Sabrina Dhawan Essays

  • Modernization rising beside tradition in Monsoon Wedding

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    org/wiki/Clothing_in_India>. Kemp, Phillip. “Monsoon Wedding.” Sight and Sound 1 12. 1 (Jan. 2002): 50. Web. 25 May 2014: < http://eds.b.ebscohost.com/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=217c09fd-beec-44da-bdcf-dcd7d8f99280%40sessionmgr111&vid=6&hid=102>. Monsoon Wedding. By Sabrina Dhawan. Dir. Mira Nair. USA Films, 11 Sept. 2001. DVD. Sharpe, Jenny. “Gender, Nation, and Globalizaion in Monsoon wedding and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.” Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism 6.1 (Oct. 2005): 58-81.Web. 23 May 2014: .

  • Hubert de Givenchy

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    A. Background of the designer. Hubert de Givenchy was born on February 20, 1927 in Beauvais, France. When he was young his father died, leaving him to be raised by his mother and grandfather. His wealthy family never approved of Givenchy’s love for fashion and instead wanted him to attend college and pursue a career in law. Eventually he attended college achieving his career in law but realized his love for fabrics and fashion was stronger (In influential fashion, 2002). Givenchy’s love for fashion

  • The Influence of Audrey Hepburn on the Fashion Industry -- Past and Present

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    Regarding physical qualities, everybody has their own idiosyncrasies or quirks, things which make them peculiar and yet interesting. These features make us who we are and even if we consider them as flaws, they still make us beautiful somehow. The 1957 film, Funny Face, was actually a tribute to the late Audrey Hepburn’s rather unusual, quirky facial features—her large nose, thick eyebrows, slightly crooked teeth, being doe-eyed—which all summed up to her being the epitome of a truly beautiful woman

  • Little Black Dress

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    wore the definitive Little Black Dress in Breakfast at Tiffany’s designed by Hubert de Givenchy. This was not the first black dress Givenchy had designed for Hepburn, he also created two other successful pieces for the actress to wear in her films Sabrina 1954 and Funny Face 1957 but it was the iconic Breakfast at Tiffany’s dress that was named their chic style master piece. It was an instant hit and started a new craze for women in the 60’s. Black appealed to Chanel with its practical nature, her

  • Bill Cosby Fatherhood

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    Bill Cosby is an entertainer, a national father figure, a comedian, he is a person who is loved and known by many, including an entire generation. Throughout his career he was in movies, a television series, wrote books, and made commercials. His face was everywhere during his career. Although Cosby accomplished many things in his life, his childhood was not the greatest. He grew up in a housing project in north Philadelphia with an absent father, a mother who worked 12 hours a day cleaning white

  • Comparing the Huxtables with My Family

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    Compating the Huxtables with My Family Watching a comedy sitcom like The Cosby Show is a great way to unwind from a stressful day at school. The show's characters are likeable and the storyline is humorous, but halfway through the program I usually turn the television off and return to the kitchen to wash the dinner dishes. Watching The Cosby Show makes me feel guilty. The Huxtables are too perfect. Their house is too perfect. In comparison to the Huxtables I feel like an unfit mother in