BAHASA INGGRIS
(SOFTSKILL)
“SHORT STORY & QUESTIONS”
"DRESS FUNCTION AND FASHION"
DOSEN : BP. DICKY DWI
P.
DI SUSUN OLEH :
NAMA : SAIROH
NPM : 16211557
KELAS : 1-EA26
UNIVERSITAS
GUNADARMA KALIMALANG
2011/2012
Dress Function and Fashion
Some of the most
basic function of dress are to provide warmth and protection, to beauty, and
supply information about the wearer (i,e
age, sex, social status and occupation). People’s perception of which garment
or styles best serve thse functions is not universal or constant. For example,
eve though woman in other parts of the world had been wearing trousers for
centuries. In Europe and North America pants were considered inappropriate and
unattractive wear for woman until the 20th century.
The idea that
fashion is a reflection of wealth and prestige can be used to explain the many
popularity of many styles throughout costume history. For example, clothes that
are difficult to obtain and expensive to
maintain have frequently been at the forefront of fashion. For the same reason,
clothes that require expensive fabrics or materials were fashionable.
Similarly
impractical fashions, which are
difficult to wear, have often been considered beautiful. One example is the
popularity of European styles that limited a woman’s ability to manoeuvre or
move by confining her in to corsets and weighting her down with excessive
layers of petticoats and skirts. The fact that a woman was dressed in such a
manner was proof not only that she did
not domestic work but also that her husband or father could afford servants to
do such work or her.
Status or
relative power has also influenced fashions in dress on a larger, nationwide
scale; a dominant political state can affect not only the national policies of
weaker or dependent countries but their fashions as well. For example, many
style of traditional Japanese and korean dress reflect Chinese influences.
Similarly, during the 19th century, when britain was firmly established as the word’s foremost
industrial and economic power, Britain took the lead in setting men’s fashions.
The tree-piece lounge suit introduced in Britain in the 1850s for informal wear
became popular in other industrializing nations as well. It gradually became
accepted for city wear in Britain and was then adopted by men as a bussines
uniform throughout the rest of the word. The role of the west in 20th-century
culture and technology throughout the word is cleary evident in the adoption of
the western styles of dress by educated urban elite virtually worldwide.
The need for
fashionable clothers has lead to the development of clothing machinery. Until
the 18th century all tailoring operations were performed by hand. Finally in
the late 1700s the inventions of foot-and water-powered machinery for spinning
and weaving ma de factory production of cloth possible. This breakthrough
stimulated the development of the sewing machine. Barthelemy Thimonnier of Paris patented the first practical machine in
1830. The next major mechanical achievement in the industy came in 1860 with
the introduction of the band-knife machine that could cut several thickness of
cloth at one time. Today’s sewing machines used in clothing manufacture are
fully controlled by computer. They are capable of sewing up to 8.000 stitches
per minute.
(Adapted from Reader’s Digest, March 1998)
Questions :
A.
Multiple Choice
1.
What The Thema of
the story ?
a.
Farming
b.
Fashions
c.
Educationsn
Answer key b.
2.
What The function
of dress ?
a.
For eating
b.
For Dream
c.
To provide warmth
and protection
Answer
key c
3.
Development of clothing
machinery happend in years ?
a.
1700s
b.
1600s
c.
1800s
Answer
key a
4.
What Status or
relative power has also influenced fashions in dress ?
a.
No
b.
Yes
c.
Yes or no
Answer
Key b
5.
When Britain took the lead in setting men’s fashions?
a. The 19th century
b. The 10th
century
c. The 17th
century
Answer Key a
B.
True or False
Statement
1.
______ The 20th century all tailoring
operations were performed by hand.
Answer
Key False
2.
______ Clothes that are difficult but cheap to
maintain have frequently been at the forefront of fashion.
Answe
Key False
3.
______ The popularity of many styles throughout
costume history shows that fashion is a
reflection of wealth.
Answer
Key True
4.
______ The development of clothing machine was
not fast.
Answer
Key False
5.
______ In 1830, Barthelemy Thimonnier of Paris
patented the first practical machine.
Answer
Key True
C.
Essay Questions
1.
How did people make clothes before the 18th
century?
Answer : Until 18th century all
tailoring operations were performed by hand
2.
Where the first
practical machine in 1830?
Answer : The first practical in Barthelemy
Thimonnier of Paris
3.
How did control sewing machine used in clothing
manufacture?
Answer : It was fully controlled by computer.
4.
What is special on the 1860’s clothing machines
?
Answer : The
special clothing machines with the introduction of the band-knife machine that
could cut several thickness of cloth at one time.
5.
Which is country influence many
styles of traditional Japanese and Korean dress?
Answer : reflect Chinese country
