Wearing the Trousers: Fashion, Freedom and the Rise of the Modern Woman

by Don Chapman

In the 1850s a craze swept through the wardrobes of the women of British and American society. These 'bloomers', wearing their new loose-fitting 'Turkish dress', represented a turn against the painful and unhealthy fashions of the Victorian hey-day with its corsets and bindings. But it was more than that: with the newspapers everywhere decrying this new style of dress, bloomers became an overnight feminist firestorm. These early pioneers had set in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445669501
• ISBN13: 9781445669502
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"