. The final section, Part iv, treats of Grandison. Highlights here include a prob ing reading ofHarriet's 'Arcadian' masquerade costume as an echo not of Sidney's Pamela, but ofhis transvestite Pyrocles/Zelmane, connoting gendered disorder. The analysis of Harriet's passive virtue' in agreeing towear this outfit of her friends' procurement provides a balanced consideration of the slippery gender politics of Richardson's last novel, as it seeks, inOliver's reading, to 'stabilise' meaning and gendered distinctions (p. 167). In this respect, the book contributes to recent re conceptions ofGrandison s apparently conservative cultural politics. Although one might demur from assertions about Sir Charles's unproblematic 'selflessness' and 'democratic' bent (pp. 143-44), this reading of the novel provides a good addition to burgeoning discussion of the text. The narrow focus of this study (candidly acknowledged by the author) means that itwill be of interest largely to teachers or scholars of Richardson. For them, however, this informative and thoughtful book is at least worth perusal for its valuably historicized and accessible accounts of a constant thread inhis work. University of Leeds Bonnie Latimer Women sWar Drama inEngland in theSeventeenth Century. By Brenda Josephine Liddy. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press. 2008. xi+317 pp. ?64.95. ISBN 978 1-60497-523-9. 'Women everywhere ought to lay flowers on their tombs'/ (p. 284)?the refer ence being toMargaret Cavendish, Elizabeth Brackley, JaneCavendish, Katherine Philips, and Aphra Behn. This is the concluding sentence of Brenda Josephine Liddy's book, which presents original and instructive insights on how these fe male authors depicted dramatically the profound transformation which the Civil War, Interregnum, and Restoration generated in the lives ofwomen in England. The plays which Liddy has included in her study ofwomen's war drama are: The Concealed Fancies, The Sociable Companions, The Rover, The Feigned Courtesans, The Loves Adventures, Bell inCampo, The Young King, TheWidow Ranter, Pompey and Horace, The Roundheads, and The City Heiress. Although the settings of these dramas cover a large span of time, from the Civil War up to the 1670s, Liddy's approach is thematic rather than chronological. This enables her to foreground from her chosen corpus threemajor themes: the female communities inwar, the representation of women warriors, and women as peacemakers. The conception that Liddy puts forward regarding the ways in which civil conflicts reproduce themselves in the representation of gender relations and rein 534 Reviews vention of self supports her analysis of the plays throughout the book. This idea is furtherdeveloped by applying a feminist historicist approach to the texts.Dramat ization of the community ofwomen inwar and post-war settings presents women as creative agents who could utilize the sorrow and grief caused bywar as ameans to reinvent themselves. Instead of trapping their self inside, female characters in the plays began to challenge the traditional norms of society to the extent that they could become communal agencies in strategic problem-solving, the role they played in rebuilding their society. Liddy argues thatdrama was ameans to promote the royal cause, thewriters in sisting that the Interregnum represented an inversion of reality.Performance of the play could engender loyalty to theKing and bolster thedemand for self-fashioning and power implicit in thework ofwriters contributing to that cause. Notions such as that of a female general presented through the character of Lady Victoria in Bell inCampo even suggested the possibility of female military leadership, which, the Lady claimed, could 'bring emotional intelligence to the battlefield and assist them [soldiers] in the combat' (p. 145). This is far from the depiction of female characters such as Desdemona in Shakespeare's plays, which had remained the stereotype ofwomen. The writer...

Nursery Equipment: Clothing - Dress sense

Nursery WorldVol. 2009, No. 4 FeatureNursery Equipment: Clothing - Dress senseMelanie DefriesMelanie DefriesSearch for more papers by this authorMelanie DefriesPublished Online:4 Mar 2014https://doi.org/10.12968/nuwa.2009.28.4.1092786AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextView EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail View articleAbstractNot all practitioners share children's love of the outdoors, whatever the weather. Melanie Defries provides six tips for adults to stay protected in all conditions. FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails 1 April 2009Volume 2009Issue 4ISSN (print): 0029-6422ISSN (online): 2059-9358 Metrics History Published online 4 March 2014 Published in print 1 April 2009 Information© MA Education Ltd

Dress sense: emotional and sensory experiences of the body and clothes

Introduction, Helen Bradley Foster and Donald Clay Johnson Part I. Historical Perspectives 1. Sight, Sound, and Sentiment in Greek Village Dress, Linda Welters, University of Rhode Island 2. More than Costume History: Dress in Somali Culture, Heather Marie Akou, Indiana University 3. Dress, Hungarian Socialism, and Resistance, Katalin Medvedev, University of Minnesota 4. Clothes Make the Empire: British Dress in India, Donald Clay Johnson, University of Minnesota 5. African American Enslavement and Escaping in Disguise, Helen Bradley Foster, University of Minnesota Part II. Living Traditions 6. Indian Madras Plaids as Real India, Sandra Evenson, University of Idaho 7. The Role of Scents and the Body in Turkey, Marlene Breu, Western Michigan University 8. Awakening the Senses: the Aesthetics of Moroccan Berber Dress, Cynthia Becker, Boston University 9. The Power of Touch: Women's Waistbeads in Ghana, Suzanne Gott, Kansas City Art Institute 10. Performing Dress and Adornment in Southeastern Nigeria, Sarah Adams, University of Iowa Part III. Challenging Traditions 11. Women, Migration, and the Experience of Dress, Mary A. Littrell, Colorado State University and Jennifer Paff Ogle, Colorado State University 12. Handmade Textiles: Manufacturing African Authenticity, Victoria L. Rovine, University of Florida 13. Growing Old and Dressing (Dis)Gracefully, Annette Lynch, University of Northern Iowa, M. Elise Radina, Miami University and Marybeth C. Stalp, University of Northern Iowa Part IV. The Future 14. Embodying the Feminine: Male-to-Female cross-Dressing, Jane E. Hegland, South Dakota State University and Nancy Nelson Hodges, University of North Carolina 15. Virtual Sensation: Dress Online, Suzanne Loker, Cornell University and Susan P. Ashdown, Cornell University

