Recent social changes and changes in the ways the profession views itself suggest that there are undeveloped options for teaching clothing. Clothing can be a medium for teaching about a wide variety of issues such as individual personality, interpersonal relationships, and family and social behavior. (JOW)

Produced by the Montana Office of Public Instruction, this teaching resource provides information on powwows and related Native American culture and traditions. A powwow is a gathering where Native American dancing, singing, and celebration take place. Gatherings may include dancing and singing contests, "give-aways," encampments,…

The author tells how a paper clothing making project was successful. (MF)

A unusual technology transfer, involving sailboats and commercial wind energy systems, highlights space-related spinoffs for home, consumer, and recreational use. These include clothing for cooling athletes, high-intensity lighting, an advanced welding tool, and a water filter. (Author/JN)

Suggests field trips and other activities for studying contemporary and historic costume. (SJL)

The dashiki, a loose blouse-like garment, probably originated in West Africa. The simplicity of the garment made it an excellent choice for construction by eight- and nine-year-old students. Describes how students at the Thousand Oaks School in Berkeley, California, learned to make the dashiki. (Author/RK)

Describes an adult education for women in Kosovo to learn dressmaking. Indicates that the primary purpose of the class was to bring the women together for conversation and mutual support. (JOW)

Integrates theoretical and methodological perspective involved with research in social cognition with literature from clothing and human behavior area. Found that theory and research from cognitive psychology serve as suitable and relevant framework for study of clothing and human behavior. Makes recommendations to researchers with regard to…

Presents an overview of the problems and techniques involved in visualizing humans in a three-dimensional scene. Topics discussed include human shape modeling, including shape creation and deformation; human motion control, including facial animation and interaction with synthetic actors; and human rendering and clothing, including textures and…

Explored role of dress through observation and interviews of high school students. Examined adolescent dress in relation to public, private, and secret self. Obtained data on descriptions of various social types: average, punks, freaks, and nerds. Extreme social types appeared to offer valuable reference points for average adolescents in…

Photographs shown to 98 male and 102 female students illustrated provocative versus nonprovocative clothing on both men and women. Subjects rated provocative clothing more likely to induce sexual harassment. Females who had not experienced harassment rated those wearing nonprovocative clothing unlikely to be harassed. (SK)

Explores various positions regarding future directions for clothing study within home economics education to raise concerns and generate discussion of the issue. Discusses a clothing study in New Brunswick schools to illustrate the issues. (JOW)

Responses from 172 Chinese Americans, 185 Japanese Americans, and 144 Korean Americans revealed distinct reference group, media, and store attribute influences on clothing purchases. Patterns differed depending on degree of acculturation. (SK)