North South University

ANT103
Introduction to Culture
Report on
Changing Dressing Trend over Generation

Submitted to:
Dr. Humayun Kabir [HK]

Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science & Sociology

Submitted by:
Name ID
Istiaq Hasnat Tasif 1230451630

MD. Istiaque Ahmed 1310295630

Kashfi Binte Alam 1230529630
Rakin Ahmed 1310384630

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 Table of content
Methodology 3

Introduction 4

History 5-6

Impact of changing dressing trend 7-8

Survey and Analysis 9-15

Conclusion 16

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 Methodology
For the primary data, We conducted a survey of representative sampling of both male and female in
Bangladesh.Through this survey we want to know the dress preference of both male and female in different
occasions and also analyze the reasons behind why people are more interested in western clothing style. For that
we prepared a questionnaire with different types of questions so as to get arrange of useful data which will help
us to find the answers of our research questions. Our questionnaire include some MCQ. Among 25 person’s
respondents, most of them were the students,service holder.
For the secondary data, we took help from few books and autobiographies. we also took help from the internet,
online magazines and used standard search engines like Google.

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 INTRODUCTION

Dress is an important part of human life. If we want to go ahead with the flow of changing world we need to
know about the changing dressing trend.
Dress is something which enhance ones personality and this personality creats culture. Dressing is a fashion and
fashion never stay the same it always changing. It’s a priority of society because people of different society
want to wear only the latest fashion and style. If we look at dressing fashion over the ages in (1960-1970s) we
came to know about “HIPPIES” and in 1980s Micheal Jackson dressing trend which was completely different
from now. The main reason of dressing changing would be society’s views on people. Dressing fasion is
changing because the people are changing. People want to see with the best clothing possible that’s why they
are influenced by popular culture.
Dressing has a strong relationship with the culutre. Because culture is something which remain us that things
going to be changed and it’s been happening for hundreds of years. Dressing vary from one culture to another
and one country to another clothes have been used to separate people into groups. This dressing change
influences not only culture but also the tradition of one society. There are some
economical,social,traditional,cultural,historical impact of changing dressing trend which we can see all over the
world.
We can see the effects of changing dressing trend in Bangladesh. The main reason behind the change is
globalization and cultural imperialism. Because of ENCULTURATION blending different culture and
emerge a new HYBRID culture in Bangladesh. So this thing effects our dressing trend. We select this topic
because we try to focuses on, what types of changes we can see in bangladeshi dressing trend and their impact.

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 History
In past few decades there have been a drastic changes in dressing trend. With the beginning of the 21st century
the dressing trend have exploded exponentially.

From (1920-2000) :
Dressing – 1920s :
 Chemise dress
 Short skirts
 Cloche hat

Fashion trends – 1930s:

 Long hems,bias cuts

 Broad shouldered jackets
 Platform shoes

Fashion trends – 1940s :

 Mannish suits,tailored,peplum
jackets
 Knee length straight skirts
 ¾ length coats

Fashion trends – 1950s :

 Classic shirtwaist dress

 Sweater set
 Car coats
 Capri pants

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Fashion trends – (1960s – 1990s):
 Jeans
 Miniskirts
 Pantsuits
 Leisure suits
 Androgynous dress
 Slip dress.

Fashion trends – 2000s :

 Low rise pants

 Blazer
 Graphic t-shirt
 Tank tops.
 Skinny jeans.

Here we can see that the fashion of dessing changes decades to decades. This dressing trends are depends on
the test of particular group of people. Because of TRANSCULTURE we can see this changes in Bangladesh
as well.

Description and Analysis

Dress is a very important element in the context of our country because our culture is directly related with our

dress pattern. It reflects our culture, also shows our identity. We have our traditional dress for our own event

like Pahela Baishakh,Eid,Falgun and so many events. We practice dance, drama and so many things. So dress

plays a vital role over there.

