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Fundraising or fund-raising is the process of seeking and gathering voluntary financial contributions by engaging individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies. Although fundraising typically refers to efforts to gather money for non-profit organizations , it is sometimes used to refer to the identification and ...
A party dress is a dress worn especially for a party. Different types of party such as children's party, cocktail party, garden party and costume party would tend to require different styles of dress. [76] [77] One classic style of party dress for women in modern society is the little black dress. [78]
Folk costume, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing associated with a particular ethnic group, nation or region, and is an expression of cultural, religious or national identity. If the clothing is that of an ethnic group, it may also be called ethnic clothing or ethnic dress.
The original photograph of the dress. The dress was a 2015 online viral phenomenon centred on a photograph of a dress. Viewers disagreed on whether the dress was blue and black, or white and gold. The phenomenon revealed differences in human colour perception and became the subject of scientific investigations into neuroscience and vision science.
In the Valentino fashion show the dress was modeled by Christy Turlington. The dress proved very popular with teenage girls and many copies were sold and worn as prom dresses throughout the United States. [8] Other dresses were designed very similarly in the black and white style later in 2001, such as Thierry Mugler's design, valued at $600. [9]
Revenge dress, a black dress worn by Diana, Princess of Wales following the revelation that her husband had been unfaithful; Tarkhan dress, a 5000-year old linen dress considered the known oldest woven garment; Travolta dress, a midnight blue gown worn by Diana and named for John Travolta, with whom she danced while wearing it
Nuns wear black and white dresses that associate them with their involvement in religion. Fashion can go beyond symbolizing a profession, it can also communicate ideas about an individual's personality, social status, or religious belonging. The Burka is a head covering worn by Islamic women and signifies their belonging to an Islamic society.
TIME sent a Valentine's Day themed paper dress to their subscribers, the white dress printed with an Op-Art rendering of the TIME logo and packed in a red box with a note reading: “For your ValenTIME for every week in homes like yours across the country, some six million women slip into a little black-and-white print that’s just their taste ...