After discussing my idea further with Sarah James we decided a good route to start researching is to look into the the area of debate of children as consumers and also sexualisation of children.
One of my class friends also recommended a Panorama programme about sexualisation of children called 'Stop pimping our kids' all about retailers selling clothes way to grown up for kids. This is something I will definitely watch and make notes of as this is a really current reference I can use in my dissertation.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
My dissertation idea
In my research I came across the topic of children's clothing....this got me thinking about the current issues around children wanting to be adults too young and how the fashion industry is targeting that area of the market.
Quotes of interest
The Child in Fashion - By Doris Langley Moore
Pg11, 1-5
'It is a fact well know but none the less curious and surprising that the children of Western European Civilization were dressed until fairly late in the 18th Century exactly like miniature adults'
Pg11, 63-68 - Pg12, 1-3
'I have met several ladies who could remember being laced into the tight, boned dresses of their girlhood and two or three who as small as children, wore skirts of crinoline dimensions; and the impression left is always of 'feeling so very smart', or 'being so proud of my new clothes' and not of the restraint they must have inflicted.'
(Picture of Miss Lynn Redgrave)
Pg27, 3-7
'Only the youthful features of Miss Lynn Redgrave, and her simple style of hair dressing with a fringe on the forehead enable us to judge that this is the portrait of a little girl. The stiff bodice, tight narrow-shouldered back and hooped skirt are what her mother would have been wearing in the same epoch.'
1, 790 - Miss Chloe Sayer
Pg-33, 3-8
'The great sartorial innovation of the 18th century - a special dress for children'
'Girls as young as Miss Chloe Sayer might appear in these white frocks at a date when their elder sisters were still clad in hoops and buckram 'bodies' but it was not till the late seventeen-eighties that such extreme simplicity became fashionable for all children until near adolescence.'
Late eighteen forties
Pg49, 20-24
'Children's dresses however were now of decided colours, and not seldom, un-washable, and the fashion papers were beginning to introduce the figures of little girls and boys much oftener than formerly into their pages. The World of Fashion in 1844 was actually publishing an occasional plate with as many as eight children and no adult models at all.'
1855 Lady Selina Hastings
PG50, 1-8
'The idea, almost universal in the late 18th century, of simplifying children's clothing and freeing it from all irksomeness and constraint, had, by the middle of the 19th Century, been almost totally forgotten. No sooner had it been taken up bu those irrepressible characters, the wives of the lower bourgeoisie, than the upper ranks had grown restive.
Unwilling as always to brook any possibility of a confusion of identity, they had set their imitators at a distance by subtle changes, costly refinements; but they were never able to keep them from catching up at last, and by the date of our present example, they had reverted to that positive negation of fitness and utility which is openly a class distinction.'
1863 - Miss Camilla Hasse
Pg55, 4-6
'It is towards the eighteen-sixties that we first began to find fashions for the adolecent. This was at least partly due to the rise of periodicals aiming at middle class readers.'
Pg11, 1-5
'It is a fact well know but none the less curious and surprising that the children of Western European Civilization were dressed until fairly late in the 18th Century exactly like miniature adults'
Pg11, 63-68 - Pg12, 1-3
'I have met several ladies who could remember being laced into the tight, boned dresses of their girlhood and two or three who as small as children, wore skirts of crinoline dimensions; and the impression left is always of 'feeling so very smart', or 'being so proud of my new clothes' and not of the restraint they must have inflicted.'
(Picture of Miss Lynn Redgrave)
Pg27, 3-7
'Only the youthful features of Miss Lynn Redgrave, and her simple style of hair dressing with a fringe on the forehead enable us to judge that this is the portrait of a little girl. The stiff bodice, tight narrow-shouldered back and hooped skirt are what her mother would have been wearing in the same epoch.'
1, 790 - Miss Chloe Sayer
Pg-33, 3-8
'The great sartorial innovation of the 18th century - a special dress for children'
'Girls as young as Miss Chloe Sayer might appear in these white frocks at a date when their elder sisters were still clad in hoops and buckram 'bodies' but it was not till the late seventeen-eighties that such extreme simplicity became fashionable for all children until near adolescence.'
Late eighteen forties
Pg49, 20-24
'Children's dresses however were now of decided colours, and not seldom, un-washable, and the fashion papers were beginning to introduce the figures of little girls and boys much oftener than formerly into their pages. The World of Fashion in 1844 was actually publishing an occasional plate with as many as eight children and no adult models at all.'