But the world around us is growing really fast. The people of our country are trying to cope up with the

changing world. So somehow our dress pattern of our male and female changes radically. It happens for many

reasons. Mostly the young generation is very much interested and influenced by western culture. So western

culture is now mixing with our own culture. In terms of dress, the pattern is changing also. It is giving negative

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impact to our culture and we are losing our dress culture day by day. If that happens then our own culture will

be distinct.

Impacts of changing dressing trend

There are so many impacts of this changing dress trends over the male and female of our country. This creates

social, ethical, economic, personal and religious conflict as well.

Westernization : People are now changing their taste of dress change. They are basically influenced by the

global world. We all use television or the social networking site a lot. We see many types of different dress over

there. We get attracted a lot. People has an affection to western dress. So they try to adopt those culture by

following there dress pattern. Boys see many stylish dress up which are basically used in abroad. They try to

cope up with that fashion and style. Girls are also very much fond of western dresses. Most of the female of our

country watches hindi serials. They see there a lot of dress. They get influenced by it. In Eid-Ul-Fitre there was

a dress name “pakhi” dress. All of the women went crazy to buy this dress. So we can see this strongly that

they are highly influenced and forget there own culture. People see many worldwide programmes and get

influenced. So Television and social networking site plays an important role.

Economic : There are many Fashion design house in our country. As the people of our country is highly

attracted by the western fashion, they try to implement western fashion in our dress. They organize fashion

show, write article or magazine for those and people after seeing those get crazy to buy those dresses. Because

of this the designers of our country are earning good amount of money but the buyers are losing money to fulfill

their own demands or their favourites. In spite of all these things at the end men and women of our country are

forgetting their own culture.

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Globalization: Globalization has both positive and negative impact. In this scenario another reason of

forgetting our own culture is globalization. In many places many organization follows the western culture dress

for boys and girls. So they have to abide by the rule. So people are now a days by forgetting their own culture

moved to western culture. It helps them to cope up with the current world but in the context of our culture this is

not a good practice.

Psychological : People are so biased about the western dress but most of them do not know we export dress

type accessories to all over the world and we are the best in it. Just to give you an example- If you are coming

from abroad and buy a dress for your relative, he or she will be very happy. But if you buy a dress from your

country then he or she will not be very happy. But he or she does not know that the dress which was brought for

him or her is originally Bangladeshi product. So this reflects that people have a belief that western dress is much

better and day by day they are adapting those culture.

Social : There are some negative things about the dress changing pattern. Mostly girls are suffering from all of

these. Girls are wearing t shirt, pant in our society. This is basically a western practice. Saree and kameez is our

cultural dress. So by wearing those shirts and pants they are making a massive change in our society. The girls

who are practicing this western culture, gradually affected to it. There is a belief of many people that more on

sexual harassment is increasing because of this reason. Rape case, Eve teasing are the reasons for these types of

dress changing because our culture and society is different from the western people.

Religious: As our country is basically a Muslim country so these types of western dresses is criticized by

many people. According to Muslim religion women should be covered up with “Borka” and “Hijab” etc. As

women in our country are ignoring this and grabbing foreign culture it cannot be related with our religion and

even with our culture and society. Because of this confusing matter social, religious, personal conflict are

arising each and every day. So we can say that western culture is slowly damaging our culture. Basically we all

are practicing a mixed culture in our country which takes us a long way from our own culture, religion and

society.
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 Survey and Analysis
Male and female have different taste of choosing there dresses. They always look for their comfort zone where
they find themselves comfortable. It is very necessary to find comfortness along with fashionable style. So they
choose different dress for different occasion. Some might be traditional or some might be classy as they like to.
So Men and women prefer choosing dresses in different occation in their different cultures.

Male

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In wedding, 50 percent full suit. Men these days are getting highly aware and ambitious when it comes to suit.
Not just a regular suit but with perfect matched shoes, ties and pocket squares. They want to look themselves
formal and trendy at a time and this style sense came from west for sure.

