Reforming womens fashion, 1850-1920 : politics, health, and art
Focuses on the efforts toward reforming women's dress that took place in Europe and America during the latter half of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth
History
1 online resource
9781631010996, 1631010999
904811070
Halftitle Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction: Fashion, Health, and Beauty; Chapter Two: Trousers: The Rational Alternative to Skirts; Chapter Three: The Invisibles: Hygienic Underwear, "Dress Systems," and Making Fashion Rational; Chapter Four: Artistic Dress in England: Visions of Beauty and Health; Chapter Five: Artistic Dress in America; Chapter Six: Artistic Dress and the Modern Design Movement on the Continent; Chapter Seven: Fashion, Dress Reform, and the New Woman; Notes; Bibliography; Index