HIS310H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Hoop Skirt, Victorian Dress Reform, Alexander Rodchenko
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Lecture 9-fashion, feedback on the proposal & peer review. Long dresses, corsets, accentuating hips and breasts , no pants. Men"s apparel from eighteenth-century men"s clothing to nineteenth-century men"s. Clothing went from flashy, frilly necklines and men wearing corsets to lose fitting, comfortable clothing. Went from a sexual male body to functional and practical clothing. The hoop skirt, bustle and corset made the woman a sexualized object and not seen outside of her means of i am a creature for procreation . Martineau was a celebrated feminist activist and professional writer. She was against domestic violence, aligned with bodichon for first wave feminism. One of the first female publishers in london. Clothing squeezed organs, caused unnecessary pain needless deaths from fashion . Martineau told the reader what dress should be utilitarian. Martineau declared that dress was a feminist issue. Just need clothes that work while we work . The new woman was financially independent and worked outside the home.
