Dress reform

A skirt is the lower part of a dress or a separate outer garment that covers a person from the waist downwards.

thumb|A drawing of a luxury hourglass corset from 1878, featuring a busk fastening at the front and lacing at the back

thumb|Two wearing thumb|A Japanese woman wearing with a top at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū|alt=A Japanese woman wearing a hakama with a furisode (formal kimono for young women with long sleeves) thumb|A miko and male priest, both wearing ; note the lack of

thumb|170px|A pair of bloomers, 1981

late 19th-century feminist ideal; an educated, independent woman

the impact of the bicycle in the lives of women

practice of women wearing pants

thumb|An advertisement for corsets with waist sizes from 15 to 23 inches (38 to 58 cm) thumb|A woman wearing a tight-laced corset, 1890. Note that Victorian photo editing techniques were likely used on this image, simulating a narrower waist.|alt=A view of a woman in a corset and bloomers from the back with her hands on her hips. She has a very small waist. Tightlacing (also called corset training) is the practice of wearing an increasingly tightly laced corset to achieve cosmetic modifications to the figure and posture or to experience the sensation of bodily restriction. The process origina

aspect of history

19th- and early 20th-century social movement promoting more practical, healthful, and less restrictive clothing, especially for women

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clothing worn by both men and women