![]() ![]() Amelia helped to popularise ‘bloomers’ in the late 1850s, and hence, the bloomer style was consequently named after her. However, what truly made popular the ‘pantaloon’ style was Amelia Jenks Bloomer, an American women’s rights advocate. “What a sense of liberty I felt, with no skirts to hold or brush ready at any moment, to climb a hill-top to see the sun go down or the moonrise, with no ruffles or trails impede by the dew or soiled by the grass,” she added. “Like a captive, set free from his ball and chain, I was always ready for a brisk walk through sleet and snow and rain, to climb a mountain, jump over a fence, work in the garden, and was fit for any necessary locomotion”, wrote Cady Stanton. Cady was very impressed with the look and the freedom of movement and about her experience of wearing trousers. Compared to women dresses, men’s trousers were excellent for physical activity and general movement.Įlizabeth Smith Miller is one of the first designers to jump on the movement, by inventing a unique trouser style, later called “the bloomer.” Elizabeth first showed “this unique style” to her cousin Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an American suffragist, social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women’s rights movement. Slowly, women began to perceive the clothes worn by men as far more convenient. The best example is Luisa Capetillo, an ardent women’s rights activist, and the first woman in Puerto Rico to wear a men suit and tie in public. The movement gained a lot of popularity when women activists emerged and began to wear men outfits. The shift was accelerated by the army recruiting female spies, who had to wear special uniforms comprised of jackets and dresses over trousers.Īndrogynous fashion started to gather steam when women felt their attires were limiting their performances and daily activities. Initially sought as a form of exclusive dressing, androgynous fashion was the preferred way to make the aristocratic class stand out, visually.ĭuring the 1800s, driven by the industrial revolution and the uniforms it brought with it, the style uniformity between male and female started to gain ground. The earliest signs of ‘rebellious’ androgynous fashion styles arose in England and France. ![]()
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