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A Wardrobe of One's Own. Dissident Femininities in the 19th Century

Culture · Tuesday, October 27 · 10:00 · Paris

Palais Galliera - musée de la Mode de Paris, 10 avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie

Free

This autumn, the Palais Galliera presents the exhibition “Un vestiaire à soi. Féminités dissidentes au 19e siècle” and highlights a phenomenon still largely unknown: the appropriation, by women of the 19th century, of the male dress codes of their time. Thought as a response to the often normative approaches to femininity in fashion exhibitions, A Wardrobe of One's Own. Dissident Femininities in the 19th Century aims to fill a significant gap in fashion history. The exhibition reveals how the increasingly pronounced adoption of male wardrobe codes accompanied…