Background of the study:

Formal occasion is an occasion that is meant for formal gatherings eg interviews, meeting, board room meetings etc. each and everyone of these occasions requires a specific wear or out fit for it.

In Boardroom meetings, one needs to dress in a cooperate or formal outfit. A female worker attending a boardroom meetings should dress nice and decent in a formal manner because your appearance speaks more of you one cannot wear an outfit meant for parties to a meeting. 

Formal wears come in different styles and designs. They can be a suit of different styles, skirts and shirts, trousers and shirts and a dress of different styles and designs. But no matter one’s choice of style it has to be formal. Formal wears for board room meeting can be sews with various materials such as veritable wax, garbadine, suit materials, London wax even local fabrics like kente, Ankara etc and also synthetic fabrics and blends. 

However, a stricking discovery about what most female workers wore to meetings has been made. Most of the female workers wears suit to board room meetings not knowing that other materials can e used in making a co-operate and decent outfits for these meetings. 

The circumstances that led the choice of fabric and design that will be use in execution of the work is that the materials are durable and it is a design that will not go out of trend. The wearer will feel comfortable with it and being that in most boardroom meetings the environment is always cool. With this design the wearer won’t feel cold or hot because of the texture of the fabrics and the design. 

Statement of the Problem:

Most of the female workers wore suit or ready-made wears to meetings while other materials like Ankara, kente etc can be used for the same purpose. Most of their wears shows all the erogenous part of their body which is not good for the occasion. Formal occasion are business like occasions, so the outfit you wear has to be formal and decent enough. 

Purpose of the Study:

The major purpose of this study is to produce a formal occasion (boardroom meeting) wear for a young lady. 

Scope of the Study:

This study will delimited to constructing the formal decent dress code for female workers (young ladies) for boardroom meeting. 

Research Questions 

1. Is it possible to use plain fabric and Ankara for the production of boardroom meeting wear for a young lady. 

2. What are the attributes of a formal occasion wear (Boardroom meeting). 

3. The design, is it suitable for the occasion. 

4. Can approach of young ladies towards their outfit to boardroom meeting be changed. 

Significance of the Study

From the findings of this study a lot of up-coming young female workers will benefit from it. They will know how to combine their fabrics in making their outfits. They will also know that when hey chose a better material and style for their outfit and well sewn, it will come off better. 

This information can get to these persons through organizing seminars, workshop etc on dress codes. 

DEFINITION OF KEYWORDS: 

Formal occasion: It is an occasion that is meant for formal gatherings eg interview, meetings etc. 

Formal wear: It is an upscale clothing work formal events. 

Jumpsuit:  A piece of clothing, originally referred to the functional one-piece garment used by parachuters. 

Jacket:  It is a short coat worn by both men and women. 

Fabric: It is a cloth or other materials produced by weaving cotton, nylon, wool, silk or other threads together. 

Design: A plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a garment, building or other objects before it.

Trend: A general direction in which something is developing or changing. 

Etiquette: Guidelines which control the way a responsible individual should behave in the society.