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Reforming Women's Fashion, 1850-1920
Patricia A. Cunningham
其他書名
Politics, Health, and Art
出版
Kent State University Press
, 2003
主題
Design / Fashion & Accessories
Design / Textile & Costume
Health & Fitness / Beauty & Grooming
Political Science / Civil Rights
Self-Help / Fashion & Style
Social Science / Women's Studies
ISBN
0873387422
9780873387422
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=jqTToUwfElQC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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This work focuses on the efforts toward reforming women's dress that took place in Europe and America in the latter half of the 18th century and the first decade of the 20th century, and the types of garments adopted by women to overcome the challenges posed by fashionable dress. It considers the many advocates for reform and examines their motives, their arguments for change, and how they promoted improvements in women's fashion. Though there was no single overarching dress reform movement, it reveals similarities among the arguments posed by diverse groups of reformers, including especially the equation of reform with an ideal image of improved health. Drawing on a variety of primary and secondary sources in the USA and Europe - including the popular press, advice books for women, allopathic and alternative medical literature, and books on aesthetics, art, health, and physical education - the text makes a significant contribution to costume studies, social history, and women's studies.