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157:, having experience in public speaking and political agitation, demanded sensible clothing that would not restrict their movement. While supporters of fashionable dress contended that corsets maintained an upright, 'good figure', as a necessary physical structure for moral and well-ordered society, these dress reformists contested that women's fashions were not only physically detrimental, but "the results of male conspiracy to make women subservient by cultivating them in slave psychology." They believed a change in fashions could change the whole position of women, allowing for greater social mobility, independence from men and marriage, the ability to work for wages, as well as physical movement and comfort. 875: 193: 185: 558:, 'General Association for the Improvement of Women's Clothing', was founded. Its first exhibition took place in April 1897 in Berlin. 35 manufacturers had submitted reform proposals. Since 1899 there was even a permanent exhibition in Berlin with examples of "improved women's clothing". Like their equivalents in Austria, the Netherlands and the Nordic countries, the German dress reform association focused on the reform of women's undergarments as the most realistic goal, mainly on corsets. The German movement managed to affect public opinion to such a degree that one of its leading figures, 891: 847: 174: 863: 166: 126:: dress reformists claimed that the corset was prompted by vanity and foolishness, and harmful to health. The reported health risks included damaged and rearranged internal organs, compromised fertility; weakness and general depletion of health. Those who were pro-corset argued that it was required for stylish dress and had its own unique pleasures; dress historian David Kunzle theorized that some enthusiastic fans of tightlacing may have experienced sexual pleasure when tightlacing, or by 441:, where two of the main proponents were the writer Oscar Wilde and his wife Constance, both of whom gave lectures on the subject. In 1881 The Rational Dress Society was founded in London. The Society advocated divided skirts as a more practical form of clothing, but its president and co-founder, Lady Florence Harberton, went further - when cycling, she wore full 'Rational' dress, which was a shorter skirt worn over voluminous trousers. 31: 1278:, Wednesday, Aug 20, 1851; pg. 5; Issue 20885; col A: 'DEBUT OF THE "BLOOMER" COSTUME IN BELFAST:...Three ladies... made their appearance in full "Bloomer" costume...Others, and these most numerous, expressed an opinion the reverse of complimentary to the rank and character of the ladies, identifying them with persons whose overdressed gaiety of appearance in public stamps the class to which they belong.' 921: 935: 87:, which could be modified without exposing the wearer to social ridicule. Dress reformers were also influential in persuading women to adopt simplified garments for athletic activities such as bicycling or swimming. The movement was much less concerned with men's clothing, although it initiated the widespread adoption of knitted wool 305: 1291:
of two women appearing in Edinburgh in reformed dress)'BLOOMERISM IN EDINBURGH:...The singular spectacle thus presented attracted considerable attention even in the retired quarter of the town where it was witnessed, and comments, characterized by freedom more than politeness, were now and again made
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in the 1880s; they held lectures in many Finnish cities, managed to have the reform costume accepted as sports wear in the girls' schools of the capital by 1887, and was awarded the grand silver medal for their reform costume for school girls in the exhibition of the Russian Hygienic Society in Saint
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designed the straight-front corset in response to her patients' gynecological issues which were attributed to wearing corsets. The design was intended to reduce pressure on the abdomen and improve overall health. The new S-curve silhouette created by this design quickly caught on among fashion houses
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and a skirt. The entire torso would support the weight of the petticoats and skirt, not just the waist (since the undesirability of hanging the entire weight of full skirts and petticoats from a constricted waist—rather than hanging the garments from the shoulders—was another point often discussed by
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published a book claiming that only clothing made of animal hair, such as wool, promoted health. A British accountant named Lewis Tomalin translated the book, then opened a shop selling Dr Jaeger's Sanitary Woollen System, including knitted wool union suits. These were soon called "Jaegers"; they
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There were no separate dress reform societies founded in France. While the issue was adopted and discussed by several of the existing French women's rights organisations, the issue was not given priority and it was not until the great enthusiasm for bicycling in France in the 1890s that women in
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After an initial attempt to launch a reform costume, the Swedish dress reform movement focused on a reform of women's underwear, particularly the corset. The Swedish reform dress movement corresponded with their equivalent in Great Britain as well as the American dress reform movement of
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The dress reform movement did achieve some success in Sweden; by the 1890s, corsets were no longer accepted for the pupils of the Swedish girls' schools, and the leading Swedish fashion designer Augusta Lundin reported that her clients no longer subjected themselves to tight lacing.
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in both Sweden and Norway, held a lecture in Norway in favor of dress reform already in 1886, as a commentary of the Swedish dress reform movement in which he himself also participated; the Swedish dress reform society successfully exhibited their reform dress in Oslo, the
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skirt suits, ties, and starched blouses. By the 1920s, male-style garments for casual and sporting activities were less socially condemned. New fashions required lighter undergarments, shorter skirts, looser bodices, trousers, and praised slender 'boyish' figures. As
