Lines are a fundamental part of visual perception. This work explores how to conceptually work with lines as guildelines when constructing garments. The aim is to investigate the dynamics of straight lines through experimental construction of dress.This dissertation is conducted through experimental artistic research. The main applied method is constructing from striving line compositions to three-dimensional shape. Other line properties, such as angle, width or length became influential variables in creating form and dynamic in combination with the choice of colour and fabric. Line compositions can provide strong dynamics given it’s put in relation to body and movement. / Program: Modedesignutbildningen

Internet har blivit nästintill oumbärligt i dagens värld. Från online-spel till e-handel och från kommunikationskanaler till ett informativt nät, är Internet förmodligen en av de mest framträngande och vitt spridda uppfinningarna av vår tid. Medan säkerheten kring användandet av Internet har diskuterats vilt så har användbarheten av Internet i olika områden inte utforskats till samma grad. Det finns mycket statistik och information om Internethandel men få fokuserar på lokala vanor eller specifika genres inom området. Med den här uppsatsen vill vi undersöka vilka nyckelelement som är de viktigaste när det gäller handel av kläder online, och vi har begränsat vår forskning till människor som bor i Stockholm. Det vi har kommit fram till är en blandning utav överraskningar och siffror som vi gissade oss till innan vi startade, men i sin helhet har det här projektet lärt oss mycket, inte bara om de frågeställningar vi har ställt oss utan även om e-handel i allmänhet och en hel del oväntade faktorer som an leda till framtida forskning i det här området. / Internet has almost become inevitable in today’s world. From on-line gaming to e-shopping and from communication channels to an information web, Internet is probably one of the most penetrated and widespread inventions of this era. While the topic of uses and abuses of Internet has widely been discussed, its usefulness in various sectors has not been widely researched. There are a lot of statistics and information about e-commerce but few focus on local habits and specific genres within online shopping. With this paper, we want to examine what key elements are the most important when it comes to shopping clothes online, and we have limited our research to people living in Stockholm. Our findings are a mix between surprises and numbers that we guessed before we started, but all in all – this project has taught us a lot, not only about the questions we raise at the beginning but also about e-commerce in general and a lot of unexpected factors that might lead us to future investigations in this area.

Abstract My aim for this paper is to analyse the character Jeeves' obsession with perfect clothing in     P. G. Wodehouse's The Inimitable Jeeves (1923). My method has been to study the historical context of the British aristocracy at the time of the first publication of the book in 1923, as well as the previous four decades during which the author grew up and decisive changes in the British class society took place. This paper studies sources on the significance of clothing in general, and examines its importance at the time in particular. For my analysis I have borrowed elements from new historicism. The norms, traditions and values of the aristocracy lost in importance during this time, and the aristocracy was divided into individuals who were willing to adopt to these changes and others who fought to defy them. My conclusion is that Jeeves considers the strict dress codes to be an important symbol of the old aristocratic values that he has to defend, in order to legitimize his own position, as he is profoundly devoted to his calling of being a first class valet faithful to the old traditions. Wooster, then, acts as Jeeves' opponent on the matter as he embodies the part of the aristocracy willing to embrace the changes instead.

