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Clothing has its own meaning in communication. We are being judged by our clothing every time we come in contact with someone. Human communication is accomplished by two ways, one third by words and the rest by nonverbal communication (Hickson, 1989). Clothes serve to be protection, social identification, sexual attraction, and many other services. Someone’s clothing can be different compared to others. Their clothing is based on their age, gender, occupation, personality, and values. According to William Thourlby, there are ten decisions that people around someone make based on their clothing along (Hickson, 1989). The ten decisions are:

In the 1950s, the fashion industry was based mostly around teenagers and young adults. Before this time, adolescents were expected to follow in their parents’

Chris Rock’s documentary, Good Hair, investigates the notion of what good hair is. Dominant society views good hair as straight or essentially caucasian hair. This is not only problematic to the self-esteem and confidence of black women, but it can also cause black women to appropriate Asian culture. Black women unfortunately take advantage of Asian culture in search of what society believes is good hair. Many black women wear weaves in order to align to what society believes is good hair. However, when they buy this hair, they do not realize what Asians go through. Likewise, Asians who give up their hair do not know where or who this hair will be going to. Thus, this desire for good hair further perpetuates the lack of understanding that black

Women’s social standing was very important to both men and women. A woman’s appearance was the easiest form of determining her social class. If a woman was dressed in a skirt and blouse or a

Charles will assign Ryan (a man) or Chloe (a woman) to a new advertising account for a national makeup line. Charlotte believes that they both are strong candidates, so she decides to present the two of them to the client for a final decision. The client says that because this work relates to makeup, he would prefer working with Chloe instead of Ryan because she is a woman.

Could she get him away? Would he fall for that long, wavy beautiful hair? Why take chances?” The language employed in the Hi-Ja hair advertisement was intended to provoke shame among African American women and instill fear of competition from more glossy haired, beautiful women. Advertisers intentionally employed this technique to convince anxious female readers that they needed to buy more beauty products in order to keep their men happy and faithful. Additionally, when describing the Hi-Ja hair cream, the advertisers were careful to include that the product was white in color. The advertiser’s decision to include this seemingly insignificant detail painfully reveals the racialized nature of early twentieth-century African American beauty culture and advertising. African American beauty advertisements overwhelmingly correlated lighter skin and straightened hair “with femininity, beauty, and romantic

Through collage and drawing, I show the relationship between these women and how historical stereotypes effect the way that American culture represents African American hair. Many of those stereotypes are generated

When a person thinks of culture, they do not typically think of ‘white American’ culture. That is, of course, because very few things in American culture were created here originally, even the language. White American culture is based off of appropriation. For many American people, culture is what they see of another race or ethnicity. Many times, the conclusions they come to based off of their observations is the only knowledge they have of another culture and, at times, this is used to belittle the minority’s culture. In Leslie Savan’s essay, “What’s Black, Then White, and Said All Over?”, she explores the impact African American vernacular, or black English, has had on modern American English. As she states, “It’s a black thang has become everybody’s thing” (Savan 435). While she discusses black English’s growing popularity and its daily usage by white people, specifically in pop culture, she also highlights the fact that, when used by black people, it is used as a way to demean them. This is the ignorance within white culture. Like black Americans, Muslim women are being degraded due to the lack of knowledge on the significance of their traditional headdresses which leads to

The Cardigan family has made a name for themselves in the sweater industry. CARDWARE, Inc. is growing and has opened ten new stores nationwide under the name “The Sporty One.” The slogan the store advertises its sports ware with is “You don’t have to be an athlete to look and feel like one.” CARDWARE, Inc. wants to employ slender, young employees, so that the clothing line can keep with the sporty image. They placed an ad online advertising that they wanted to hire an experienced salesperson, in retail sales or marketing, who is energetic, youthful, athletic, and able to “sport” the clothing lines of The Sporty One with style. Petunia Rotunda, a middle aged, slightly plump woman, who has five years of retail experience working in a garden shop. Noah Dahl, a college graduate in marketing, a slender racquetball player who has not had any retail experience. Petunia and Noah

Throughout history, there has been a blatant difference in the world’s perception of the hierarchical standings of men and women. In many regards, men are viewed as superior to women. Because progress towards equality between the sexes has been made, it may be difficult for one to imagine the stark differences in the standards of which men and women were held to a century ago. In “A Jury of Her Peers,” Susan Glaspell crafts an intricate portrayal of these differences, but also provides a closer look at interpersonal relationships in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as how one’s atmosphere may affect the mind.

Teenagers in 1920s’ have different views as to what feminine qualities for each woman should behold. People can be from the same social class, and still have differences in personality and opinions. For instance, Bernice, Marjorie and Mrs. Harvey are all from the same social class, yet are very different. Mrs. Harvey has an obvious difference because she is not a teenager and comes from a different generation, so she was exposed to different teachings. Bernice and Marjorie however, are from the same generation, yet have completely different views on what are feminine qualities.

“The Turbulent Twenties” included the bold new fashion style and social changes, such as the “flapper” and the automobile. In modern America, fashion is greatly influenced by someone's likes and

CNN.com knew that hair coloring was a big trend as early as 1996. (Klensch, 1996). They predicted that the trend would continue on into 1997 but it

During our life we construct many different identities of who we want to portray ourselves as to the rest of society; fashion plays a vital role in generating who we are. With the ideas from Storry and Childs they state that “the way that we dress can either serve to confirm or to subvert various facets of our identities, such as our gender,

The Years between the 1950’s and 1960’s was an explosive time in fashion. The 50’s represented an out coming of the new generation. People began to gain their own personal style and appearance, influenced by films and singers (“Vintage Fashion”). Their styles incorporated leather, jeans, corduroy, and the ballet shoes for the girls. Men’s wear began to drastically change. Men would wear a leather jacket, with jeans that narrowed at the bottom, and a simple t-shirt (Peacock 210-211). This was the first time in history that jeans were not just worn by the working class but by all men (“Brief History”). The man’s lust for flesh grew during this time, so women’s skirts began to get shorter and the bikini was invented. Clothes were made to glorify the female body and emphasize every curve. It wasn’t until the Barbie doll was created in the late 50’s that young girls began to have a separate fashion from their mothers. Young girls would wear sweaters with full skirts or pants