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Utilizing the Apparel Cottage Industry in Malawi, Africa, to Manufacture an Apparel Collection for the American Market

Title:	Utilizing the Apparel Cottage Industry in Malawi, Africa, to Manufacture an Apparel Collection for the American Market
Creator:	Sumpter, Cynthanie P.
Publisher:	Atlanta, Ga. : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:	2012-08
Subject:	Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Fashion Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Fashion
Description:	Includes bibliographical references (p.58).
Abstract:	The primary aim of the study was to determine whether the cottage workers had the skills set to sew the garments I designed for the US market. My focus was the village women in the cottage industry in the Thyolo, Mulanje and Balaka districts near Blantyre, Malawi, Africa. This study was part of my graduate capstone project at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Contributor:	CHAIR: Trautman, Patricia Hastie, Taylor Joyner, Tamara
Language:	English
Source:	Fashion
Type:	Text
Format:	PDF : 58 p. : ill.
Rights:	Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.