DRESS AND BE DRESSED IN THE FASHION WORLD
ABSTRACT
The research focuses on the general belief that dressing is part of women’s character, and it goes to blend with the global fashion that is in vogue and is equally saying that dressing is social uniformity or societal tradition conformity, which has no limitation to religious policy, education. The outcome of dressing could speak about the profession of the people and the age and economic status of the model. Given many other reasons, this paper gives the value of dressing as fashion in our society.
TABLE OF CONTENT
PAGES
TITLE PAGE i
CERTIFICATION ii
DEDICATION iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv
ABSTRACT v
TABLE OF CONTENT vi-viii
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION 1-6
1.1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 6-7
1.2 PURPOSE OF STUDY 7-8
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTION 8
- RESEARCH HYPOTHESES 8-9
- SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY 9-10
- SCOPE/DELIMITATION 10
- DEFINITION OF TERMS 10-11
CHAPTER TWO DRESS AND BE DRESS IN FASHION WORLD
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 12
2.1 THE CONCEPT OF DRESS 12-15
2.2 THE EFFECT OF DRESSING IN INDUSTRIAL
CAREER 15-17
2.3 THE EFFECT OF MODELING ON YOUNG
FEMALE AND MALE 17-19
2.4 CAUSES OF FASHION IN INDUSTRIAL CAREER 19-22
2.5 THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF FASHION SHOW
AND ITS CHANGES 22-26
2.6 THE ECONOMIC TENDENCIES 26-29
2.7 EDUCATIONAL VALUES 29-32
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 33
3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN 33
3.2 POPULATION OF STUDY 33
3.3 SAMPLE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUE 33-34
3.4 INSTRUMENT FOR DATA COLLECTION 34
3.5 VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE INSTRUMENT 35
3.6 RELIABILITY OF INSTRUMENT 35
3.7 METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION 36
3.8 METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS 36-37
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA 38-58
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
5.1 SUMMARY 59-60
5.2 CONCLUSION 60
5.3 RECOMMENDATION 61-62
REFERENCE 63-64
APPENDIX 65-68
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Dresses are clothes we wear to protect, beautify or adorn the body, such as dress accessories, hairdos, make-ups, handbags, and shoes. The dress one wears people a lot about the type of person is; it also gives self-confidence; therefore, it is very important to wear the right dress at the right time for posture.
To be dressed depends on the assessment and how an individual is being judged on a particular way of dressing like today’s generations. They dress in order to captivate their opposite sex or be socially relevant. A young girl will put on a mini skirt and open tummy blouses, and the boys will put on old school trousers and a fitted shirt and barb punk hairstyle to attract their opposite sex. They can not be condemned, to them, it is fashion, but this can not be put on by married men and women or older men and women; if it happens, they will be seen as irresponsible men or women.
To all sense of responsibility, the elderly need to be modestly looking and very responsible in dressing because it tells people a lot about the type of person.
There are different modes of dressing, such as
Dress code: – is the unwritten rule of dressing as an aspect of human physical appearance; This has social significance. The dress code has built-in rules or signals indicating the message a person gives, clothing and how it is worn. The message includes indications of the person’s gender, income, occupation and social class, political, ethnic and religious affiliations, attitude toward comfort—fashion, tradition, gender expression, and marital status.
John R Jewitt (1802) described the people of the Pacific Northwest coast as having a complex social structure, including enslaved people, commoners and nobles with a dress code such as loose untailored garments; he was not allowed to cut his hair and had to paint his face and body as a Nootka would is to indicate their social distinction. After his year of stay with them as a captive, the chief decided that he must now be considered one of them and was conform to the custom and ways of dressing.
Fashion Design: This is the applied art design and aesthetics to create natural beauty on clothing accessories influenced by cultural and social attitudes that vary over time. Fashion designers work in several ways in clothing accessories; some work alone as part of a team. They attempt to satisfy consumers’ desire for aesthetically designed clothing because of the time required to bring a garment to market.
Fashion designers attempt to design clothes that are functional and aesthetically modest; they must consider who is likely to wear the garment and the situation in which it will be worn.
Model: – is a person employed to display and promote fashion clothing or other products for advertising or promotional purposes who poses for work or art. Marie Vernet worth was described as the first fashion model in (1852) to her fashion designer husband Charles Frederick’s work.
ASO EBI: – is a Nigerian outfit made from matching fabric to be worn by groups of people to an occasion like a wedding or funeral as a uniform. Wearing certain as Ebi identifies the group of wearers, for instance, at a wedding, all the bride’s friends might wear blue and gold, and the groom’s friend might put on black and pink.
