The áo dài is a Vietnamese national costume‚ now most commonly worn by women. In its current form‚ it is a tight-fitting silk tunic worn over pantaloons. Áo classifies the item as a piece of clothing.[1] Dài means "long".The word "ao dai" was originally applied to the outfit worn at the court of the Nguyễn Lords at Huế in the 18th century The dress was extremely popular in South Vietnam in the 1960s and early 1970s. On Tết and other occasions‚ Vietnamese men may wear an áo gấm (brocade robe)‚ a version
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Coolibar Inc • Merchandise classifications / line? Coolibar Inc is designer‚ manufacturer and marketer of sun protection products. The company also sells protective clothing‚ sun hats‚ swim wear‚ sunglasses‚ umbrellas‚ sunscreens and sun-blockers for men women and kids in the United States • Retail price points for different merchandise lines? Coolibar pricing strategy places its products less than its major competitors and offers more divers products. Mott50’s main competitor
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do you spend on clothes a year? Do you like shopping for new clothes? Do you often buy new clothes? Do you read fashion magazines? Do you sometimes wear a hat? Do you think it is important to wear fashionable clothes? o (Do you think it is important to be in fashion?) Do you wear jewelry? o If so‚ what kind of jewelry do you wear? o How often do you wear jewelry? Do you wear the same color clothes now that you wore ten years ago? Do you wear the same size clothes this year as you
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families made their clothes themselves. Clothes had a special meaning to these people as told in Passage 2‚ "part of this practice took on a religious significance and was conducted in sacred spaces. Fabric itself could be very meaningful." The fabric was difficult to make‚ and as a result‚ was very expensive. Since the fabric was expensive‚ most cultures had a robe that was common among people‚ since robes wasted less fabric. There was no such thing as a zipper or even a button‚ so clothes were harder to
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Games‚ Earnest J. A Lesson Before Dying. New York: Vintage Books 1993. Genre: Novel 256 pages Setting: The story is set in a small Cajun Louisiana town in the 1940’s. The setting in this story is significant because‚ the whole story is about how a young black boy is treated unfairly and sentenced to death because of something he did not do. It also deals with the emotions that this black boy faces because he has been treated unfairly by the white people. Major Characters: Jefferson
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offering discounts to consumers who turn in their old clothes at H&M stores. The initiative started in February and will be in all of H&M’s 2‚900 or so outlets by the end of the year. It’s a brilliant piece of green marketing by H&M’s corporate responsibility staff. But the company’s number-crunchers deserve some credit‚ too; they have carefully constructed the program in a way that makes it hard for H&M to lose. For every bag of clothes (regardless of brand)‚ the Swedish retailer gives a small
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From Delicate to Empowered: Toshiko’s Character Evolution in “Swaddling Clothes” Michelle Dano ENGL 1302 Professor Schulz March 25‚ 2013 Imagine having the power to change one’s destiny. In Yukio Mishima’s story‚ “Swaddling Clothes”‚ the main character‚ Toshiko‚ toys with this idea. Mishima himself controlled his own destiny by committing suicide – an event that “Yukio Mishima had planned for over a year.” Toshiko also plans to commit suicide in a sense by confronting an illegitimate
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environmental and economical effects consumers and distributors have on our current world‚ two activist‚ who happen to be authors‚ come to mind. Annie Leonard’s essay‚ "The Story of Stuff: Bottled Water‚" and Emily Fontaine’s blog post‚ "Where Did Our Clothes Come From?" provides the reader with evidence that our current consumer/distributor relationship‚ is negatively affecting the environmental and economical make up of our current society‚ through examples such as the water bottle‚ and clothing.
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The Course: Writing Conductor: Mrs. Yayra Group: 2 "D" Student: Aziza Alimova Some claim that people behave differently when they wear different clothes. Do you agree that different clothes influence the way people behave? Recently the issue whether different clothes influence the way people behave‚ or not has stirred up a heated debate. Some people approve that one will act differently when put on the cloth he/she has never worn before ‚ while others oppose that a person won’t be influenced
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The Right’s New Clothes: How Old Neoliberal Ideas Have Been Charming the Latin American Youth This story was written by Marina Amaral and originally published by Agência Pública. "Our body is the first private property we have; it is up to each of us to decide what to do with it‚" shouts in Spanish a young blonde woman with a firm voice‚ while moving gracefully across the stage at the Liberty Forum‚ adorned with the logos of its official sponsors - Tobacco company Souza Cruz‚ Gerdau Group‚ Petróleo
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