When the Germans occupied Cracow‚ Bronislaw‚ the son of Rose and David Honig ‚ was four years old. His father David was a hardware store salesman and his mother Rose was a dressmaker. With his parents working‚ Bronislaw’s grandmother stayed home to take care of him. Bronislaw was a well-mannered‚ bright‚ good-looking and happy little boy who lived in the large industrial city of Cracow. During the two world wars‚ Jewish social and cultural life flourished there. Cracow was the third largest city
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woman how to dress‚ please her husband‚ raise her children‚ and cook her food” . There were also occasional cases where women were advised not to get a job‚ however‚ usually the job was in domestic service – like housekeeper‚ maid‚ dressmaker‚ babysitter‚ waitress‚ cook etc. A suggestion on how women could be involved in the recovery of the United States‚ was made by a 1932 issue of Ladies’ Home Journal. “The world is very tired of shabby‚ gloomy looking people” – wrote Samuel Crowther in the journal
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pages excluding this cover page 0 QUESTION 1 (25 MARKS) La Diva Dress Shop produces custom designed dresses for retail sales on the premises. Costs incurred during last month include the following: Costs of fabric used in dress Wages of dressmakers Wages of dress designers Wages of sales personnel Wages of designers who experiment with new fabrics and dress designs Wages of employees who repairs the shop’s pattern and sewing machines Salary of the owner’s assistant Cost of the new
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People very often find jobs in the informal or service sectors. In this place‚ the assignment of the government is to generate employment to bring those people into the mainstream society. Governmental institutions can create co-operatives of dressmakers‚ cleaners‚ construction workers or vendors. What is more‚ making those people aware of the possibilities that they have is a key to success. Improvement of education and provision of relevant courses should be placed on the top of the ‘what-to-do’
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four people in my family. My parents‚ my older brother and me. I don’t like being the youngest. My brother teases me often. His name is Surachat. I am happy he doesn’t go to my school. He will be turning 15 soon. My mother’s name is Mana. She is a dressmaker in the market. She works very hard. My father’s name is Tanet. He is a fisherman. He works long hours and he is very tired when he comes home. My father scolds me if I am lazy. I am an only child. I don’t have any brothers or sisters. Sometimes
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father left his children. b. In 1900‚ at her age seventeenth‚ she left the orphanage and attended the local convent school in Moulins (South of France) (De La Haye‚ 2005). c. Having been taught to sew by her aunts‚ her sister and she found work as dressmakers‚ assisting Monsieur Henri Desboutin of the House of Grampayre( De La Haye‚ 2005) 2. By 1903‚ Chanel moved to Paris and had become the mistress of a well-to-do young military officer‚ Etinenne Balsan (J. Baughman (Ed.)‚ 2001). a. She started designing
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The rise of American cities occurred because of many reasons. Some of the reasons as to why American cities rapidly grew was because of an increase in industries‚ which attracted immigrants from all over the world. Many cultural changes occurred because of these developments‚ including an increase in education‚ job opportunities for women and also an increase in poverty. In the collection‚ The Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans As Told by Themselves edited by Hamilton Holt‚ early 20th century
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lives they lead. With this emphasis on the person wearing the clothes‚ Yamamoto has created a dedicated following and inspired a new generation of designers. Yohji Yamamoto was born 1943 in Tokyo to a widowed mother who worked 16 hour days as a dressmaker. She became his first “women in black” and helped solidify her son’s passion for design. Yohji worked in his mother’s shop until she sent him off to college to study and become a lawyer. The subject did not interest him much and it wasn’t long before
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Realism focuses on the truthful treatment of the common‚ average‚ everyday life. During the late 1900 century‚ female realist writers such as Kate Chopin and Willa Cather portrays the roles and duties that women play in society. Women are expected to make unconditional sacrifices and fulfill the happiness of their family. The only responsibilities they have are cooking‚ cleaning‚ and caring for their loved ones. The short story “Wagner Matinee” by Willa Cather and “A pair of Silk Stockings” by Kate
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stamp or a way of marking territory. For example‚ the Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania wear red to distinguish their tribe from others nearby. Later on‚ people in the 1700’s gushed over fashion magazines to see the latest styles. Women and dressmakers outside the French court relied on sketches to see what was going on. The famous French King Louis XIV said that fashion is a mirror. Louis was renowned for his style‚ which tended towards extravagant laces and velvets. In today’s world‚ musicians
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