(drawings from the article “ Costume ” in “ ESB ”)
Clothing style - a certain accentuation of the ensemble ( costume in the broad sense), dictated by the following characteristics (or their combination): age, gender, profession, social status, belonging to a subculture , personal taste of a person, era of society, nationality, religious affiliation, relevance, functionality, lifestyle and individual characteristics [1] . The accents are usually set with accessories , shoes , fabric colors, prints , accessories , trim parts and textures of the fabric, with clothing models and combinatorics.
Clothing style is one of the main elements of a person’s image . In the framework of one of the styles, its varieties are sometimes distinguished - lining or microstyle.
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