Showing results for "The Dress" in Politics & Social Sciences

Growing up in West Texas, Jane Little Botkin didn't have designs on becoming a beauty queen. But not long after joining a pageant on a whim in college, she became the first protégé of El Paso's Richard Guy and Rex Holt, known as the "Kings of Beauty"—just as the 1970's counterculture movement began to take off.

 For centuries, clothing has been a wearable status symbol; fashion, a weapon in struggles for social change; and dress codes, a way to maintain political control. Dress codes evolved along with the social and political ideals of the day, but they always reflected struggles for power and status.

In the spirit of works by Jia Tolentino and Anne Helen Peterson, a smart and incisive essay collection centered on the fashion industry—its history, its importance, why we wear what we wear, and why it matters—from Elle Magazine’s fashion features director. Why does fashion hold so much...

Because sometimes people study economics and fight in bars.

UPDATED WITH A NEW EPILOGUE At fifteen years old, Daphne Scholinski was committed to a mental institution and awarded the dubious diagnosis of Gender Identity Disorder. For three years and more than a million dollars of insurance, the problem was “treated”—with makeup lessons and...

A comprehensive and detailed account of medieval life and culture in France, with reference to other parts of Europe, including chapters on private life, food, hunting, games and pastimes, costume, privileges and rights, justice, commerce, finance, and punishments. The online text of the book has over 400 contemporary illustrations. Warning: Sections 27 and 28, Punishments, may be disturbing to those of a sensitive disposition. (Summary by Ruth Golding)

A harrowing dual memoir that braids the story of a Chinese-American woman’s search for identity with the dramatic tale of her great-aunt, who was born at the turn of the century in tradition-bound China and went on to become Vice President of China’s first women’s bank. "In China, a woman...

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Brought to you by Penguin. The hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life - from family and friends to industry and Empire - told through her unique textile scrapbook. In 1838, a young woman was given a diary on her wedding day. Collecting snippets of fabric from a range of garments she carefully...

“More than the Dress” is a podcast from Dress for Success Worldwide, the leading resource for advancing women in the workplace globally. Each episode features honest conversations with women leaders and change agents shaping work, leadership, and life today. Through real stories and timely insights, we explore the challenges and opportunities on women’s paths to economic mobility and independence. Because success is more than what you wear. We are igniting careers. We are transforming futures. Your success starts now!

While Pang-Mei Natasha Chang was a Chinese Studies major at Harvard University, she stumbled across the name of her 83-year-old great aunt Chang Yu-i in a history book. Over the next several years, Pang-Mei spent long afternoons drawing forth her aunt's story. Born in Shanghai to a well-to-do family, Chang Yu-i lived a life of defiance, continually breaking class and culture barriers.

Brilliant Bridal found a new way to help brides & couples navigate all their options before, during, and after their wedding. Melanie & Malea - owners of Brilliant Bridal, hosts of this podcast, & experts in the wedding & bridal industry - will be sharing their experiences to empower, educate, and help brides & couples.If you are engaged, soon to be engaged, or married, this podcast is for you. When it comes to weddings - we got you!

Entstanden im Sommer 2019 aus einer Laune heraus, ist Dress Relief heute mehr, als nur ein Streetwear Podcast. Das Konzept? Ein oder mehrere Gäste, die in der Welt der Mode beheimatet sind, erzählen den Hosts – Caiza und Sebi – in freundschaftlicher Atmosphäre, was sie aktuell bewegt, warum früher alles besser war, oder warum eben nicht. Dabei geht es nicht um wilde Flexereien wie "Ich habe mir bei StockX den Kaws x Supreme Box Logo Hoody gekauft und kombiniere ihn mit meinem Yeezy Boost – dafür sind wir mit Mitte 20 bzw. Anfang 30 auch zu alt. Es geht eher um die Menschen hinter ...

What is success? How do we measure it? Why do we value it? Who is asking all these questions? Come find these answers, and more, with guests who range from "classically successful" to "David Andrew Laws".This is Dress For The Podcast You Want, hosted by David Andrew Greener Laws & co-hosted by the successful Megan Greener Laws.Support your favorite podcaster at Patreon.com/backgroundjoysDavid Andrew Greener Laws -- IG: @davidnotandrewMegan Greener Laws -- IG: @instagreener1Intro/Outro Music: "Goin' Places" by Andrew WholfDress For The Podcast you want is hosted on DimlyWit.com#...

"For Wedding Dresses, Truly Binding Contracts" is from the July 15, 2016 LIfestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by E.J. Dickson and narrated by Paul Ryden.

"The End of the Office Dress Code" is from the May 25, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Vanessa Friedman and narrated by Kristi Burns.

By Annabel Beeforth of Love My Dress®, this podcast is for anyone planning their wedding, for all wedding business owners and everyone interested in the world of creative business entrepreneurship, whether you're deeply involved in the wedding industry, on its periphery, or are just generally curious.Each episode delivers profound and heart-led conversation with bright minds and brilliant business owners. We explore everything from weddings, business, creativity and authenticity and the life experiences that have influenced the careers and lives of my guests.More at lovemydress.net/podcast

"Celebrity Brides Attract Business for Dress Designers" is from the October 09, 2016 Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by Marianne Rohrlich and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

The Little Black Dress: the icon for beauty, empowerment, confidence. A night on the town with your best girlfriends talking about anything and everything. We are a community of women who share openly and honestly.

Join our hosts, senior style icon and former mental health professional Teddi Krochman, and entrepreneur and documentarian Melissa Pierce, for a podcast that focuses on why we dress the way we do and what that says about us as a culture.