A Wardrobe of One's Own. Dissident Femininities in the 19th Century

[Paris, Paris, Paris] Lesbian Friendly - Queer Friendly - Exhibition - This autumn, the Palais Galliera presents the exhibition 'A Wardrobe of One's Own. Dissident Femininities in the 19th Century' and highlights a phenomenon that is still largely unknown: the appropriation by 19th-century women of the masculine dress codes of their time. Conceived as a response to the often normative approaches to femininity in fashion exhibitions, A Wardrobe of One's Own. Dissident Femininities in the 19th Century intends to fill an important gap in the history of fashion. The exhibition reveals how the increasingly pronounced adoption of masculine dress codes accompanied a desire for a profound transformation of the place of women in 19th-century society, particularly in France and the Anglo-Saxon world.