Welcome back to another week of the anthropology in fashion series, where every week we learn about the traditional dresses from one region in the world. This week it’s Polynesia’s turn. About Polynesia Polynesia, a sub-region in Oceania, covers the … Continue reading Anthropology in Fashion: Cultural Clothing in Polynesia
Welcome back to another week of the anthropology in fashion series, where we look at the various traditional dresses from a region in the world every week. This week we discover the cultural outfits of the region of Central Asia. … Continue reading Anthropology in Fashion: Cultural Clothing in Central Asia
Welcome back to another week of the anthropology in fashion series, where we explore the different traditional dresses in regions across the world. Today’s post is in continuation of last week’s post, where we looked at clothing in India, Bangladesh … Continue reading Anthropology in Fashion: Cultural Clothing in South Asia
Welcome back to the anthropology in fashion series, where each week we discover traditional dresses from one part of the world. This week, we look at the South Asian countries of India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. These countries in the South … Continue reading Anthropology in Fashion: Cultural Clothing in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan
Welcome back to the anthropology in fashion series, where we look at different traditional dresses from around the world. This week we explore the cultural clothing in Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia is the region that lies to the east of … Continue reading Anthropology in Fashion: Cultural Clothing in Southeast Asia
Clothing is a daily necessity and a need for human beings. It is impossible to imagine going out wearing no clothes. Today, nearly every community on the planet don some sort of clothing with the priority of keeping themselves covered … Continue reading Anthropology: Cultural Significance of Clothing From Prehistory to Present Day
The Aran sweater has a long history and culture. The first written record of an ‘Aran sweater’ or geansai as we call them in Ireland was in; 1940 where the knitting patterns were first shared in a magazine. What once began as a functional solution for Aran Island fishermen going out on the rough and cold Atlantic, is now an iconic fashion item. After first appearing in Vogue magazine in 1956 its popularity skyrocketed. Worn by Grace Kelly, Elvis Presley and Steve McQueen among many others the Aran sweater’s popularity was well established. Aran sweaters still make appearances in popular … Continue reading Aran Sweaters: The History and Myth Busting
Welcome back to another week of the anthropology in fashion series, where every week, we learn about the traditional dresses from one region in the world. This week we’ll be looking at clothes from Australasia. Australasia is a sub-region in … Continue reading Anthropology in Fashion: Cultural Clothing Distinct to Australasia