Clothes and Costumes as Form of Nonverbal Communication

Todorović, Tijana; Toporišič, Tomaž; Čuden, Alenka Pavko

doi:10.14502/tekstilec2014.57.321-333

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“…Modern clothes with ethnic motifs not only create our appearance and image, but also represent the inner world of people. They are a means of nonverbal communication in the society [6]. The Ukrainian folk textile heritage is an important part of the best national traditions, the art of individual regions of the country that contains various ideas aimed at preserving the national identity [77].…”

Section: Izvlečekmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ukrainian Folk Ornaments in Modern Knitting

Melnyk

Kyzymchuk

Zubkova

2021

TEKS

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National arts and crafts are not only the skills of an individual nation but an ethnic phenomenon that has unique features and serves as a source of information on national history and culture. Decorative and applied art in Ukraine combines the traditions and techniques of manufacturing and decoration, which have been developed and passed down from generation to generation. It has a clear national identity and numerous regional differ¬ences in ornamental motifs, compositions and favourite colours. Therefore, the Ukrainian folk art has a significant potential and is a source of ideas in creating modern clothing as well as interior items. Embroidery as a way of creating ornamental motifs on a textile material using various techniques is a common process for decorating clothes and interiors for the Ukrainians. Today, ornamental compositions of embroidered folk textiles could be transmitted into modern clothes using various technologies. However, the use of a knitting machine allows creating a pattern during the item production. The ornament transformation into a pattern for knitting can be carried out with graphic software by creating a grid with a cell size similar to the loop size of a knitted structure for corresponding interlooping. A number of clothing and interior items with ethnic motifs was created using the capabilities of flat knitting machines within the masters programme “Knitting Technology and Design” at the Textile Technology and Design Department of the Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design.

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Section: Izvlečekmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ukrainian Folk Ornaments in Modern Knitting

Melnyk

Kyzymchuk

Zubkova

2021

TEKS

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“…This allows a semiotic approach in the study of clothing, beyond the functional paradigm (of utility and adaptation to the natural environment) and the analysis of the aesthetic functions specific thereto. It is no news that clothes are regarded as complex semiotic systems (Bogatyrev, 1937(Bogatyrev, /1971Barthes, 1967Barthes, /1990Enninger, 1984;Danesi, 2004;Todorovic et al, 2014). Moreover, understanding clothes as a system of signs in relation to other systems of social signs explains some aspects of the communication function specific to this cultural object.…”

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confidence: 99%

Semiotics of White Spaces on the Romanian Traditional Blouse, the IA

Corduneanu

Drăgan

2017

Ro. Comm. & PR

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In this article we understand the Romanian traditional blouse IA as a multi-dimensional semiotic object, with a complex semiotic structure. We will examine the structure and interpretation of semiotic borders and white spaces on IA, from the perspective of Lotman's semiotic theory of culture. The white spaces found on our shirts may carry out messages equally important as those expressed by the sewn signs. Not only they define the rhythm, allowing the patterns to breathe, but sometimes they have their own story to tell. The white spaces also come to define the community you belong to, if your age allows you to wear an ornated shirt. The lack of white spaces on the shirts of other ethnic minorities living alongside us may be a hint of their fears and insecurities: they tend to fill in the entire shirt with protective talismans, to make sure they are safe. In some circumstances, as it happens with the shirts from the shores of Nistru River, the white space is a warning. Yet the most interesting subject is to consider and compare the way that these white spaces are "read" and appreciated in our days, after all women had been influenced by the fashion industry and the communication in printed and social media. We like it or not, this influenced our way to define concepts such as "aesthetic", "elegant", "luxurious" or "refined".

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“…A decisive role is played by choosing the communication method as identification in the globalized world of costume (Todorović 2014). In this context, the study of both visual and visualized image of the costume becomes relevant.…”

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Shop Window Display Mannequins in the Context of Modern Design Development and Visual Communication

Liu¹,

Lahoda²

2022

Trames. Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences

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Showcasing is a unique marketing tool that implements the requirements for advertising products from different manufacturers for different social groups in a highly competitive environment. Shop window design is part of visual merchandising and it actively uses mannequins as exposition equipment. They help to create an attractive image of the store, which is memorable, in particular, due to the design of the mannequins themselves. A wide range of shop window functions and mannequins are conditioned by the conceptual content and mutual subordination. Shop windows are creating and operating through advertising and selling goods, and mannequins convey the image, values, aesthetic preferences of both the manufacturers and a certain group of consumers. Shop windows have long ceased to be a common display of goods, and city streets are literally full of original installations in creative showcases. As competition between brands intensifies, consumers are saturated with both goods and their representations, which can be considered as a problem that needs coverage. The aspect of shop window interaction with the environment and spectators, their image-emotional influence, connection with mannequins' design still remain unexplored. The authors use contextual-historical and comparative analysis, as well as the method of typology to reveal the variations of mannequins during the twentieth century. A retrospective review of mannequin design development is preceded by a complex theoretical and methodological basis of the expositions as a phenomenon and an art and project-based creativity sphere.

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Clothes and Costumes as Form of Nonverbal Communication

Cited by 12 publications

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Ukrainian Folk Ornaments in Modern Knitting

Ukrainian Folk Ornaments in Modern Knitting

Semiotics of White Spaces on the Romanian Traditional Blouse, the IA

Shop Window Display Mannequins in the Context of Modern Design Development and Visual Communication

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