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Catalogue Number: 200063
ISBN Number: 0-917159-10-1
Producer: Learning Seed
Subject: Family Studies/Home Economics
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: United States
Copyright Year: 1996
Running Time: 23
The Way We Dress
This item is only available for Canadian orders.Catalogue Number: 200063
ISBN Number: 0-917159-10-1
Producer: Learning Seed
Subject: Family Studies/Home Economics
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: United States
Copyright Year: 1996
Running Time: 23
Explore the meaning and psychology of clothing. Viewers examine how clothing has changed from handcrafted garments made for a specific person to an industry of ready-to-wear clothes made for "market segments." The video explains how our idea of "dressing up" has changed drastically in the past twenty years and how fashion is a system of signals.
This program has been replaced by "Why We Wear Clothes: The Functions of Fashion."
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