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Fashion media's role in the debate on millinery and bird protection in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Creator:

Scarborough, Amy D.

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The purpose of this study was to explore the possible relationship among fashion media, the social responsibility agenda of the Audubon Society, and the use of birds in millinery in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Both the content analysis method and the historic method were used to gain...

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Dissertation

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the United States in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries Abstract approved
World War II wedding dress as presented in United States high fashion magazines: 1939-1945

Creator:

Clayton, Tamara

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The purpose of this study was to explore wedding dress styles represented in United States high fashion magazines during the World War II period. The objectives of the study were to: discover what wedding dress styles were proposed by high fashion magazines during the period 1935-45, determine if wedding dress...

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Masters Thesis

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19, 2007. Title: World War II Wedding Dress as Presented in United States High Fashion
"Pretty and patriotic" : women's consumption of apparel during World War II

Creator:

Mower, Jennifer M.

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The War Production Board issued limitation order 85 in April 1942 in order to conserve fabric and manpower needed for the war effort. The L-85 order froze the silhouette so no major style changes in women's wear would occur during the war. It is clear that on the one hand...

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Dissertation

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place amidst the most significant economic depression in United States history. Roosevelt won the