The purpose of this study was to investigate whether clothing influenced perceptions of personality characteristics often associated with success in business environments. Specifically, the study investigated the effect of clothing on (a) perceptions of task-oriented abilities of employees in a business setting, (b) perceptions of relationship-oriented abilities of employees in a business setting, and (c) perceptions of demographic-oriented qualities (education levels and income levels) of employees in a business setting. Seventy-six Speech Communication students were used as subjects for the study, 38 of whom were males and 38 of whom were females. Subjects included six freshmen, sixteen sophomores, seventeen juniors, 36 seniors, and one graduate student. Ages varied from nineteen to 48, with a mean of 22. Results indicated that formal clothing could be related to perceptions of task-oriented abilities in a business setting. However, neither formal clothing, nor casual clothing was related to perceptions of relationship-oriented abilities in a business setting. Finally, clothing could also be related to perceptions of education and income in a business setting. / Graduation date: 1995

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In her fiction, L.M. Montgomery (1874-1942) uses clothing as a tool to explore women's roles during a time when ideologies about women were quickly changing. Montgomery's fiction shows dress being used in order to navigate new roles and negotiate changing power relations during a time of increased visibility for women. This thesis links specific changes in women's lives during Montgomery's lifetime to her fictional depictions of clothing. It investigates the increased presence of women in the paid labour force in relation to financial and emotional independence and autonomy in dress. It also looks at visibility and changing ideologies about sexuality and vanity and how these moral concepts are rewritten by Montgomery to favour attention to dress. It explores the influence of maternal feminism on the nation in the early part of the twentieth century and its connection to fashion, noting a decreased interest in both following World War I.

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This thesis addresses a gap in research regarding women's aprons. The research concentrates on aprons used or made from the late nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century by Anglo-Saxon and Celtic women in South Australia. / Thesis (MVisualArts)--University of South Australia, 1999.

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio State University. / Bibliography: leaves 59-61. Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1990. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 175-191). Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (M.F.A.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1990. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A. in apparel, merchandising, design and textiles)--Washington State University, May 2009. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 12, 2010). "Department of Apparel, Merchandising, Design and Textiles." Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-101).