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A woman passes through different phases during adulthood like student, bride, mother and working women. During these phases she has to undertake different activities. All the activities require specific clothes for maximum performance. The clothes required for different activities are as follows:
- Clothes at college: The clothes one requires depends upon college type and activities one have to indulge into. The college student requires clothes for routine classrooms, field visits, extra curricular activities, peer group and her social circle. Besides this the fashion trends, the seniors’ experiences regarding choice of clothes and special occasion in the college also affects her clothing e.g. welcome or farewell party may require some special dress.
The college outfits should be of proper fit and drape that exhibits the accent of femininity for the females. They should be durable, colour fast, easy to clean, and easy to care for. The clothes should also be planned according to different seasons. Foot wears suitable for different activities should be maintained and they should also be comfortable, durable and easy to clean.
- Clothes at work: The clothes should be according to the type of job and the activities one have to carry out. Uniforms are mandatory in some jobs like in hospital as nurse, doctors; service sector as sales girl, house keeping, and in industries as supervisor, worker, manager, etc. Certain profession may have a dress code or colour like sarees for a college teacher, suit for executive jobs and white dress with black coat for the lawyers. The aim of dress at work is to establish identity, provide protection and enhance task performance. Hence the dress should be appropriate in size and use of accessories like jewellery should be kept to a minimum.
- Clothes at social events and religious place: The dress for the various social gatherings should be as per the type of event (family gathering/ community gathering), type of invitees (family/ friends/ both) and the general atmosphere in the society (conservatism/ religious affiliation). The proper outfit at different occasions gives self-confidence and save embarrassment to the wearer. The dresses should be contemporary and local traditional style for social group gathering like marriage parties, birthday parties, lunch and dinner along with suitable jewellery and accessories. While one can use simple dress with a little suitable jewellery and accessories for informal gatherings like family dinner, payjama parties, get together at work place, etc. The visit to a place of worship with bare head and arms is not considered descent. These kind of places should be visited in dress which is sober in colour and style, preferably one should use customary dresses at such places.
- Clothes at Sports: Sports activities usually involve the rapid and continual movement of the individual as well as her body parts. Hence the clothes worn at time of playing and exercising should provide ample space for movements and should be sweat absorbent. Further the clothing needs the players of different games or sports need specific designs to aid them in their game.
- Clothes at home: The casual dress is most suitable for women at home. The house-wives usually carry out most of the household chores by themselves. They usually prefer wearing old clothes at home. She may use aprons or overalls while carrying out activities like cooking, utensils, cleaning, dusting or mopping etc. to avoid staining and soiling the specific portions of their clothes. In the households having servants, women have different clothing than above said women. The clothes worn at home should be neat and easily washable.
- Undergarments: The undergarments are important part of women wardrobe. Specific underclothes are required by women at different stages of life or for different occasions. These include bra, panties, slips, etc. The markets are flooded with different types of undergarments to meet different requirements of the wearers having varied body types and needs. For example, the supporting bra, the bra with easy feeding features, the padded bra for flat busted women, strapless bra for a dress with halter neckline, etc. The undergarments should be chosen in the colours compatible with the colour of main dress i.e., white undergarments are required for white uniform or dress and dark undergarments under the dark dresses.
- Clothes for different stages in life: All the women passes through certain stages of life that need special clothing like during pregnancy and lactation. During pregnancy few loose and comfortable clothes are more preferable that can be washed daily and used frequently. During lactation period also the garments need to be planned so that the mother does not feel awkward while feeding a child within as well as outside the home.
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