Previously men would like to wear Panjabi in weddings but things have surely changed around here. Here we
can see that about 50% of men like to wear full suit in weeding programme.

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In Bengali occasions come with Bengali attires and Panjabi will never get old for men. Almost everyone would
appear with different types of panjibis in these festivals and mostly with bright colours. Here also we can see
that almost 92.9% men loved to wear Panjabi.

For home-wears, t-shirt and trousers are the most comfortable ones in an atmosphere like our country’s. It’s a
quick changeable cloth and also suitable if a male needs to go out quick for a few minutes. Plus it looks better
than wearing other home outfits. Here we can see that about 35.7% of men loves to wear T shirt and trouser.

It’s almost like a traditional clothing when it comes to office-wears. A formal shirt with a formal pant can be
seen everywhere and it is highly maintained. From a clerk to a C.E.O. It pulls a decent look for the males and
not to mention ‘Eveready for call of duty’. Here we can see that 71.4% men prefer to wear formal T shirt and
pant in their respective work place.
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Sweaty or a bit chilly, sports or a roam-around;T-shirt is always favorable for men. It’s comfortable, looks cool
and mostly quick customizable. That means a person can change it quick or wear something over it which
sometimes looks very fashionable. And t-shirts are almost the best outfits for a chill pill hangout. The higher
percentage that is 42.9% men love to wear t-shirt in the hangout.

Female

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Sarees are traditional wedding cloths for women and almost every Bengali women look stunning in sarees esp.
in weddings. Colours, style and the way of wearing it can be different but in the end, it’s the outfit which is
escalating a desi woman’s beauty. As saree is the traditional dress of our country so the higher percentage that is
63.2% of women likes to wear saree in weeding.

Kameez are the common dress for the females. Different style, different types and mostly different
designs.Kameez trend will never get old for women but it changes & improves every now and then. In festivals,
women do prefers kameez as these are comfortable and super stylish. And they are aware of the colours to wear
for each specific festivals. Here we can see that 36.8% women loves to wear kameez in many occasions.

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No matter how hard to control a saree or how uncomfortable a dress can be, women tolerates it outsides but
they really prefer being comfy at their cribs. That’s why they mostly choose trouser and tops. It’s easily
changeable and looks cute for them. Trouser and tops are very comfortable to wear that’s why 78.9% women
prefer wearing them at home.

Bengali women mostly prefer to wear high neck kameez when it comes to their work places. It looks decent,
trendy and also smart. There’s less chance of getting exposed over these dresses and it is genuinely fashionable.
High neck kameez that 52.6% women loves to wear in their respective workplace.

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When it comes to hangouts, women prefers easy cloths and they sure want to surprise their friends with
different looks. Western outlooks really plays a vital role here. For most, it’s comfortable and makes the look
sassy. Plus some different add on-s can also be attached with western outfits to look more stylish. Here we can
see that 52.6% women prefer wearing kameez when they loves to do hangout.

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 Conclusion
Fashion started off in ancient times as culture and clothing was different in every country, now a days it is
similar all around the world. In Bangladesh, it is now a common trend because of globalization of culture and
fashion revolution. There are also some reason that would be society’s views on people. People want to be seen
with the best clothing possible. You wear something different from everybody else and you will be judged
because of it. If people like what you are wearing, then they will start wearing similar clothes as you. This is
just how the dressing trends change.
We, Bangladeshi people are mostly following Western-style clothing which create a bad impact on our own
traditional clothing.This is not only impact on fashion but also on our culture.By following this we are losing
our own identity.
It is a good sign for Bangladesh that the Fashion Designing Profession has recently emerged as demandable
careers among the youth.These youth have their own creative style of dressing and belief in setting a trend
rather than following a trend set by others. But they should always give the first priority while designing
something or representing their own country.As we are attaching more towards the foreign culture day by day,
so along with designers we all should follow and focus on our own culture to protect our own tradition so that
we can uphold our country.

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