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A Wardrobe of One's Own. Dissident Femininities in the 19th Century
Culture · Friday, November 6 · 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 19th-century women, of the male dress codes of their time. Thought as a response to often normative approaches to femininity in fashion exhibitions, Un vestiaire à soi. Féminités dissidentes au 19e siècle aims to fill a significant gap in fashion history. The exhibition reveals how the increasingly pronounced adoption of male wardrobe codes accompanies…