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and moral purity. Dress reform called for emancipation from the "dictates of fashion", expressed a desire to "cover the limbs as well as the torso adequately," and promoted "rational dress". The movement had its greatest success in the reform of women's
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They put up a fight for a few years, but were subjected to ridicule in the press and harassment on the street. The more conservative of society protested that women had 'lost the mystery and attractiveness as they discarded their flowing robes."
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Source says:"See Shimoda, "Honbō joshi fukusō no enkaku本邦女子服装の沿革 ," Part I, Onna, 31 January 1901, in Shimoda Utako chosakushū, vol. 1, 1-3; "Joshi no tainin no han'i ni tsukite," Nihon Fujin, 25 April 1900, in Shimoda Utako chosakushū, vol. 4,
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eras. A historic nostalgia for more forgiving fashions, the aesthetic dress movement critiqued fashionable dress for its immovable shapes, and sought the 'fashioning and adorning of a robe' as tastefully complementary to the natural body.
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and said of the pregnancy corset, "The Best pregnancy corset is no corset at all." The "emancipation union under flannel" was first sold in America in 1868. It combined a waist (shirt) and drawers (leggings) in the form we now know as the
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The primary result of the dress reform movement seems to be the evolution, rather than elimination, of the corset. Because of the public health outcry surrounding corsets and tightlacing, many doctors took it upon themselves to become
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The dress reform movement spread from the United States and Great Britain to the Nordic countries in the 1880s and from Germany to Austria and the Netherlands. The issue was internationally addressed at the
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to be too restrictive, preventing women and girls from moving and taking part in physical activities, harming their health. While Western dress was being adopted at the time, she also believed
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The women's movement, however, did not engage in the issue until after the International Women's Congress in Berlin in September 1896. Two weeks later the German dress reform association,
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remarked, in the 1920s "women took off their corsets, reduced their clothing to the minimum tolerated by conventions and wore clothes which wrapped round them rather than fitted."
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Sweden was a leading nation of the dress reform movement, as the movement came first to Sweden of all the Nordic countries and spread from there to Denmark, Finland and Norway.
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was adopted for girls' sports wear during ice skating already in the 1860s. While there were no separate dress reform societies founded in Denmark, the women's rights society
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In the Netherlands, interest for the issue was aroused after the foundation of a dress reform society in neighboring Germany, and in 1899 the Dutch dress reform society
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were worn well into the 1960s, as Riegel states, "Feminine emancipation had brought greater dress reform than the most visionary of the early feminists had advocated."
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became interested, and the movement thereby started in Norway the same year as in Sweden. Johanne Biörn held lectures in the Oslo schools, and the Norwegian designer
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became a widely renowned corset maker, enlisting the help of her husband, a physician, to create corsets which she purported to be more respectful of human anatomy.
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Principles of Domestic Science: As Applied to the Duties and Pleasures of Home : a Text-book for the Use of Young Ladies in Schools, Seminaries, and Colleges
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In the early 20th century, however, the French fashion industry was finally influenced by the reform dress movement, which abolished the corset by the 1910s.
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Cunningham, Patricia A (2003). Reforming women's fashion, 1850-1920 : politics, health, and art. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press. Libris länk.
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from the 1880s; they collaborated with Stockholm and Copenhagen with the design of reform costumes and the exposition of them, notably during the
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experienced success not only in her home country of Norway but also in Sweden, becoming a central figure of the dress reform movement.
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in Berlin 1896, in which Germany, America, Belgium, Denmark, England, Finland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, and Hungary participated.
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1896 ad showing a modified girdle, allowing women freedom of the lower extremities, making it easier to ride a bicycle, then in vogue
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by J. Frisch, collaborated with Stockholm and Oslo with the design of reform costumes and the exposition of them, notably during the
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An 1897 ad, showing a relatively early example of an ordinary non-sea-bathing woman in public view in unskirted garments (to ride a
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was one of the few to defy propriety norms and discuss the gynecological issues resulting from lifelong corset usage, in particular
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Bagerius, Henric.. Korsettkriget : modeslaveri och kvinnokamp vid förra sekelskiftet (Första utgåvan, första tryckningen).
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from 1871 to 1879. She adapted the clothing worn by ladies-in-waiting at the Japanese imperial court to make a uniform for her
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Norway is in fact described as one of the countries were the interest and success for the issue was greatest. The physician
