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Adornment And Modesty A Symbiotic Relationship Between Surface Design And Social Behavior, Hawa Stwodah
Adornment And Modesty A Symbiotic Relationship Between Surface Design And Social Behavior, Hawa Stwodah
Theses and Dissertations
The impulse to beautifying clothing through acts of adornments or embellishments is an innate characteristic of humans. The added decorative details are used for identification and visual communication by the wearer and comprehension and visual appreciation by the viewer.
This thesis investigates the recent attention to female modesty, labeled as the Modesty Movement--the community that has developed around the apparel segment of the Movement and the framework of the behavior encompassing the participants within Movement. Additionally, the thesis focuses on adornment through the lens of textile/surface design (embellishment) specific to the Greater Middle East and the northern provinces of India …