Justin Geeslin

Tag: clothing

  • The Second Skin, Part ?

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    I’m returning to this book. I know I didn’t exhaust its insight when I was reading it earlier this year. I’m thinking more about culture and that of the third-world and what it might mean to care about culture and clothing as part of the mission. Chapter 1 : Origins and Functions of Clothes Can…

  • Wearing Ideology

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    I’m excited by this idea, but still reaching for something formal. This same recipe led me to the Fashion System and look how that turned out. Still very interesting to me. a symbolic interactionist approach From the back cover: [Uniforms] popularity suggests important linkages: material culture, politico-economic projects, bodily management, and the construction of subjectivity…

  • Advanced textiles for intimate apparel

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    important properties include (1) performance and versatility, (2) moisture management and coolness, and (3) sustainability. Ok, my usual gamut of questions. What do you mean by performance? Versatility? Like what? How does one manage moisture? I have a sense of sustainability. versatile; for instance, they should have easy-care properties, be light weight, be comfortable, provide…

  • Innovative accessories for intimate apparel

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    Both intrinsic and extrinsic cues are normally taken into consideration when customers are buying intimate apparel. Intrinsic cues include the tactile characteristics and functional properties of the fabric and accessories, whereas extrinsic cues refer to the brand name and price, among others I’ve not really thought about consumer choices and decision making. Not a focus…

  • The Way we look

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    We need to understand our views and what makes them ours, but also we must understand the aesthetic views of other cultures and their relevance to the market. Increasingly the aesthetic codes and responses of another culture are important to understand. Aesthetic codes. Tell me more. Viewer I saw this language first in Dunne, Observer…

  • ACT & Comfort

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    What is the germ of ACT-R? Why is it able to model such a variety of phenomena? Could someone take this germ and use it in other parts of science? You might not start with ACT-R even though you intend to follow that example ultimately. You might look more at unified models generally./ I think…

  • The Second Skin, Mores & Laws

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    Clothes and the Law I have a feeling I’m going to be thankful for this chapter. This is something I’ve thought a lot about. Hard to say why. I often think of clothing as norms or as some standard placed on people by someone or something else. Restrictions on dress that are enacted into always…

  • The Second Skin

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    Sex and Age Roles both sexes rejected all forms of dress that would in any way add to their physical attractiveness. Is this the ideal? Is to dress just shoring up ourselves, projecting something that isn’t really there? Their shabby, drab, and ‘mildewed’ suits became a badge of self-sacrifice to the state. This makes me…