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and hoops as both ugly and dishonest. Some women associated with the movement adopted a revival style based on romanticised
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for dangerous work in coal mines. They wore skirts over their trousers, rolled up to the waist to keep them out of the way.
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Finding their Place in the World: Meiji Intellectuals and the Japanese Construction of an East-West Binary, 1868-1912
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The Visual History of Costume. Aileen Ribeiro and Valerie Cumming, (Costume & Fashion Press, New York, 1989):188
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sought dress reform to enhance and celebrate the natural shape of the body, preferring the looser lines of the
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against the front of the corset, which contributed to the moral outrage against the practice. Doctors such as
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While there were no separate dress reform societies founded in Finland, the women's rights society
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While there were no separate dress reform societies founded in Norway, the women's rights society
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Dress and Morality by Aileen Ribeiro, (Homes and Meier Publishers Inc: New York. 1986) p. 143
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by urchins who followed the unblushing Bloomers...we learn that the ladies are Americans;...'
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Dress and Morality by Aileen Ribeiro, (Homes and Meier Publishers Inc: New York. 1986) p. 134
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in a straight-front corset from about 1892, which became fashionable in the Edwardian period
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Dress and Morality by Aileen Ribeiro, (Homes and Meier Publishers Inc: New York. 1986): 139
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1895 Punch cartoon. Gertrude: "My dear Jessie, what on earth is that Bicycle Suit for?"
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designs, muted colors, natural and frizzed hair, and lacked definitive waist emphasis.
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counseled patients against them, particularly during maternity; reformist and activist
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and exhibited in public, which gave further publicity to the issue, and in 1886, the
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Amelia Bloomer herself dropped the fashion in 1859, saying that a new invention, the
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in the Western World, from the 1850s through the 1890s. The movement emerged in the
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confections of Victorian fashion with their unnatural silhouette based on a rigid
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The Times, Thursday, Aug 28, 1851; pg. 7; Issue 20892; col B: (A report from the
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general adopted the bloomer costume with trousers and no corsets as sports wear.
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Fashion and Fetishism: Corsets, tight lacing, and other forms of body sculpture
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amendment of 1920 and women's increased public career options during and after
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Although the Victorian dress reform movement itself failed to enact widespread
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to be restrictive and harmful to women's health. Utako Shimoda had worked as
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and trailing skirts. These styles were made in the soft colors of vegetable
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Women's suffrage and Western women's fashion through the early 20th century
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An attempt at dress reform in 1891, but keeping a fashionable silhouette
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illustrating the difference between the Victorian and Edwardian corsets
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Victorian era design movement favouring practical women's clothing
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the assignment to design a reform costume, which was produced by
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Dress reformists were largely middle-class women involved in the
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idea, women donned masculine-inspired fashions including simple
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in the 1860s in literary and artistic circles, died back in the
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Beecher, Catharine Esther; Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1870).
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and other artistic reformers objected to the elaborately
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brought with him the English language dress reform book
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The most famous product of the dress reform era is the
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Allgemeiner Verein zur Verbesserung der Frauenkleidung
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Fashion in the 1850s through the 1880s accented large
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Reformdrägten: En bok för qvinnor skrifven af qvinnor
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dress reformers). The bodices had to be fitted by a
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Dress reformers promoted the emancipation waist, or
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Index

Reform dress

Victorian era
fashions
first wave of feminism
Progressive Era
temperance
suffrage
undergarments
union suits
long johns
crinolines
bustles
Tight-lacing
corset controversy
rubbing
Alice Bunker Stockham
Catharine Beecher
uterine prolapse
abortion
anti-slavery
temperance movements


Inès Gaches-Sarraute

A diagram showing two women in turn of the century dress. The one on the left has a corset which creates a straight backed posture and bends inwards at the waist. The one on the right has a corset which creates a bent back, while the waist descends straight down from her torso.
Ladies' Home Journal
liberty bodice
petticoats

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