The dress tells the story of the changing role of women

In terms of comfort, novelty, practicality, modernity, or progressiveness, skirts are not necessarily in opposition to or inferior to pants

 

Fashion is a field full of dialectics. Within the established social gender framework, fashion is a women's sanctuary and playground. They can wear a variety of clothing and express themselves freely, even if it's just imitating and chasing fashion trends, which demonstrates the abundant autonomy and freedom that women enjoy in this field. But while fashion empowers women, it also brings many troubles. For example, tight fitting clothing showcases a woman's confident posture, but it also hinders her freedom of movement, let alone the ubiquitous moral judgment. These concerns can easily distract women's attention and restrict their vitality.

 

 

 

Looking back at the waves of fashion, every change in Dress signifies that women have shed some constraints and achieved physical or mental liberation. However, the wave of "liberation" does not always move forward. The peaks of "liberation" and the valleys of "restraint" always accompany each other, and the excitement and struggle of each concrete individual constitute the rhythm of the fluctuations - the new wave may also bring new restraints, and will wait for the next fashion to advance more repeatedly.

 

 

 

Indeed, fashion is exciting and moving, but why explore the relationship between fashion and feminism through skirts rather than pants? Firstly, in the past when women were prohibited from wearing pants, they engaged in various labor and sports while wearing skirts; At a time when pants are allowed, women still haven't given up on skirts, which represents the voice of women. Secondly, when 'women wearing pants' becomes a clich é in film and television dramas depicting girls as unique, valuing and delving into the meaning of skirts becomes even more radical. In "The Declaration of Skirts," author Kimberly Chriman Campbell declares: "Skirts are not necessarily in opposition or inferior to pants in terms of comfort, novelty, practicality, modernity, or progressiveness." When we are free to choose to wear skirts, looking back at the history of 20th century skirts will be a more delicate and silky feminist perspective, after all, pants were still controversial in the mid-1970s.

 

 

 

This book selects 10 of the most representative dresses from the 20th century for exploration. The author takes the popular events of different dresses as clues, and focuses on three aspects: convenience considerations, competition for social aesthetic standards, and attitude expression. Each aspect highlights the transformative power of feminism in the changes of dress fashion. Today's article starts with this book and explores the changes in skirts and the evolution of female characters.