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The first women to wear pants in public and how they turned women’s fashion into a matter of freedom, comfort and elegance
The year is 1825. You’re out and about, and suddenly you see a woman walking down the street—only, she was totally audacious—wearing masculine, inappropriate, and out-of-the-norm clothes. Meet Fanny Wright. Sporting long pants beneath a medium dress, she became the first woman ever to step outside in anything other than dresses and skirts. It didn’t…
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The World in a Wardrobe: Glocality of Fashion in the 20th Century
Thinking about fashion in the current year is inevitably thinking at a glocal scale. The interconnected world allows us to obtain and often repurpose material culture from around the world in order to adapt to our local needs as consumers. When I see my closet, I usually encounter thrifted pieces that come from Germany or…
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