How The World Dresses: Clothing and Global Culture

Summary: Join us for a video tour of how the world dresses and explore the amazing diversity of clothing worldwide. Learn about ourselves by exploring everyday clothing in Japan, Korea, India, Thailand, Morocco, Egypt, and others. Open your clothing and fashion courses to embrace the whole world with this important new title. - Your cool conscious students might be surprised to discover how tradition shapes their choices. - What is the difference between tradition and fashion? - How do people dress on the other side of the planet? Does ethnic garb still rule or do they dress pretty much like Americans? - Why do people in some countries wear strange garments? Why robes, turbans and veils? - Isn't American casual far more practical? - Why is there no American ethnic costume? - How does religion influence fashion?