Fashion, Freedom and the Rise of the Modern Woman
by
Don Chapman
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
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...