Gender Mystique
Musings on gender and fashion, some old, some new, by a retired dress historian who hasn't stopped musing.
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Beware the trousers, ladies! (opens the original)
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I can’t resist sharing my favorite warning about the dangers of pants for women, from none other than physician Robert Bradley, from his very-popular book, Husband-Coached Childbirth.I strongly feel that the current rash of vaginal infections is related to women dressing in men’s-style clothing. I’m an old square who thinks women look graceful and feminine in long skirts with lace and frills to accentuate their femininity. Pioneer women wore long skirts with no underclothes--at least for working
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