Nancy Kirk: turning the world of graptolites upside down

Abstract Nancy Kirk was a protégée of O. T. Jones. Her early, unpublished, field studies in the Welsh Borders were an important foundation for some of the work on faunal distributions by Oxford workers in the 1960s and for regional studies by a group at Cambridge in the 1980s and 1990s. From the start, her graptolite work proved controversial but, for many people, enlivening. Interpretations (produced in conjunction with Denis Bates) based on detailed SEM examination, gave her an international reputation. As a teacher, she was noted for the care and effort that she put into stretching the minds of the brightest, while ensuring that even the weakest students had a chance. She was memorable for her dress sense (usually looking as if she had just come in from the field) and her sometimes colourful language.

It’s Like One of Those Puzzles: Conceptualising Gender Among Bugis

In this paper I examine notions of gender in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. I argue that gender should be understood as a multi-faceted concept rather than one that is opposed, for example, to biological sex. In South Sulawesi, notions of gender are constituted through a variety of intersecting factors, including biological sex, spirituality, sense of self, roles, behaviours, occupation, dress, sexuality, government and religious ideology, and subjectivity. Using ethnographic data, I examine how these factors contribute to an individual’s gender identity. Because myriad combinations of the above factors are possible, conceptualisations of gender are able to move beyond a dichotomous construction. As a result, gender is considered to be a multifarious concept and a range of identities is possible.

Everyday life encapsulated? Two photographs concerning women and the Basel Mission in West Africa, c.1900

Photographs can have a transforming effect on our thoughts about the history of everyday life in Africa since 1850, in particular offering evidence of active indigenous participation in determining contacts with locally resident Europeans, in this case on mission stations. But if they are to be used as sources, the study of the individual image needs great care. The examples discussed here show that images without the documentation which offers us a localization in time and space are virtually useless - and that the quality of documentation available can vary widely. Beyond documentation, integrating visual sources in historians' discourse challenges us to develop imaginative and open-ended trains of thought. One of the images presented here is a unique source, depicting African women performing 'Born House' for a missionary baby in inland Cameroon in 1909. It indicates that relations between women as women on and around mission stations cannot merely be subsumed under the concept of a racial hierarchy. The other - an example of a widespread genre in the Basel Mission archive - leads into a discussion of the history of girls' and women's handwork classes in what is now southern Ghana, where participation was energized by an indigenous sense of aesthetics and dress. The Ghanaian fashion industry of today (and the women's profession of dressmaker) have their origins on mission house verandas in the nineteenth century.

(Children’s) Dress Sense

(Children’s) Dress Sense

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From queen of agriculture to miss showgirl: Embodying rurality in twentieth‐century Australia

The judging of the inaugural Victorian Miss Showgirl competition was held on Thursday 19 September 1957 in Centenary Hall at the Melbourne Showgrounds. Crowds gathered to see almost a hundred entrants parade the narrow stage to exhibit their 'personality, dress sense and grooming'. This state-wide competition was organised by the Victorian Royal Agricultural Society as a new 'highlight of the show', and was promoted by its co-sponsor, the Sun-News-Pictorial, as being 'open to all single girls between 16 and 25 years of age' whose photos met the approval of the newspaper's General Manager. The Sun carried photos of each 'heat' winner, with nine women eventually, chosen for the final parade on Show Day. Kay Nielsen, an 18 year-old shop assistant from the Melbourne suburb of Thornbury was awarded the title. Next day, the Sun's front cover described 'Kay' as 'a brunette with green eyes', gave her height, weight and 'vital statistics', and reported that she 'smiled through tears' as she received her sash and £250 prize. Ms Nielsen was obviously a popular winner; she later became Miss Victoria as an entrant in the Miss Australia contest (a competition also sponsored by the Sun).

A Note on Circular Decomposable Metrics

A metric on a finite set is called a Kalmanson metricif there exists a circular ordering of points of , such that for all crossing pairs and of . We prove that any Kalmanson metric is an 1-metric, i.e. can be written as a nonnegative linear combination of split metrics. The splits in the decomposition of can be selected to form a circular system of splits in the sense of Bandelt and Dress.

Convexity and Steinitz's Exchange Property

“Convex analysis” is developed for functions defined on integer lattice points. We investigate the class of functions which enjoy a variant of Steinitz's exchange property. This includes linear functions on matroids, valuations on matroids (in the sense of Dress and Wenzel), and separable concave functions on the integral base polytope of submodular systems. It is shown that a functionωhas the Steinitz exchange property if and only if it can be extended to a concave functionωsuch that the maximizers of (ω+any linear function) form an integral base polytope. A Frenchel-type min–max theorem and discrete separation theorems are established which imply, as immediate consequences, Frank's discrete separation theorem for submodular functions, Edmonds' intersection theorem, Fujishige's Fenchel-type min–max theorem for submodular functions, and also Frank's weight splitting theorem for weighted matroid intersection.