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Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century | Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

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Fascinating look at the history of women‘s clothing especially the skirt over the years.
The evolution and style that changed and transformed generations. It was an actual crime to wear pants in some places.“It‘s too early to say definitively whether this creative and individualistic blending of masculine and feminine garments, accessories, and cosmetics is a passing fad or a new “standard,” either in fashion or in gender expression.”

Reecaspieces

Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century | Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

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Review is up….pretty good book!

https://reecaspieces.com/2022/09/12/skirts-by-kimberly-chrisman-campbell-audiobo...

MonicaLoves2Read I learned a lot. I was surprised about the poodle skirt. 3y

Reecaspieces @Monica5 I was surprised about the mini akirt 3y

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MonicaLoves2Read

Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century | Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

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Quite interesting. Learned stuff I never knew.
There was stuff that was a little boring to me, but the stuff I found out outweighed the boring stuff.

I had the Kindle ARC and it didn't have pictures. Would have liked to see some of the skirt designs.

Published September 6, 2022.

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Reecaspieces I am listening to this now…I agree with your assessment. Who knew a book about the history of skirts would be interesting 3y

MonicaLoves2Read @Reecaspieces I had no idea it'd be so interesting 3y

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Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century | Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

This #arc is a cross between really interesting ☝️☝️☝️and way too much information. It‘s a fashion and history lesson.

I wish there were photos alongside the text. I‘ve been looking up a lot of designers and wow! Some of their pieces are amazing (to me).

The author shows how clothes were used to keep women “in line.” Her approach, however, is light. She lets the reader come to her own conclusions (rather than writing, “Isn‘t this awful?”)

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MonicaLoves2Read

Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century | Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

Received this ARC from Netgalley. Going to try to read two books at once. This one on my Kindle and Diana: Her True Story in hardback from my local library. Never read two at a time, but I see y'all read multiple books at a time, so I am going to give it a try ☺️

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Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century | Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

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This is an interesting look at femininity through garment structure, specifically skirted garments which have been so rigidly gendered in Western fashion convention dating back centuries. A smart, contemporary, & subversively innovative look at a fascinating and timely topic. Highly recommended for anyone interested in deep dives into fashion, gender, and interrogative history.

I received an arc from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century | Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell