The Way We Dress: The Meaning of Fashion (DVD or VHS)
©1996 Learning Seed, 24 minutes
#LS-19696, Price $89
An interest in fashion is one of the few traits all cultures share. Explore the meaning and psychology of fashion and realize that the simple decision of what to wear is influenced by centuries of social forces.
Learn
- How attitudes toward "dressing up" change. Twenty years ago people "dressed up" to go to a movie or restaurant. Today people "dress down" to go to movies, to travel, and even to eat out. What does this change mean?
- How clothing changed from handcrafted garments made for a specific person into an industry of ready-to-wear clothes made for "market segments."
- How fashion changed from a system of signals about money and social standing into a way to express dreams and individuality.
- Why youth around the glove are obsessed with "American" jeans, t-shirts, and footwear.
- Does fashion "trickle down" from the cultured elite or "bubble up" from the masses?
- Why are jeans so popular? We examine the origins of blue jeans and discover what they reveal about ourselves.