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A Wardrobe of One's Own. Dissident Femininities in the 19th Century
Culture · Tuesday, November 3 · 10:00 · Paris
Palais Galliera - musée de la Mode de Paris, 10 avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie
Free
This fall, the Palais Galliera presents the exhibition “A Wardrobe of One’s Own. Dissident Femininities in the 19th Century” and sheds light on a phenomenon still largely little known: women in the 19th century appropriating men's dress codes of their time. Seen 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 increasingly pronounced adoption of masculine dress codes accompanied…
