my two sources

my first source is
http://media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2008/02/27/News/Fashion.Is.New.Form.Of.Expression.For.Feminists-3237639.shtml
It is from a newspaper so it is authoritative. The news was issued by Feb. 2008 and the website was updated on 2009, so the sorce is quite current. the website has links to other news, so it is accurate. Although it is about personal opinion, I think it is helpful to my topic.

my sencond source is
http://drupal02.nypl.org/blogs/2008/07/31/pants-and-feminist
It is from the website of the New York Public Library, so it is quite reliable. the author of this post is Paula Baxter, who is the formerly Curator of the Art & Architecture Collection and the
Curator of Exhibitions and Coordinator of Educational Initiatives at NYPL. It was posted on July 31, 2008, which is quite current. In the article, there are some links to more explination, so it is quite detailed. The author explained the relationship between pants and feminisim, there is no direct advertising and you can contact the author, so it is also objective.

my working thesis so far is fashion reflects feminisim mainly on three aspects, the color, the pattern and the accessory. Hopefully I can get the conclusion that the history of fashion in changing the color, the pattern and the accessory reflects feminisim. I will research on the history of the three aspects. and then compare with the history of feminisim.

Three Topics that I am interested in

There are three topics that I want to talk about this semester. They are feminism, fashion and culture. I found out that these three topics are closely connected. Feminisim can be reflected in what women wear. culture is another important factor that can influence fashion. As a girl who is interested in fashion, I would like to research on these three topics to see how feminism has influenced fashion in the past and how culture now inluences fashion in different countries. There are my questions for each topic:
Feminisim:
- How did feminisim begin?
- What aspects did feminisim influence?
- How is feminisim shown in modern life?
Fashion:
- What is the fashion trend this year?
- How was fashion changed compared to the fashion hundred years ago?
- How do people difine fashion?
Culture:
- What is the culture in the middle east like?
- How is American culture formed?
- How do different cultures influence each other?