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[textileowl]

It frustrates me when a history of fashion class focuses on 'how uncomfortable the corsets, restrictive clothing etc. must have been for those poor women' rather than the design elements, why boning and hoops were used to create the shapes desired. This is a 600 level course for me...I should at least be learning something other than the same stupid myths. and
from an associate professor no less who says that time period 1850-1900 is a part of her interest. Granted, she focused on dress reform, that may be part of the issue.