Question

Please answer this quick. Thanks Use the Classification System of Dress to describe your own dress practices for a given day. List out the specific types of modifications and supplements that you used. Describe the activities you take part in and for which you are describing your dress, for instance: a day at school, a day at work, a graduation, a wedding, a funeral, a prom, etc For example: Describe the body modifications that you see; describe the body enclosures that you see; Are they pre-shaped body enclosures or wrapped? Be as complete and specific as possible with your list. A list of these items is just fine. Describe the items you see and label them using the Classification System of Dress. You may use an image of a person that represents any culture that appeals to you. There should be at least have four (4) visible body modifications and/or supplements in the image.

TABLE 1.1 CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR TYPES OF DRESS AND THEIR PROPERTIES Properties shape Surface Teture Scem Odor and and and Surface Types of Dress BODY MODIFICATIONS Transformations of Color Proportion Structure Design Texture Scent Sound Taste Hair Skin Nails Muscular/skeletal systenm Eyes Teeth Breath BODY SUPPLEMENTS Enclosures Wrapped Suspended Preshaped Combination-type Attachments to body Inserted Clipped or pressure-fastened Adhered Attachments to body enclosures Inserted Clipped or pessure-fastened Adhered Handheld objects By self By others Both body modifications and body supplements can be further classified according to (o) general body locus (eg, head, neck, trunk, arms,legs) or (b) more specific locus (eg. ips nose, eyelids or lashes, ears, hands, ankles, feet, breasts, genitals) ure: Adapted from Roach-Higgins and Eicher (1992). This system is based on previ- ous works: Roach-Higgins and Eicher (1973); Roach and Musa (198o)

Answer 1

According to Roach Higgins and Eicher (1992) :

Dress in an assemblage of modifications of the body and/or supplements to the body.

The main properties of dress are :

-identified and interpreted by the senses

-sight touch smell sound taste

Here in the body modifications, the dress modifications are :

*Permed hair

*Coloured skin

*Pierced Ears

*Scented breath

*and includes garments, jewellery, and accessories

Body supplements act as alterants of body processes serve simultaneously as:

-microphysical environment

-interface between body and the macrophysical environment

#Microenvironment interacts with the body:

-generates either positive feelings of body comfort and well being or negative feelings of irritation

-An interface between the body and the macro environment

*3 ways dress communicates socio-personal information:

1.Identity

2.Mood

3.Knowledge, personal skill and beliefs

Dress affects maintenance, survival, and change of individual human, society, and culture

*Tailored costume Cut & sewn to fit the body closely. It provides greater warmth and can often be worn in cool climates