CAMPUS FASHION – CLOTHING: A CASE STUDY OF UNDERGRADUATE FEMALE STUDENTS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GHANA
BY
ARCH 306 – ETHNOARCHAEOLOGY IN WEST AFRICA
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA
LEGON
CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
1. BACKGROUND STATEMENT 2. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 3. HYPOTHESIS
2. LITERATURE REVIEW
3. METHODOLOGY
1. STUDY AREA 2. POPULATION AND SAMPLE 3. INSTRUMENT FOR DATA COLLECTION
4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
1. DATA AND DATA ANALYSIS 2. CLASSIFICATION
5. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND STATEMENT
Diverse Fashion codes exist among undergraduate female students in the University of Ghana. There are those who are fashionable/ fashion-conscious; those who are old-fashioned and those who simply parrot-fashion i.e. those who copy blindly without thinking over the fact that a particular outfit may not be suitable for her. Other fashion codes on campus range from decent to indecent; formal to informal; traditional to western etc.
There are also some female students who are known trend-setters. These girls lead the way in fashion on campus. Once a new clothing type is in vogue, they are the very first to set the pace by out-dooring them before other trendy females follow suit. It then becomes an acceptable fashion statement on campus.
On special occasions such as St. Valentine’s Day for instance, a different dress code sets in. The colour RED becomes the order of the day. A vast majority of the female students don red outfits and accessories in order to create the right atmosphere for the celebration of the event in.
With the introduction of the National Friday Wear Program, yet another campus fashion trend has come into being. Every Friday, traditional wear rules the day. Most undergraduate female students are spotted in local wax prints sewn into trendy dresses,
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