PMA 3616

The Body of Fashion: A Head-to-Toe Journey through the History of Western Dress

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

This course explores the evolution of western dress from the time of the ancient Egyptians to the early twentieth century by focusing on areas of the human anatomy and how each area has been presented, comported, supported, augmented, confined, or manipulated in costume.  Rather than indulging in the strange, we will endeavor to come to an understanding of the motivation for each gesture or the catalyst for each phenomenon in the context of the period, taking into consideration social, political, economic, environmental, technological, and aesthetic influences.

When Offered Fall.

Breadth Requirement (HB)
Distribution Category (LA-AS, ALC-AS, HST-AS)
Course Subfield (DE)

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