Femme Fashion: 1780-2004

Feminine fashions have always been the product, not only of individual self-expression but also, and perhaps more importantly, of societal norms and role expectations which have also been co-determinants of both the internal and external ideal of feminine beauty. Femme Fashion features an exemplary design selection of ground-breaking developments in fashion, such as the chemise dress, the Biedermeier crinoline and the functional dress propagated by the reform movement is linked with it...