Thesis (M.S.)--Worcester Polytechnic Institute. / Keywords: clothing; firefighter; flammability test. Includes bibliographical references (p. 63).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI Company.

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This item was digitized as part of the Million Books Project led by Carnegie Mellon University and supported by grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Cornell University coordinated the participation of land-grant and agricultural libraries in providing historical agricultural information for the digitization project; the University of Arizona Libraries, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and the Office of Arid Lands Studies collaborated in the selection and provision of material for the digitization project.

American Indian traditional art forms have been reincarnated by contemporary Native designers and placed on human bodies in the form of haute couture. This project examines culture and identity through a historical and sociocultural analysis of contemporary Native American clothing design. This project focuses on the use of clothing design and adornment to promote cultural traditions and maintain a `Native' identity. I equate this communicative use of design with the traditional role of storytelling: it allows Native designers to express, interrogate and subvert notions of Indianness; to create and perpetuate cultural traditions; to enhance aesthetic aspects of dress design; and to build and maintain community.This project explores the world of Native high fashion, and provides a cultural contextualization and analysis pertaining to identity, creativity, and tradition. I hypothesize that these contemporary designers continue the long practice of incorporating the new with the old, and, in effect, creatively carry on their cultural traditions. Whether they update Native clothing styles of the 1800s, or Indianize contemporary fashion, these designers explore how modern cuts and materials can be blended with traditional cultural design concepts and symbols to create unique, expertly constructed, artistic, and highly valued garments. These artists have taken up new materials to display their traditional art forms in innovative ways to uphold and maintain their unique cultures, and to celebrate their heritage by educating a non-Indian buying public.Using an interdisciplinary approach, I attempt to gain an insider's understanding of Native fashion by interviewing principle actors in the industry, by observing and participating in cultural and trade events, and by researching its history in archived records, stories and garments. The goal of this research is to add to the sparse literature on Native clothing, art, creativity, and identity by providing the only comprehensive critical scholarship on contemporary Native American fashion design.

Visa apranga skirstoma į vyrų, moterų, jaunuolių ir vaikų aprangą, yra ir bendrų aprangos pavadinimų. Bakalauro darbe aptarti vaikų aprangos pavadinimai (kilmė, daryba, sudėtis) ir jų vartosena. Tyrimo tikslas – išanalizuoti ir aptarti vaikų aprangos pavadinimų vartoseną. Siekiant išsiaiškinti vaikų aprangos pavadinimų vartojimo ypatumus, keliami tokie uždaviniai: 1) išrinkti vaikų aprangos pavadinimus; 2) suskirstyti juos pagal sudėtį; 3) išanalizuoti pagal reikšmę ir kilmę; 4) aptarti vientisinių pavadinimų darybą ir sudėtinių pavadinimų sandarą; 5) aptarti sinoniminius pavadinimus; 6) parengti anketas ir atsakymus išanalizuoti. / All clothing is divided in to men's, women's, youth's and children's clothing is and common names. In the undergraduate work to discuss the children's clothing names(origin, formation, composition) and their usage. The aim – to analyze and discuss the children's clothing usage. In order to find children's clothing to the use of features for the following tasks: 1) select the names of the children's clothing; 2) categorize them according to composition; 3) analyzing the meaning and origin; 4) to discuss the integral formation names and titles of complex structure; 5) to discuss synonymous names; 6) to do a questionnaire and to analyze responses.

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Liberalization of textiles and clothing was one of the pillars of the Uruguay Round under the WTO aimed at promoting economic growth, development and alleviating poverty. For over 40 years this sector had been separated from the established principles of liberal trade stemming mainly from protectionist sentiments. The new regime established by the Uruguay Round aimed at integrating the sector into GATT on the basis of its strengthened rules and disciplines in furtherance of its general objective to liberalize trade. This change in international trade rules is a phenomenal development that is bound to have an impact on trade in other areas. The paper explores the liberalization process by analyzing current trends in the textiles and clothing liberalization process. It identifies opportunities and also highlights challenges the process presents to participants in the sector. Although no precise picture of the trade following the full integration can be drawn at this stage, there are some indicators of potential winners and losers explaining both the praises and condemnation in the liberalization debate from the various commentators. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

An increased interest in environmental concern has been embraced within the consumer market, particularly in the apparel market. As such, environmentally friendly clothing items are becoming more prevalent in the mainstream consumer market. In order to better understand factors relating to environmental concern and environmental apparel knowledge, this study compared students’ environmental orientation and environmental apparel knowledge depending on college major and gender, and identified attitudes and perceptions of environmentally friendly clothing at a university located in the Midwestern area in the United States. Results indicated that some majors, particularly those grouped as Environmentally Related majors differed from other major groups. Gender was found not to make a difference in either environmental orientation or environmental apparel knowledge in this study. Attitudes and perceptions about environmental friendly clothing were evaluated. In addition, some attitudes and perceptions were found to be correlated with scores relating to environmental orientation and apparel knowledge. / Department of Family and Consumer Sciences

The primary objective of this creative project was to develop an imagery source through the observation and analysis of historical and contemporary clothing. The secondary objective was to produce both jewelry and functional objects in metal that reflected the author's personal interpretation of such garment forms. This body of work employed a variety of traditional metalsmithing techniques. / Department of Art