Substantial research on the functionality of athletic apparel has been conducted; however little consideration has been given to the plus size figure. Societal messages suggest that overweight women are lazy and therefore would not be interested in athletic apparel. The purpose of this study was to determine overweight adult women's experience with athletic clothing. The sample consisted of 14 women, ages 30 to 65 who wore size 1X to 3X. They were each supplied with a Nike brand athletic outfit and participated in two in depth interviews. Data collection methods included qualitative interviews, quantitative surveys and guided journaling. The major findings suggest that overweight women have difficulty shopping for clothing. Difficulty and frustration was experienced on a number of levels including; limited stores, limited selection and styles, fitting issues, over-priced items and less color options compared to smaller sizes. The findings suggest overweight women experience emotional anxiety when trying on clothing for the first time. Dissatisfaction with clothing fit was attributed to the belief their body is unsuitable and needs to change. Satisfaction with clothing fit was attributed to the ability of the apparel designer. Many negative experiences have left this sample feeling disappointed and marginalized. Some participant's experienced increased desire to participate in physical activity while others felt exercise was a necessity regardless of the clothing available. By trying on the Nike brand clothing, it gave the women in this study an alternative way of dressing themselves which has enabled several women to feel differently about their size and their body in athletic clothing. The current sample showed behaviors of internalization by using dehumanizing terms to describe body parts. The sample felt discriminated against in the media and wanted to see larger women modeling clothing. Apparel companies should include a wider variety of sizes in their brick and mortar stores as to not alienate a population. Apparel companies should incorporate diverse models into advertisement to include the plus-size population. Proving high quality athletic apparel to plus size women provided an opportunity for them to experience their bodies in a new perspective. Future studies should develop new pattern making, grading and sizing techniques in order to provide better fitting athletic apparel for large size bodies. Studies expanding on fit and comfort of athletic apparel for large bodies should be explored. This paper provides an initial indication of how plus size women experience athletic apparel. Further understanding of clothing, fit and exercise behavior are needed. / Graduation date: 2013 / Access restricted to the OSU Community at author's request from July 18, 2012 - January 18, 2013

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Este estudo aborda aspectos do campo da pintura, analisados através dos diferenciados procedimentos realizados por Karin Lambrecht nos trabalhos da série Registros de sangue. / This study approaches the field of painting, as analyzed through the different procedures performed by Karin Lambrecht in the Registros de sangue (Records of blood) series.

The purpose of this study was to explore how consumer’s perception of women’s golfing apparel qualities influenced consumer’s purchase decisions. In fact Swinker and Hines (2006) pointed out that consumer perceptions of apparel quality are viewed as a multi-dimensional concept and should be evaluated on several levels. Numerous apparel quality studies have examined how perception of apparel quality has influenced consumer purchase decisions. However, there has been little or no research documented on how female consumers perceive women’s golfing apparel quality and how this may influence consumer purchase decisions in a South African context. Evaluation of apparel quality occurs at two stages during the consumer decision-making process. Apparel quality is evaluated in-store at the decision-making process stage and at the post-purchase evaluation stage. The apparel qualities that women golfers use during these stages may not be the same. In light of this a phenomenological approach was used to explore apparel quality for women’s golfing apparel which allowed the researcher to focus on the actual experience and perception of participants in their natural environment. Moreover, this approach allowed participants to describe their thoughts on physical (intrinsic) apparel qualities, extrinsic apparel qualities as well as behavioural (functional and aesthetic) apparel qualities found in women’s golfing apparel. Data were collected through means of a multi-method approach whereby different data collection instruments were applied. In this regard focus group discussions, design card sort and a sentence completion task were used which addressed the objectives set out in the study. A convenient sampling strategy was used to recruit participants for the focus group discussions. This sample consisted of women golfers from the Woodhill and Silverlakes Clubs situated in the East of Pretoria. From the results of the study on the perceptual exploration of women’s golfing apparel qualities and the influence on consumer purchase decisions, it was indicated that participants viewed apparel quality as a multidimensional concept. Physical, behavioural and extrinsic apparel qualities were used to evaluate women’s golfing apparel on which they based their purchase decisions. / Life and Consumer Sciences / M. Consumer Science

