a little bit of art fashion...(2)

The continually changing fashions of the West have been generally unparalleled either in antiquity or in the other great civilizations of the world until recent decades. Early Western travellers, whether to Persia, Turkey, Japan or China frequently remark on the absence of changes in fashion there, and observers from these other cultures comment on the unseemly pace of Western fashion, which many felt suggested an instability and lack of order in Western culture. The Japanese Shogun's secretary boasted (not completely accurately) to a Spanish visitor in 1609 that Japanese clothing had not changed in over a thousand years.^[2] However in Ming China, for example, there is considerable evidence for rapidly changing fashions in Chinese clothing.

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A jockstrap (also known as a jock, jock strap, strap, supporter, or athletic supporter) is an undergarment designed for supporting the male genitalia during sports or other vigorous physical activity. A jockstrap consists of a waistband (usually elastic) with a support pouch for the genitalia and two elastic straps affixed to the base of the pouch and to the left and right sides of the waistband at the hip. The pouch, in some varieties, may be fitted with a pocket to hold an impact resistant cup to protect the testicles and/or the penis from injury.

The word jockstrap has purportedly been in use at least since 1888, a likely contraction of 'jockey strap', as the garment was first designed for bicycle riders, or 'bike jockeys'. The Bike Jockey Strap was the first jockstrap manufactured in America in 1874.^[1][2]

Jockey meaning 'rider', primarily a race horse rider, has been in use since 1670.^[3] Jockey itself is the diminutive form of the Scots nickname Jock (for John) as Jackie is for the English nickname Jack. The nicknames Jack and Jackie, Jock and Jockey have been used generically for 'man, fellow, boy, common man'. From the period c.1650-c.1850, 'jock' was used as slang for penis.^[4]

The more recent slang term 'jock', meaning an athlete, is traced to 1959 and is itself derived from 'jockstrap'.

sexy bitches...

It is not often art exhibitions get vandalised on their opening night but Sexy Bitches was always going to offend some people.They say sex sells and so too it seems images of sexy women.All five of Gina Kiel's works have sold within days of the exhibition opening.“The aim of having an exhibition is always to get your work out there, but it's also to sell it,” says Ms KielBut not everyone's buying into the representations of women at Manky Chops gallery.Two women were so offended by the works they tagged “manky sexist” on the gallery's wall.Artist Slope says he doesn’t have to defend the gallery.“No apologies at all. It's not negative at all,” he says.“I though it was hilarious. It's good to offend some people, I suppose. Some people have got a low offence level.”Xoe Hall, another artist on display, even welcomes the strong reaction.“That was a bit of a stir, but that's kinda what I wanted my artwork to do. I wanted it to be exciting for everyone,” she says.The artists have one message to those who might take offence.“If they don't like it, they don't have to come to the show,” says Slope.The two male and two female artists in the exhibition say they are simply expressing their love of the female form.For those who do like sexy bitches, the exhibition is on at Manky Chops gallery until June 19.

a little bit of art fashion...(1)

Fashion, a general term for the style and custom prevalent at a given time, in its most common usage refers to costume or clothing style. The more technical term, costume, has become so linked in the public eye with the term "fashion" that the more general term "costume" has in popular use mostly been relegated to special senses like fancy dress ormasquerade wear, while the term "fashion" means clothing generally, and the study of it. This linguistic switch is due to the fashion plates which were produced during the Industrial Revolution, showing the latest designs. For a broad cross-cultural look at clothing and its place in society, refer to the entries for clothing, costume and fabrics. The remainder of this article deals with clothing fashions in the Western world.