Clothing is fundamental, and the study of clothing touches on many disciplines.
“A course in clothing embodies some of the principles of art, chemistry, physics, biology, economics, history, psychology and mathematics in addition to technical knowledge”
Almost 100 years later this remains the same however we have a much different conception of what this means. Take a look at the 1930 original:
A few suggestions for an update:
New word of the day, Cathexis: investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea.
Thanks! Now I need to go fishing through all my old sewing books to see what I've just blown right past.
maths is for calculating costs and physics for cleaning at home? come on 30s people!!