Little black dress

no doubt! The four minute mark shocked me, because I was still on my introduction. I knew it was over then; the train had crashed and burned. This is what began the rambling during my actual ‘How-to turn a maxi dress into pants’ speech. When I explained for example how to fold the dress after cutting and giving visual aids on what it should look like, I tried to make up for everything wrong by adding in jokes about my butt, to make the class laugh. It worked, but added to my over time. The…

personal commuunication, October 27, 2016). Brand names were not considered while shopping for chlothing. Zoot suits were in style for men, but according to Joseph, he did not wear them. When going to school, church, or socializing, he would dress in slacks, dress shoes, dresshirts, and sweaters, and “always a tie when going on a date! And women would wear penny loafers with bobby socks and dresses or skirts with sweaters, they did not wear slacks (J. Denis, personal commuunication, October 27,…

range from regional climate to religious influences, with other factors in between. The topic of modesty is often directed at women, suggesting it is the duty of woman to act and dress modestly as a preventative measure for the people around her. This mindset not only questions the independence of women, but also creates a black hole of automatic victimization for women; moreover, other than skewed societal expectations, there is no documentation that cites modesty as a burden solely for women.…

interpretation of the necessity of modesty leading to unnecessary violence and oppression. In this essay, I will identify the ways in which Christianity encourages the personal, relational, and structural problems that the overemphasis of modesty within dress causes for women, and provide suggestions based on ethical frameworks to better this societal issue. The Bible states…

brush her teeth while thinking of one thing that she liked about herself, “Your hair looks softer today, how nice,” she thought. Happiness tends to tell herself one thing that she liked about herself in the mirror every morning just to give herself a little more confidence. She will hum a tune as she walks downstairs. She’ll make…

with fringes as well. The dresses shared a similar design. They also had long, closed sleeves and would attach extra cloth or hide to lengthen the garment. The dresses would also decorate the seams with long fringes or feathers and the surface of the dress would commonly be divided into two or three painted plains. Similar to the Ghost Dance shirts, these colorful dresses were decorated with elaborate designs. The dresses would commonly have a large symbol forming the focal point of the designs…

that I was in my boxers but the guys cared when girls came around. I found out that it was because the guys wanted to take the view of what the girls would think, but that is not actually what they were thinking when they saw me. I experienced very little difficulties carrying out this experiment in the co-ed floor because I knew everybody there and they all knew me. The results of the third social setting were even more mixed, the girls who had brothers at home did not care at all that a male…

Today I try on my wedding dress. Maura and I walk across the black tarmac to the all-glass storefront, Dana's Bridal Warehouse scrawled in giant letters on the glass. I regret wearing a black t-shirt today. Even in the short distance from the car to the door, the dark material absorbs the summer sun and instantly makes my armpits and under my boobs sweat. A bell tinkles overhead as we step into the air conditioning and we breathe a sigh of relief. Maura pulls out a small compact from her…

(culture), even the way I have power to go to school and educate myself, and to have my own view on life. We ran away from Iraq in 1993. Living, in refugee camps and running away from country to country was the only to survive. Sitting, in dirt with black cloth on. And, the sun burning what once was my pale reflection.…

well as multiple arrests, street fights, and gambling games she participated in. While Catalina’s recount of her life is straightforward and to the point of her various encounters over a twenty-six-year period, the introduction by Michele Stepto is a little less so. While there are several things that she mentions in her introduction in reference to Catalina’s memoir that are expounded upon, there is one in particular that is atrociously ignored. For instance, Michele mentions Catalina’s…