“Whatever the number, they had no chance of escape” (Argersinger, 73), as only a few remembered the fire escape that was inadequate anyways as it only consisted of “a lone ladder running down to a rear narrow court, which was smoke filled as the fire raged one narrow door giving access to the ladder.” (Argersinger, 73). Given those conditions, the few workers that could have remembered about the fire escape would probably still have died in the incident. Another fact to be taken into consideration is that the rooms where workers made the shirtwaists were crammed with tissue paper, lace, and muslin goods, all extremely inflammable materials.…
Slacks and Calluses by Constance Bowman Reid tells a true story of two young teachers and their experiences from inside the war efforts of the 1940s. Constance Bowman, an English teacher, and Clara Marie Allen, an art teacher, went to work at Consolidation on the swing shift on a B-12 production line. On their summer vacation, Bowman and Allen learned not only the idea of true physical labor by how much effort was put into every individual Liberator, but they also witnessed a change in the way they, as women, were viewed by society. In working on the production line, the two teachers were able to see the demand for women involvement while gaining a sense of patriotism and personally experiencing the change in the status of women.…
March 25, 1911 was another Saturday for the men and women of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. The women work their long hours in the horrible conditions that were provided for them. The men hovered over them and analyzed the women's every move. At the end of the shift the women were to stand in a single file line to have their purses checked, to ensure that they were not stealing from the factory. Little did the people know that on this Saturday something would happen that would not only change the lives of the workers, but also began a change for most of the factories.…
Reporter, Tara Deschamps published a report on dress codes on Toronto students. Alex Halket had never been suspended or expelled in her 14 years of being in school. Nevertheless, it came to pass when she decided to go to class in a bare midriff with sleeveless and black patterned crop top. Since then, she has not stepped in her principal’s office. Halket’s vice principal pulled her into the office and told her that the dress code was too inappropriate and looked too much like a bra.…
Zoot suit Essay The zoot suit book is full of racial prejudice events,and even in the real world. So in a way zoot suit is a metaphor for what real life is like. For example,Don King drops the N word, september 22 ,2016.Also on september 16, 2016 an unarmed black man was shot and killed by a officer. September 29, 2016, in San Diego, Calif., to address the killing of Olango, a Ugandan refugee shot by an El Cajon police officer on Tuesday.…
Originally, Tohono O'odham people didn't wear much clothing-- men wore only native breechcloths and sometimes deerskin leggings, and women wore knee-length skirts. Shirts were not necessary in Papago culture, but the Papagos sometimes wore rabbit-skin robes at night when the weather became cooler. Papago people did not usually wear shoes, either, but when they did, they wore sandals made of rawhide or yucca fiber rather than moccasins. Native turquoise jewelry, especially pendant earrings, was worn by both men and women. Here are some photos and links about the clothing of Native Americans in…
Imagine you are faced with two choices, where one is the right choice you know you have to make, but there is a tiny part of you that just wants to make the other choice to see what plays out. Which one would you choose? The more reasonable decision that would surely guide you down the right path, or the erratic decision that you are taking a risk on? In Updike’s “A&P”, Herbert’s “The Nothing”, and Chopin’s “A Pair of Silk Stockings”, the three central characters, Sammy, Jean, and Mrs. Sommers, have to make difficult decisions that ultimately affect the ending of the short stories.…
Dalton Cherry Ms.Mowery American Lit 4/29/2018 Clothing in the 1920’s Back in the 1920’s clothing was very different from what they are today. Especially the clothing that women and children wore and the certain looks they tried to appeal to like the flapper look for women and the Gangster looks of the men. It is more appropriate to dress the way people did back in the 1920’s. To start, roughly 100 years ago women and children often dressed in short skirts and bobbed hair.…
At the beginning of the 70’s people began buying more clothes made of polyester. This was due to a wave of consumer protection demands for a mandated Federal flammability standard on clothing, they found polyester was much less flammable than cotton. The manufactured fiber industry spent $20 million on flammability research and development in 1973 and manufactured fiber fabrics became predominant in the clothing market. Flammability standards were also issued for carpets and many other products. In the US carpet market 99% of all surface fibers and now manufactured.…
In the opening line the author witnesses materialism that is targeted at the youngest segment of our society. “Just past the bin of pastel baby socks and underwear / There are some 49-dollar Chinese-made TVs (Hoagland 1-2)” The first line gives us a vast look into the beginning of the cycle that is to take place. This bin filled with baby socks and underwear ranging in various colors helps us to color code our children to their specific gender. Even in our infancy we are targeted for our futures as consumers.…
Back in the 1960's the style was very weird and odd and looked uncomfortable. The clothes back then look way different than they do now. There are some styles and clothes pieces that are still popular or came back. From shoes to shirts clothes have changed a whole lot. Sport shoes and clothes have had a dramatic change and some things have also changed a little bit.…
You can play harder with these and be confident about the support and comfort down there. These were some of the key features of the jockstraps for men by the loved brand Intymen. This functional item of clothing keeps important male parts safe from stress and shock so as to prevent ailment or complication arising from it. Despite the sexy and unique appeal of this type of men's underwear, there is no denying the fact that it is of great utility. This makes Intymen jockstraps not only functional but extremely edgy and stylish as well.…
Much like the white T-shirt, blue jeans, and the little black dress, the bathing suit is undeniably a fashion staple. As long as there has been shores to flock to and fabric to sew with there have been bathing suits, providing an immense history and abundant style variation of the garment. From the 18th century to present day, the bathing suit has evolved, transformed, and transcended time stylistically, culturally and symbolically. Bathing suits aren’t just popular culture however, throughout their history they have become politically and socially immersed as well, extending to how political systems have informed certain styles of bathing wear, from modesty, cover-all, to the “itsy-bitsy-teeny-weenie-yellow-polka-dot-bikini’ making the bathing suit a garment that has proved it’s longevity and dense cultural roots till this day.…
Fashion was very important at the turn of the century but it wasn’t always painless. Women’s fashion was especially uncomfortable; outfits consisted of mostly of long, restrictive dresses - as many as four outfits a day for those who could afford that many expensive gowns, and for those who couldn’t they could purchase a pattern and sew a replica themselves. Either way, from the rich to the poor, under all of a women's outfits was the corset. Some men also wore corset-like garments called “body belts” that stopped their abdomens from bulging, though these were were not as restrictive as women's corsets. Though there is more opposition than support for corsets today, a corset was just a part of life for women in the 1900s, as ubiquitous as underwear is today.…
A story we are all so familiar with: females accused with criminal charges because of dressing in ‘explicit clothing’ in the Middle East. Most of us in the United States would think “ Explicit Clothing?” Shockingly, in this case, it was ripped jeans. A 14 year old girl was enjoying a day with her friends until she was in face to face with the Iranian morality police. The officers tried to force the girls in a van while beating them with sticks.…