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    Bridal Apparel

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    Doria’s is a leading designer of wedding dresses and bridesmaids dresses, offering both modern and traditional styles to customers. The boutique boasts gowns and dresses designed to enhance your wedding. Doria’s strives for top quality in its clothing and service to customers. Since starting in 2000, Doria’s has established a reputation for its fashions, designs and service in the South Sound. Foxglove Bridal Faux…

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    Rendezvous Thesis

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    Rendezvous Rendezvous is a word that means meeting in French. In 19th century America, rendezvous referred to meetings in the west at a designated place to trade furs and goods. The majority of rendezvous happened in the Rocky Mountain region and frequently occurred in Indian villages. Rendezvous started in the year 1810 and continued throughout the better part of the century up to the 1880’s. Rendezvous lasted anywhere from a couple days to several weeks (Harris 42). Rendezvous impacted…

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    from their families and put into government run boarding schools. They were kept away from their families to prevent them from picking back up their traditional values. Once at these schools, their hair was cut and they were put in typical American clothing to make them look more civilized. Mission schools also came about in this same time to teach young boys and girls about the Christian religion and to denounce their own traditional ideas. (Marr) This mass Americanization caused many young…

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    Madshakespeare Summary

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    Shakespeare Staff, Sandra, Stefanie, Tom, and Yasmin. N.p., 10 Oct. 2014. Web. 24 Mar. 2016. Summary: This website gives a great look into how the audience could recognize, or define the royalty levels of the characters in the playbased off of their clothing, and personality. It tells the reader how people in the Shakespeare era did their make-up with what they came up with to create the product, even though most of it was quite hazardous, like mixing white lead and vinegar together to create a…

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    anticipated part of the year is finally here. Ladies, the wait is over and our favorite winters have set it. You don't have to wear the delicate and complex strapped dresses anymore. Cover up with exclusive coats and wraps and give a modish touch to your clothing. Simplicity is the key this fall so keep it plain n classy. The less embellish the fancy it gets. Get cozy with the coming trend. Here, I am going to give you a recap of the stylish and trendy pieces you can add to your attire that…

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    Elizabeth became a fashion icon during her reign, and women would do extreme things in order to imitate her. Laws were even passed that limited what colors and materials you could wear according to your class. In the “Peacock Age”, the wackier your clothing was, the better you were. Noblewomen’s attire had many layers in order to achieve the desired body shape. An inflexible corset was the bottom layer, then a stomacher, a hooped skirt known as a farthingale, petticoats, a kirtle, a gown,…

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    The Fashion Styles of Men and Women “Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity”- Coco Chanel. The Great Depression was a terrible time for all Americans. The stock market crashed, people lost their jobs and no one had money. Some may think due to no jobs or money that American citizens could not dress like they used to in the twenties. That was a lie. American men and women looked just as stylish in the thirties as in the twenties, just…

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    I will argue that the clothing used in King Lear reflects deeper themes occurring in the play. The use of clothing is significant because it is a physical symbol of the embedded themes of the play. In this paper, I will address how the use of clothing contributes to the development of the themes of justice, appearance of sanity, and power. Justice is a key theme in this play. At the beginning, Lear administers justice the way he believes the gods have allowed him to do so. However, once he…

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    businessmen in suits and ties, or construction workers in baggy jeans and t-shirts. Clothing is something that has become a necessity overtime. It not only defines people, but also shows the evolution of history. This begs the question as to why clothing? The basis for why we wear clothing includes cultural expectations focusing on group identity, protection, and individuality. The first reason as to why we wear clothing is because of cultural expectations, focusing on group…

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    Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws

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    material of the clothing. These laws were made to limit the money of might been spent on clothing, accessories, and jewelry. In addition, these laws also showed the separated classes depended on the clothing that the citizens were wearing. If the Sumptuary Laws were broken, there would have been punishment fines or even death. Elizabethan Nobles and Upper classes wore clothing made out of expensive materials and fabrics. This included velvets, furs, silks, lace, cottons…

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