Aso Ebi is a phenomenon seen at Nigerian events whereby groups of people wear similar cloth to indicate their close relationship and solidarity.
The tradition started among the Yoruba tribes it has spread all over Nigeria. Aso Ebi in Yoruba means clothes of the family, but now Aso Ebi is clothes for the selected, not just family but anyone who can afford to buy it.
ASO OKE: – is a hand-loomed cloth woven by the Yoruba people of southwest Nigeria. Aso-oke means top cloth in the English language. Usually woven by men, the fabrics are used to make men’s gowns called Agbada, women’s wrappers called Iro and men’s hats called fila.
There are three types of traditional aso oke weaving techniques among the Yorubas.
(a) Alaari – a rich red aso oke
(b) Sanyan – a brown and usually light brown aso oke
(c) Etu – a dark blue aso oke.
Aso oke fabric is often worn with aran brown velvet with concentric designs.
YORUBA WOMEN GARMENT
When people speak of an aso oke, they usually refer to the traditional Yoruba women’s garment, which consists of four parts.
(1) Buba – Yoruba blouse
(2) Iro – a wrap skirt
(3) Gele – head tie
(4) Iborun or Ipele – a shawl or shoulder sash.
FORMAL WEAR
Nigerians worldwide wear aso-oke fabric for special occasions, including holidays, weddings, funerals and chieftaincy title ceremonies. All followers of the Yoruba religion also wear aso-oke fabrics and hats.
- STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The problem facing dress and be dress in fashion is that everyone, including the older men and women, wants to look young again by wearing clothes meant for young girls and boys, like wearing trouser fitted blouse, short skirt and the men wearing old school trousers fitted shirt and barbing punk hairstyle, some do put on low waist trouser. It does not tell well of them since such fashion is for the young one. Older adults feel like competing with young ones instead of correcting them; most women do not put on tie wrappers again; everyone wants to be smart, so they all put on smart wear, like gowns and trousers. This study will investigate what can be done to discourage the older men and women on how to dress properly in the presence of the younger generations so that they can learn good things which they will, in turn, transfer to their generations.
- PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The study aims to assess the motive behind dressing and reasons for assessment in either a positive or negative manner in the lives of the younger generation and the older adults. To also suggest possible ways of enlightening our older adults on their mode of dressing. It will also help to highlight the damage it will bring to their status as an elder.
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTION
The research study will attempt to answer the following question.
(1) What account does the dress and be dressed give in the
fashion world?
(2) Does dress and being dressed affect the choice of career in
our Fashion industries?
(3) In what ways has it contributed to the technological
the forwardness of the nation?
(4) What is the effect of dress and being dressed in personality
responsibility.
- RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
- There is no significant difference in the dress and be
Dress in the Fashion Industry.
- There is no significant difference also in dress and be
Please dress for the choice of career in our fashion world.
- There is no difference in dress and being dressed in
contributing to the technological forwardness of the
nation.
- There is no significant difference in dress and be
Dress in personality responsibility.
- SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This study will undoubtedly be of immense benefit to the home economics teacher as it will help them guide the student into a better choice of fashion career; it will also benefit the government, policymakers, educators, and guidance counsellors well as parents. It will enable them to have an insight into the causes of dress and be dress in fashion career and ways of overcoming them. The importance of clothing technology in home economics and the need to promote it will also become clear. The guidance and counsellors will find it beneficial as it will serve as a guide to career counselling.
- SCOPE/DELIMITATION
The study will focus mainly on the dress and be dress in fashion career in Nigeria. It is agreed that the problems being addressed by the study are true of public secondary schools and higher institutions in the federation.
The study was confined to a few seconds, and higher institutions were randomly selected in Lagos.
The few schools covered are mixed and offer home economics in junior secondary while clothing and textile at the university level.
- DEFINITION OF TERMS
The terms are defined as used in this study.
Industrial career: – Profession took in the field of fashion and its allies.
Occupational segregation: – Division of labour marked into predominantly male or females.
Prejudice: – This is opinion like or dislike, formed before one has adequate knowledge or experience.
Dress: – Idea about something fixed in form, used and repeated without change.
Dressing: – Idea about sexes fixed in form, used and repeated without change a collection of commonly held beliefs or opinions about behaviour and activities considered by society as appropriate for dressing; these are socio-cultural-economic education and training.
Aso – Oke: – Traditional weaving method.
Aesthetics: – This is the appreciation of beauty.
Agbada: – A flowing garment for men.
Wrapper: – Iro – a wrap skirt for women.