Modifications to the body are usually discussed in lay language under the term "grooming." Modifications can affect how the body appears, smells, feels, sounds, or tastes. For example hair dye affects how the hair looks, bathing and deodorants affect how the body smells, applying lotions to the skin affect how it feels, growing long fingernails can affect how the hands sound when drumming the fingers on a table top, and flavored lip glosses affect taste when the lips are licked or kissed.
Supplements to the body include the things that we describe in lay terminology as clothing, jewelry, shoes, and accessories. Supplements to the body also include handheld objects. For instance, a bride is not fully dressed until she is holding her bouquet.
Eicher, Joanne B., Evenson, Sandra L. and Lutz, Hazel A. (2000) The Visible Self: Global Perspectives on Dress, Culture, and Society. 2nd edition. New York: Fairchild Pub [1].
Dress may refer to:
- Clothing or attire in general
- Costume or "fancy" dress
- A specific type of women's garment, discussed in the article on skirt and dress
- The dres subculture in Poland
- The preparing of poultry for human consumption
- Among divers, the standard diving dress
- Can be said as a long shirt connected with a skirt
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