From Sleepwear to Sportswear


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How did women begin wearing pants? Prior to the 1920s it was a rarity to see women in pants in the Western world, but as the silk pajama trouser suit moved from the boudoir to the beach in the early 1920s it cemented the image of the trousered woman. Worn by Jean Harlow and Marlene Dietrich, painted by Raoul Dufy and immortalized in F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night, between the two world wars pajamas came to symbolize much more than sleepwear. This book explores how the pajama phenomenon was not only critical to the careers of designers such as Chanel, Patou, Poiret, and Schiaparelli, but how the versatile garment was also bound to the independence of women and influenced culture more broadly. Through meticulous research and never-before-seen images, the authors position pajama fashion in the context of the Golden Age of Travel, the rise of Hollywood, and the changing political climate of the early 20th century, to reveal how the rising trend in sleepwear influenced The American Look, modern sportswear, and the image of the trousered woman.




From Sleepwear to Sportswear


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How did women begin wearing pants? Prior to the 1920s it was a rarity to see women in pants in the Western world, but as the silk pajama trouser suit moved from the boudoir to the beach in the early 1920s it cemented the image of the trousered woman. Worn by Jean Harlow and Marlene Dietrich, painted by Raoul Dufy and immortalized in F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night, between the two world wars pajamas came to symbolize much more than sleepwear. This book explores how the pajama phenomenon was not only critical to the careers of designers such as Chanel, Patou, Poiret, and Schiaparelli, but how the versatile garment was also bound to the independence of women and influenced culture more broadly. Through meticulous research and never-before-seen images, the authors position pajama fashion in the context of the Golden Age of Travel, the rise of Hollywood, and the changing political climate of the early 20th century, to reveal how the rising trend in sleepwear influenced The American Look, modern sportswear, and the image of the trousered woman.







Roadmap to Sustainable Textiles and Clothing


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This book covers the elements involved in achieving sustainability in the textiles and clothing sector. The chapters covered in different volumes of this series title aim to cover all the distinctive areas earmarked for achieving sustainable development in the textile and clothing industry. This first volume is dedicated to the initial phases of life cycle, i.e. raw materials and manufacturing phases of textile products. This book aims to cover the sustainable raw materials, technologies and processing methods to achieve sustainable textile products. There are plenty of raw materials available today to cater the needs of sustainable textiles and apparels including organic materials, recycled and biodegradable raw materials for textile applications. Similarly, many innovative methods to process textile materials to achieve sustainability in the supply chain along with various processing technologies to manufacture textile products sustainably. This first volume covers the titles of these areas in a comprehensive way.







Designing Apparel for Consumers


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Given its importance for consumer satisfaction and thus brand success, apparel fit is a major challenge for retailers and brands across the industry. Consequently there have been major developments in sizing research and how it can be used in apparel design. This book reviews how these developments are affecting clothing design for different groups of consumers.Part one identifies various aspects of body shape, size, volume and the psychological aspects of designing apparel. This section covers topics such as body shape and its influence on apparel size and consumer choices, sizing systems, body shape and weight distribution (with a discussion of the Body Volume Index (BVI) versus the Body Mass Index (BMI)), and the psychological and sociological factors influencing consumers' choice of apparel. Part two outlines the challenges in understanding the sizing and shape requirements and choices of particular customer groups. This section discusses apparel designed for infants and children, older consumers, overweight and obese consumers, plus size Black and Latino women, apparel design for Asian and Caucasian ethnic groups, sizing requirements for male apparel, maternity apparel, intimate apparel for varying body shapes, and the challenges of designing headwear to fit the size and shape of Western and Asian populations.Designing apparel for consumers provides an invaluable reference for apparel designers, manufacturers, and R&D managers in the textile industry, as well as postgraduate students and academic researchers in textiles. - Reviews developments affecting clothing design for different groups of consumers - Identifies various aspects of body shape, size, volume and the psychological aspects of designing apparel - Outlines the challenges in understanding sizing and shape requirements and choices of particular customer groups







E-MONEY


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Fuat BALTA Lecturer, Entrepreneur and Startup The Entrepreneur's Investment Bank, One of ``EIBANK`` Founders, Our purpose to accelerate the speed of SALES, grow New generation entrepreneurs via HIRE them as admin partners, create investment capital via M&A part of stocks of small and medium-sized companies, increase production, create millions of new Job positions in the US and Europe. http://bit.ly/fuatbalta E-Money Book is a petition to the world and shows problems of old ``not updated`` world economy engine and solutions of the idea ``updated`` economy rules and tools When we look the old-world ``not updated`` economy window: Problem: Create a Job and Find a Job. When we look at the Idea ``updated`` economy window: Problem: Not find a job, Problem: Create Second income It`s possible to create the second income from trillion dollars new generation capital market to e-wallets of a couple of billions of family members with an internet connection. We should consider and ask ourselves. Why Consumption Right is a Human Right? Because if We can`t create income to consumers of the world, production may not increase and we may not create sufficient jobs in the US and Europe. Otherwise, Job problem will be a headache for every community it doesn`t matter wherever we live. We all partners of the new generation world economy engine. We have 2 option: 1 Option: We can reject, ignore the problems of old-world economy rules and tools and continue to live with old-world economy rules and tools. Or 2 Option: We can put our prejudice eyeglass on the desk and update old world economy rules and tools to increase purchase power of the consumers of the world, increase production and create millions of new job positions in the US and Europe CHANGE, It`s up to us, It`s up to you. Blogs: https://medium.com/@changeitsuptous https://medium.com/e-money QA Podcasts: https://qapodcast.wixsite.com/campusweb




Disclosure Journal


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Foreign Commerce Weekly


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