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A wardrobe of her own. Dissident femininities in the 19th century
Culture · Saturday, November 7 · 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 her own. Dissident femininities in the 19th century” and highlights a phenomenon still largely unknown: the appropriation, by women of the 19th century, of the masculine dress codes of their time. Seen as a response to often normative approaches to femininity in fashion exhibitions, A wardrobe of her 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 wardrobe codes accompanies…
