Bodice

The painting depicts a woman in a frontal position sitting in a chair whose arm and hands are resting on the arm of the chair, who appears to be on the balcony looking out a window. The woman is wearing a dark but simple dress, with a pleated bodice with gold embroidery along the sleeves. If you pay close attention to the top of her hear she is also wearing a black veil on her hair. The most intriguing thing found is this painting is that there is nothing really going on, but the woman is…

The Salem witch trials established a way to persecute empowered women as well as other outsiders in Puritan society by creating a toxic mindset in which both all people in the town were pitted against each other. However, this mindset grew from the root of all of Salem’s fears and anxieties which not only helped perpetuate the mindset, but also became the ‘justified’ reasons to condemn innocents for being witches. Women like Bridget Bishop and Sarah Good were persecuted not by concrete evidence,…

Exquisite Adversity His blue striped tie rested against the navy silk-like dress shirt he chose to dress himself in for the occasion. The color complimented his combed red hair as it shined, more so from the sun, while its natural state was a shade darker. He had tucked the tails of his shirt into a pair of black dress pants held on his hips by a black belt accenting the shined black shoes that put the final touch to his attire. The cuffs on his sleeves were buttoned, and the collar of his…

are very popular meats, they also eat Bratwurst which is sausage, some other foods they eat are cabbage, beets, turnips, potatoes and sauerkraut, and bread Germans love their bread(Zimmermann, Ann). Women’s traditional clothing is a close fitting bodice combined with different color aprons. Sometimes it is worn sleeveless, with a blouse, or a high hat. Men’s traditional clothing is made out of leather, wool and linen. The short pants are made from leather are worn with rustic shoes and wool…

Figure 2 is a photo of my grandparents on my mom’s side at my grandma’s high school prom in 1958. In our interview, my grandma stated, “I wore a gown that I re-used from a wedding. We were a poor immigrant family, so it was really hard to go out and buy something new” (Giorgi, n.p.). Her dress has a sweetheart neckline with a full skirt at ballerina length. The sweetheart neckline became popular in 1940s evening wear, but was still used in the 50s. Farrell-Beck and Parsons discussion on 50s…

The Importance of Costume in the Elizabethan Theatre As the Elizabethan theatre progressed through the sixteenth century with increasingly popular demand, costuming promoted the overall understanding of a play. The theatre grew so fast, in fact, that one out of every five citizens would attend the theatre with a population of about 160,000 people in the city of London (Brown 32). With this amount of people, the theatre contained an audience of natural critics, eager to voice their opinions of…

Women in the 20th century find their true identity and more opportunities. Women’s fashion began to change, and be less restricting. Literature and Education became more abundant to them, therefor they were educated more. There were more jobs available to women, but they were not in the best conditions. In the 20th century American women faced hardships regarding gender roles and equality among women but found individuality through; the following: fashion, literature, education and work. Women’s…

This mammal once roamed the bitter Artic before it became extinct in 1700 BC. The woolly mammoth is known for their hairy bodice and large spanning, curved ivory tusks that could reach up to the length of 5 metres and a height of 4.5 metres (2). Alike the elephants that are found roaming small parts of the planet today, the woolly mammoths were an herbivorous animal. Due to…

There was blood everywhere. My dress was drenched in it. I remember that dress in detail. It had a sweet bodice with buttons at the side, and a long fluffy skirt down to my ankles. I was barefoot. The narrow sleeves covered my elbows. It had a vertical striped pattern in pale yellow and green. I seem to have liked that dress. Being alone and helpless in the…

With the popularity of shows like “Say Yes to the Dress,” and “Four Weddings,” we see women’s craze for having a wedding of their dreams. Teenage girls are no strangers to talking about their future dream wedding and looking at wedding dresses with their friends. How did weddings get so grand? What is the source of this myriad of traditions? The study of the modern wedding is a study of the history of Western civilization. Most America’s wedding traditions stem from Roman practices to medieval…