Rational Dress
合理服運動 / 1850s–1900s / Style / Fashion History
The reform movement that refused the corset and the trailing skirt, redesigning dress from health and freedom of movement — functionalism in clothing.
Bloomer-type garments / Refusal of the corset / Bicycles and sportswear / Form from function
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Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Comparing primary sources and exemplary cases · Extracting principles that transfer beyond dress
- Type
- Observe the letters and signs of the era and community referred to
- Composition
- Translate silhouette and proportion into composition
- Material
- Verify the material conditions: cloth, tailoring, the wearer's body
- Caution
- Never peel off the garment's signs alone. Verify who wore it, why, and against what.
- Further study
- Amelia Bloomer / the Rational Dress Society / dress reform and women's suffrage