Wearing the trousers : fashion, freedom, and the rise of the modern woman
Entry/Object ID
GT2082.C53
Lexicon
Search Terms
bloomers, clothing and dress--social aspects, clothing and dress--women, fashion--history--19th century, pants, trousers, women's clothing--history
Legacy Lexicon
Category
Book
Book Details
Author
Don Chapman
Publisher
Amberley
Date Published
2017
Call No.
GT2082.C53
ISBN
978144566950, 9781445669502
Notes
Length: 336
General Notes
Note Type
Contents
Note
Introduction -- Early bloomers -- Bloomerism reaches Britain -- Making money out of bloomers -- Taking the Mickey -- Combustible crinolines -- Bloomerism worldwide -- Bloomer backlash -- Bloomers at play -- Lady Harberton and rational dress -- The Rational Dress Society and Rational Dress Association -- The divisive skirt -- A widening sphere of influence -- The ’safety’ bicycle -- Wheels of change -- The Oxford rally -- The Hautboy Hotel -- Lord Salisbury and bloomers -- Into the twentieth century -- Piecing together the past -- A ’green fracture’ -- World War I and afterwards.
