http://threadforthought.net/2009/11/10/school-dress-codes-target-gender/ An academic view of how fashion intersects politics, economics, gender, race, & pop culture Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:01:51 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://threadforthought.net/2009/11/10/school-dress-codes-target-gender/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Tiffbit Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:24:10 +0000 http://threadforthought.net/?p=824#comment-79 This may be wandering off the path of the point of your article, but although dressing today is more commonly used as a form of expression than ever before, the meeting point of the history of women's dress and of men's dress is striking. Women's dress, using Poiret of the 20's as an example, changed for the sake of movement and freedom of women's bodies. Men's clothing and today's menswear runway shows exhibit feminine features for the sake of being shocking. This may be wandering off the path of the point of your article, but although dressing today is more commonly used as a form of expression than ever before, the meeting point of the history of women’s dress and of men’s dress is striking. Women’s dress, using Poiret of the 20’s as an example, changed for the sake of movement and freedom of women’s bodies. Men’s clothing and today’s menswear runway shows exhibit feminine features for the sake of being shocking.

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