'Masculine' Chic or 'Feminine' Sportswear: Tweed in Inter-war Women's Fashion
Anderson, Fiona (2017) 'Masculine' Chic or 'Feminine' Sportswear: Tweed in Inter-war Women's Fashion. In: Association of Dress Historians Annual International Conference, 27-28 October 2017, London, UK.
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Creators/Authors: | Anderson, Fiona | ||||||
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Abstract: | Tweed has been an important element of clothing, which has crossed and challenged gender boundaries between the late nineteenth century and the present. This paper explores the shifting meanings of women’s garments in tweed of the inter-war period. The new styles of sportswear for females, which developed from the 1920s were linked to the challenging of social and sartorial etiquette codes, particularly those linked to gender. Tweeds, often combined with knitwear, were a key element of these modern fashions. The paper will explore to what extent these new styles symbolized, rather than reflected, actual changes in the social position of women in the inter-war period. | ||||||
Output Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) | ||||||
Uncontrolled Keywords: | gender, tweed, inter-war women's fashion, body ideals, sport, sportswear, modernity | ||||||
Schools and Departments: | School of Design > Design History and Theory | ||||||
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Status: | Unpublished | ||||||
Event Title: | Association of Dress Historians Annual International Conference | ||||||
Event Location: | London, UK | ||||||
Event Dates: | 27-28 October 2017 | ||||||
Output ID: | 9422 | ||||||
Deposited By: | Fiona Anderson | ||||||
Deposited On: | 22 May 2024 09:55 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 22 May 2024 09:55 |