After reading it, there were a couple things that stood out to me. One in particular, was that it stated her narrative was America’s first best-seller. I knew it was big for a woman at the time to be an author but, for her to be America’s first best-seller is amazing and made me proud to be a woman. The other interesting insight is that over the years her narrative was reprinted and modernized. When it was modernized there were mistakes that resulted in changing her narrative that completely changed her story.
Elegant Mascara Your own personal guide to the latest fashion trends, outfit ideas, hair + makeup how-tos, and celebrity scoop can be found in Glamour. This magazine gives you many striking feminine advertisements from perfume, dieting pills, to shoes and mascara. Covergirl and Maybelline are top selling cosmetic to women with fashion. In this case Covergirl advertisement has proven they are worth buying over Maybelline advertisement. The charismatic Covergirl mascara advertisement is impressive in capturing the attention of young fashionable females than the reliable Maybelline mascara advertisement because of its elegant color, memorable slogan, and images of beauty.
Fashion of the Fifties This decade opened up a wide variety of original and distinctive styles, which was presented with a classic new twist. World War II was over, time was peaceful yet prosperous. More money would be spent on fashion, and a whole world of new materials would be available to designers, or anyone who wanted them. Women are said to have dressed “smartly” in the 1950’s. Acting and looking like a lady was taught to young girls from the time they were born.
Using my own research i will discover whether the World War One had a positive effect on the role of women. After the immediate rise in female unemployment at the beginning of the war due to the ‘middle-classes wish to economise’ (first world war, accessed 07/01/09), the only option to replace the volunteers gone to front was to employ women in the jobs they had left behind. This was supported by all the major feminist groups, who suddenly ‘became avid patriots and organisers of the women in support of the war effort’ (war and gender, accessed 22/01/09). Overall women’s employment increased from ‘three million in 1914 to five million in 1918’ (Murphy, p373, 2000). For many of the women the war was ‘a genuinely liberating experience’ (first world war, accessed 07/01/09), and made the women feel useful as citizens.
Red Dress" In the passionate poem, by Kim Addonizio she studies the theme of desire, particularly a women's desire, and uses a red dress as a metaphor to make her point. The poem is direct to the point stating in the very first line "I want a red dress" (line 1). This simple statement serves to fix the red dress right at the front of a reader's mind. This is what the poem is about, Kim Addonizio is telling us, the image is important. Now we see the passion beneath Addonizio's words.
This was a new simplicity in women’s clothing designs, and, theses women, who wore the fashions, to explore their imaginations. This made the government mandate fashionable. The silhouette lines of the clothing made in this period are still found in clothing today, as are in the manmade fabrics, which were developed during WWII. Because of the rationing and the unavailability of material, the differences in social classes were not as noticeable, as the dress and style of all the women and their dress became similar under the government mandates. This was reflected in the style of dress for work, formal events, and in the movies of Hollywood.
In her own words she suggests even during the middle ages women then, may have wanted the same thing that many women strive for today; to be known as a woman of strength, that is not only fierce because of her words, but because of the power of her sexual instrument. “Hir hosen weren of fyn scarlet reed, Ful streite yteyd, and shoes ful moyste and newe. Boold was hir face, and fair, and reed of hewe. She was a worthy womman al hir lyve: Housbondes at chirche dore she hadde five” (459-462) The Wife of Bath is described by Chaucer in the General Prologue in such a way that readers can close their eyes and truly visualize her. Stylist, high quality clothes, face bold with color, bright red stockings, tight laced shoes, so new that they are absent of any creases.
The historical debate surrounding this topic is wether women’s lives really did change greatly after the two world wars, or wether their lives simply went back to the way they were before the war started. This essay will discuss women’s participation during the two world wars, the gaining of the vote, women in the workplace after the wars, their role in society and how it changed and eventually, coming to the conclusion that women’s lives did not change to a great extent, and that it was all a result of changing times in society. Women’s participation during the two world wars was greatly appreciated. The great war came to be seen as a great opportunity for women, however, when war first broke out, the war was seen a threat to women’s position1. There was a massive disruption of the industries in which women were mostly employed, such as dress-making and textiles.
The feminist movement thrived during the 1960’s and 1970’s, opening doors for new possibilities for women and taking giant steps towards equal rights. Women were inspired and uplifted by the movement which created pride and life changing experiences that they would never forget. Feminism during this time allowed for significant improvements in economic, sexual, and political freedom. They fought hard for better treatment in the field of employment, asking for better pay and equal chances of attaining jobs. They fought hard for the right to do what they wanted with their bodies, using birth control and abortion.
Authenticity in the use of monstrous beauty in fashion imagery: Real change or Freak Show? Aitziber Iragui Abstract: In the last years, the use in fashion imagery of monstrous beauty or bodies that transgress the standards of normative, has increased remarkably. These new trends seem to be the beginning of the end, for the hegemony of the actual beauty standards, well established and maintained by the power of the media. The aim of this paper was to support the idea of this new trend in fashion imagery and the media, as a sign of authenticity because of its innovation and cut off with the traditional beauty standards. However during my research, some interesting information lead me to think about other possibilities for this to happen.