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Adaptations and Colombian graduation dresses fashion

February 17, 2012

Graduation dresses cannot be separated from the cultural environment to which it belongs, as its basic forms comply with canons or rules imposed by culture.




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(Free-Press-Release.com) February 17, 2012 -- The dress, in addition to its own history, confirms the textile tradition in Colombia, in existence since pre-Columbian period to the present. The female graduation dresses, meanwhile, has played a significant role because through it, we could learn the most intimate expressions of its history and through him, of the country.
Historical fashion facts

It is likely that during the pre hispanic period clothing of the Indians did not have large variations because, as noted by Gilles Lipovestsky, throughout history has been among the natives a respect for the collective past that secures the use of garments and ornaments cultural elements inherited from the past, from generation to generation, without questioning its aesthetic [1]. There are few studies in which we analyze the changes that the suit may have suffered during the pre hispanic period in our country but throughout the jewelry and pottery, we can find an overview of the clothing of different groups and from the writings of the chroniclers, actually closer to a potential pre-Columbian dresses.
Indian truth

In case you did not know, plenty of studies show that Indians and other communities had extreme influence in current gala dresses including the so-called graduation dresses. When analyzing impotant texts of Juan de Castellanos, Fray Pedro de Aguado, Antonio de Herrera, among others, refer to the amazement of seeing the Spanish arrival in the Indian half-naked, painted and decorated. According to the climatic conditions of the territories they inhabited, the women took two types of clothing: in hot climates, a skirt or apron, in cold climates, like a skirt, a blanket around his waist and a specific part that knotted at the shoulder or held in the chest by means of a pin.
The nakedness of the female body in 1574 prompted the Church to pass a law ordering the Indians completely cover the body with a "long-sleeved shirt and a blanket from the waist down. It is possible to study history throughout dresses. This can be quite interesting! It can be a marvelous way to get dresses and enjoy the entire procedure of organizing prom. It may be an extensive research but this delicate process that influenced the whole culture, is worth a look!

The study of graduation dresses allows going back in time to set one relationship between the geographic and cultural forms of costume and textile manufacturing! Back then, everything was a little different. Today, many catwalks are organized, thus, many women have been featured. In pre-Hispanic Colombia, tissues were an important part of the economy as the music cultures- they continue to be!

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