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A Wardrobe of One's Own. Dissident Femininities in the 19th Century
Culture · Saturday, September 26 · 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 “A Wardrobe of One's Own. Dissident Femininities in the 19th Century” and highlights a largely little-known phenomenon: the appropriation by nineteenth-century women of the masculine dress codes of their time. Conceived as a response to 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 growing adoption of masculine wardrobe codes accompanied…