Dans la première moitié de l’époque moderne, période de troubles politiques et religieux ainsi que de découvertes géographiques ouvrant de nouveaux débouchés commerciaux, la question du chapeau et des autres couvre-chefs est abordée sur les plans technique, commerciaux, à la fois dans la capitale, à la Cour, dans le royaume et à l’étranger, esthétiques avec l’évolution des formes et des décors (broderies, panaches, enseignes) mais aussi sociaux (manières et fonctions de leur port). Ce commerce, transformé par le castor et l’obligation sociale du port d’un couvre-chef, dans le contexte particulier du Paris de l’époque, a un impact fort sur l’évolution des fortunes des chapeliers de la ville et sur les garde-robes des Parisiens et des gens de la Cour. Sans vestige archéologique, les informations, éparses, se trouvent par exemple chez les moralisateurs et les auteurs de l’époque, chez des graveurs français tel qu’Abraham Bosse, chez des peintres flamands comme Jan Miense Molenaer, ou dans les archives judiciaires, comme possibles motifs demeurtres. Loin de n’être qu’un accessoire vestimentaire, le couvre-chef à l’époque moderne est un élément essentiel dans la définition de l’humanité d’un individu et de sa sociabilité : c’est par lui qu’il indique son appartenance nationale, son âge, sa fortune, son métier, son rang social ou sa maîtrise des codes de civilité, notamment par rapport à l’institution médiévale du salut. Cette importance du couvre-chef est remise en cause sur les plans politique et religieux par les Protestants mais aussi par la découverte de nouvelles sociétés dont le rapport au vêtement relativise l’approche européenne traditionnelle. / In the first half of the early modern period, time of political and religious troubles, and of great geographical discoveries that opened new trade opportunities, we approached the subject of hat and headdresses history in their technical, commercial (in the capital, the Court, the kingdom and abroad), esthetical (evolutions of forms, embroideries, feathers, hat badges) and social ways (manners and signification of wearing them). In the peculiar Parisian context of this period, this trade, changed by the apparition of beaver and the social obligation to have everybody’s head covered, has a deep impact not only on the evolution of the Parisian hatters’ wealth but also on Parisians’ and Courtiers’ wardrobes themselves. Without headdresses preserved, details about them are scattered in documentary sources: for example, we can find them in the writings of authors and moralizing people, in engravings of French people like Abraham Bosse, in works of Flemish painters like Jan Miense Molenaer, but also in criminal archives where they can be sometimes even motives of murder! Far from just being clothing accessories, headdresses in the early modern period are essential to socialize and characterize human beings: through them, we can grasp national identity, age, wealth, profession, social status and knowledge of civility rules (especially to raisesomebody’s cap to someone, a tradition established from medieval times). Also, at that time, their importance is reconsidered because of the challenge by the Protestants about their social significance and by the discovery of new societies with other relation to clothes, which put the traditional and European approach into perspective.

Este estudo aborda aspectos do campo da pintura, analisados através dos diferenciados procedimentos realizados por Karin Lambrecht nos trabalhos da série Registros de sangue. / This study approaches the field of painting, as analyzed through the different procedures performed by Karin Lambrecht in the Registros de sangue (Records of blood) series.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-12T17:38:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LUIZ HENRIQUE REIS DE CASTILHO STIVAL.pdf: 1746208 bytes, checksum: 43e8c467b1dc79668c87e730e785a4d8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-08-20 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The single-phase induction motor, in permanent split capacitor topology, is utilized on most of the clothes wash machines on Brazilian market. This configuration presents limitations on motor drive and on energy efficiency of the system. This work suggests a drive control method for the single-phase induction motor, aiming to deliver benefits on energy efficiency and improving motor drive. On this work, a mathematical model of the motor is derived to compare, through simulation, this proposal among different solutions. Then, the implementation of the proposal is done to gather experimental results. These results are compared to the results of the current control used on wash machines. The proposal achieved good advantages on dynamics response and system efficiency, although impacts the final cost of the solution. / O motor de indução monofásico, em sua topologia de capacitor permanente, é empregado na maioria das lavadoras de roupas do mercado nacional. Esta configuração apresenta limitações no acionamento do motor, e oferece uma limitada eficiência energética do sistema. Este trabalho propõe um método de controle do motor de indução monofásico que visa oferecer benefícios em termos da eficiência energética e melhoria do acionamento do motor quando utilizado em lavadoras de roupa. No trabalho, é levantado um modelo matemático do motor para que, através de simulação, possa ser realizado um estudo comparativo da solução proposta com outras soluções. Em seguida, se dá a implementação da proposta para obtenção de resultados práticos. Estes resultados são então comparados aos resultados do controle original utilizado em lavadoras de roupa. São alcançados benefícios na dinâmica e eficiência do sistema, porém com um impacto no custo final da solução.