Browsing by Subject "clothing"
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Dressing like Laura: Reconstructing women's dress on the Great Plains frontier through the national Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum's dress 2829
(2023-05)This project explores why women on the 19th century Northern Great Plains frontier continued to follow Euro-American modesty and fashion conventions and purposefully sought out fashionable clothing. In the popular imagination, ... -
I am still myself: How the Dust Bowl influenced women's clothing in Oklahoma
(Oklahoma State University, 2019-04-26)Traditionally, research over the Dust Bowl has focused on the causes of the ecological disaster and migrant workers, leaving women an understudied component of this story. Because clothing reflects our circumstances, ideals, ... -
Shopping and the self: The relationships among body size, body-esteem, and women's shopping behaviors
(2008-07)Scope and Method of Study: Theories of the self suggest that individuals are likely to strive towards maintaining or enhancing self-esteem. Such theories have implications for marketing and models of consumer decision-making. ...