1855 Lady Selina Hastings
PG50, 1-8
'The idea, almost universal in the late 18th century, of simplifying children's clothing and freeing it from all irksomeness and constraint, had, by the middle of the 19th Century, been almost totally forgotten. No sooner had it been taken up bu those irrepressible characters, the wives of the lower bourgeoisie, than the upper ranks had grown restive.
Unwilling as always to brook any possibility of a confusion of identity, they had set their imitators at a distance by subtle changes, costly refinements; but they were never able to keep them from catching up at last, and by the date of our present example, they had reverted to that positive negation of fitness and utility which is openly a class distinction.'
1863 - Miss Camilla Hasse
Pg55, 4-6
'It is towards the eighteen-sixties that we first began to find fashions for the adolecent. This was at least partly due to the rise of periodicals aiming at middle class readers.'
Fashion Dissertation Topics
I have been thinking and thinking about a topic to base my dissertation on and I have drawn blanks every time.
As I have been so stuck with coming up with any inspiration I decided to do some really basic research and Google searched 'dissertation subjects in fashion'. From the search I was able to find some broad areas and from that I have found some direction that I can take my research in.
Fashion Studded Fashion Dissertation Topics
January 21st, 2010Depending upon how you define the term fashion or perceive it, there can be plenty of topics for your fashion dissertation. What is important is to ensure that the fashion dissertation topics revolve around fashion issues or are based on the fashion. This seems difficult; but Dissertation-Service.co.uk is a trustworthy helper for you if you are a student needing the fashion topics. For more than 10 years, we have produced ample services for assignment, dissertation, coursework,thesis, essay, or any other academic papers. If you are new to us, obviously, we always welcome your query or inquiry. But, before asking or raising question, we advice you to first go through our webpage of FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions). If you are already determined to avail of our services, be happy because we insure piece of mind through quality service and customer satisfaction.
• Broadly speaking, the fashion is not something confined to its common perception or image, i.e. fashion industry, glamour, and lifestyle. Beyond this, it also relates to the culture, history, art, literature, music, cinema, etc. Apparently, if you apply broader sense, you will have the fashion dissertation topics with larger scope as compared to a range with limited meaning of the fashion.
• However, when you concentrate only on the limited meaning, you will have the hottest and in-demand topics. Thinking and researching about changing trends will make you conceive many valuable topics. For instance, along with the fast life, new fashion comes in speedily and also vanishes with the same speed. Some styles, patterns, or designs are accepted by the masses, making them successful; while some other are rejected and prove to be flop. Thus, a key factor in fashion industry is to capture the niche of the public; if you can do so you are on the winning side.
• On the other hand, with the broader sense, you can formulate the dissertation topic like why the fashion is so important today for the human. The fashion has entered all walks and faiths of life, giving you many new fashion dissertation topics for your dissertations. There are not just fashionable clothes, shoes, or jewelry, but the fashionable ways of talking and gesturing too. Due to this, the fashion also affects the non-fashionable people in addition to the fashion-conscious people.
• One more instance is how bigger role the fashion plays in defining particular culture, or how much the fashion and culture influence each other. Easily, this topic becomes very clear when we see different TV channels or magazines belonging to different nations or cultures.
• Furthermore, you will have many topics originated from the area of history of the fashion. Similarly, the darker side of fashion or modeling industry is also a whole sphere enough for indicating you the meaningful topics. For instance, the celebrity status of successful models gets eroded as fast as it emerged.
______ - Devil Wears Prada Quote –
Miranda Preistly: (Miranda and some assistants are deciding between two similar belts for an outfit. Andy snigger because she thinks they look exactly the same) Something funny?
Andy Sachs: No.No.No. Nothing's...you know, it;s just that both those belts look exactly the same to me. You know, I'm still learning about this stuff and, uh...
Miranda Priestly: 'This...stuff? Oh. Okay. I see. You think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your closet and you select...I don't know...that lumpy blue sweater, for instance because your trying to tell the world that you take yourself to seriously to car about what you put on your back. But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue, its not turquoise. It 's not lapis, it's actually cerulean. And you're also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar de la Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves Saint Laurent....wasn't it who showed cerulean military jackets? I think we need a jacket here. And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of eight different designers. And then it, uh, filtered down through the department stores and then trickled on down into some tragic casual corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin. However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs and it's sort of comical how you think that you've made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when, in fact, you're wearing the sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room from a pile of stuff.
______ - Include reference to Fashion History and how it has changed to be able to express an individual style.
This also got me thinking about linking how fashion is at peoples fingertips and how media has made fashion more viral.
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