Bodice

acted as a trickster in his style of painting and seeing things as they were. “I thought he would begin to paint what he saw – a girl’s face, a blue skirt, a yellow and black bodice, a brown map, a silver pitcher, and basin, a white wall. Instead he painted patches of color – black where her skirt would be, ocher for the bodice and the map on the wall, red for the pitcher and the basin it sat in, another grey for the wall” (99-100). Vermeer painting the colors not as they are seen in real…

England is a beautiful place to live, or even visit someday. The weather is usually cold and wet. Warm and comfortable clothes are a necessity. People throughout the ages, such as people in Elizabethan Era, wanted to be warm and stylish. The dress and clothing of Elizabethan England is a very important part of England’s history. In Elizabethan England, clothing could be bright and beautiful, or simple and plain. What clothes you wore depended on your station in life and your financial…

In the Renaissance, there were laws called the Sumptuary Laws that allowed certain people to wear specific types of clothes. The lower class wore linen, which is a fabric made from flax seed fiber. The upper class wore nicer clothes made of silk, satin, and velvet. Cotton was made back in the Renaissance, but it was prohibited in the Elizabethan England to protect the wool industry. It was not until cotton farming in the United States and Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin, that cotton…

a suede fringe skirt at each of the retailers. The colors used vary slightly but for the most part are the same. The silhouettes are all alike as well. For instance, one can find a utility jacket at all three stores in a similar sleeve length, bodice length, and even all cinched slightly at the waist. The prices of the garments are all in the same range, since the materials and style of the apparel are identical. Jogger sweatpants would range anywhere between fifteen to twenty dollars, and…

would know who a person was based on their clothing. Their clothing was used to emphasize fashion sense, personal rank, and social stature. The sense of fashion always depended upon a person’s choice. The women were seen wearing big dresses. The bodice was tight fitting and the skirt was big and wide. The women would also wear hairnets called. “snoods”. (Anastasia Romanova). They would also wear other accessories as part of their outfit. The accessories that the women would wear were…

The chosen garment that will be discussed in detail is the iconic corset designed by the American corset couture designer Maggie Norris who is one of the designers involved with the brand Trashy Lingerie. This corset was chosen for Caitlyn Jenner as the outfit for the cover image of Vanity Fair. This essay will cover the following topics: historical/cultural context, formal elements, and its meaning. This corset which was designed by Maggie Norris was worn by Caitlyn Jenner in her worldwide…

Over six million jews were killed in the Holocaust, “The Devil’s Arithmetic” takes place during the Holocaust. Hannah is a character from “The Devil’s Arithmetic” who is twelve years old, jewish, and is living the lifes of Chaya and Hannah. Although some people think Hannah is showing appreciation towards her jewish heritage, she isn't. Hannah want’s to go back to New Rochelle. People say Hannah wants to stay in lublin because she is being nice to her new family. When Hannah was reading stories…

Landscape (Figure 1) has inspired Alexander McQueen Spring 2017 Ready-to-Wear collection (Figure 2). In Figure 1, the woman wears a classic Renaissance-style dress. In Figure 2, this dress adapts several Renaissance fashion features, including fitted bodice, puffed sleeves flared at the elbow, front lace-up, pointed waistline, and square neckline. From the two figures, both share these features. The most interesting difference between Figure 1 and Figure 2 is their skirts. As shown in Figure 1,…

A waist cincher is a bodice that is designed to make the waist smaller to give that natural feminine sexy silhouette. This garment, usually goes over the waist line and can run under the bust area to set it up and down your hips to tone them up. Latex waist cinchers and waist trainers are very popular because of the amazing properties of the material in serving the waist training needs. Whereas waist cinchers are primarily designed to offer women that sexy curvy look, there are some that are…

This new beginning that Blanche decides to start results in a complete disillusionment “she is daintily dressed in a white suit with a fluffy bodice, necklace and earrings of pearl [….] looking as if she were arriving at a summer tea or cocktail party”(5). Blanche’s fall follow a recurrent pattern that control her actions and the way she is perceived by others. Stella fuels her desire when she…