{"id":2413,"date":"2014-08-07T21:16:38","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T01:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2d823b65bb.nxcli.io\/?p=2413"},"modified":"2015-01-22T10:45:41","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T15:45:41","slug":"an-inquiry-into-the-topological-ordering-of-casual-american-male-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robweir.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/an-inquiry-into-the-topological-ordering-of-casual-american-male-dress.html","title":{"rendered":"An inquiry into the topological ordering of casual American male dress"},"content":{"rendered":"

The dressing and arming of a warrior is a common set scene in epic poetry, e.g., Iliad<\/em> 2:<\/p>\n

He put on a soft khiton,
\nfine and newly made, and put around himself a great cloak.
\nUnder his shining feet he fastened fine sandals
\nand around his shoulders he placed a silver-studded sword.
\nHe took up the ancestral scepter which is always unwilting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The structure and contents of such scenes have been well-studied by scholars, e.g., Armstrong 1958<\/a>, and even parodied, as in Pope’s mock epic The Rape of the Lock<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Now awful Beauty puts on all its Arms;
\nThe Fair each moment rises in her Charms,
\nRepairs her Smiles, awakens ev’ry Grace,
\nAnd calls forth all the Wonders of her Face;
\nSees by Degrees a purer Blush arise,
\nAnd keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes.
\nThe busy Sylphs<\/em> surround their darling Care;
\nThese set the Head, and those divide the Hair,
\nSome fold the Sleeve, while others plait the Gown;
\nAnd Betty<\/em>‘s prais’d for Labours not her own.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, the dressing of the 21st Century casual American male appears to lack rigorous analysis, a deficiency I hope to remedy, at least in the area of furthering understanding of the dependency constraints of this activity.<\/p>\n

It is well-known that underpants must be donned before pants.\u00a0 Despite the intriguing experimentation<\/a> by Rowan Atkinson no practical alternative has been found.\u00a0\u00a0 Similarly, socks must be put on before shoes, pants before shoes, and both pants and shirt before the belt can be buckled.<\/p>\n

Illustrating the topological ordering as direct graph, we have the following:<\/p>\n

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\"2014-08-05<\/a>
Dependency analysis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Within these constraints many dress orderings are possible, some of the more common ones beings:<\/p>\n