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Fashion Fusion in Kazakhstan: Advanced Technology Converges With the Past

Fashion Fusion in Kazakhstan: Advanced Technology Converges With the Past

Carolyn Buie Erdener
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781522518655|ISBN10: 1522518657|EISBN13: 9781522518662
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1865-5.ch016
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Erdener, Carolyn Buie. "Fashion Fusion in Kazakhstan: Advanced Technology Converges With the Past." Advanced Fashion Technology and Operations Management, edited by Alessandra Vecchi, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 363-376. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1865-5.ch016

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Erdener, C. B. (2017). Fashion Fusion in Kazakhstan: Advanced Technology Converges With the Past. In A. Vecchi (Ed.), Advanced Fashion Technology and Operations Management (pp. 363-376). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1865-5.ch016

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Erdener, Carolyn Buie. "Fashion Fusion in Kazakhstan: Advanced Technology Converges With the Past." In Advanced Fashion Technology and Operations Management, edited by Alessandra Vecchi, 363-376. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1865-5.ch016

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Abstract

Fashion and technology have been deeply connected in Central Asia since the dawn of time. Every piece of clothing was the result of applying technology to materials found in nature, based on an idea that originated in someone's mind. Clothing held a mystical purpose as well as a utilitarian one, protecting the owner from all kinds of danger. What people wore signified who they were as individuals situated in the family and the cosmos. Changes in fashion went hand-in-hand with technological change as the inspiration for and outcome of new ideas. This is why one can predict with confidence that forms of high technology now emerging will be assimilated quickly by the local fashion industry. This signals a bright future for high tech fashion in Kazakhstan, where significant changes are already well underway. As the emerging fashion industry advances on its current trajectory of development, it will continue to express the beliefs, expectations, hopes and dreams of the people of Kazakhstan in a synthesis of elements from the past, present and future.

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