On February 22nd, 2009 Alaina (not verified) says:
I have been enjoying your posts for nearly a year now. What a task you've undertaken!
While I really can't argue with your concept of there being a sense (and reality) of freedom in clothing in most of the 20th c., I do want to point out the existence of different kinds of freedom in dress. For example, there is freedom in anonymity, especially in clothing that covers the face, e.g. 17th c. venetian masks). Or the freedom from body-consciousness that voluminous clothing can give, e.g.out-of-doors dress of the 1850s-60.
I occasionally wear figure-covering capes and long skirts when walking on the streets of NYC, for a taste of these freedoms rare in the 21st century.
I have been enjoying your
I have been enjoying your posts for nearly a year now. What a task you've undertaken!
While I really can't argue with your concept of there being a sense (and reality) of freedom in clothing in most of the 20th c., I do want to point out the existence of different kinds of freedom in dress. For example, there is freedom in anonymity, especially in clothing that covers the face, e.g. 17th c. venetian masks). Or the freedom from body-consciousness that voluminous clothing can give, e.g.out-of-doors dress of the 1850s-60.
I occasionally wear figure-covering capes and long skirts when walking on the streets of NYC, for a taste of these freedoms rare in the 21st century.