Postmodernism in fashion has developed over the past twenty years with designers such as‚ Comme des Garçons‚ Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood demonstrating its key elements. So how is Postmodernism still relevant in fashion today? Postmodernism has been widely used over the past two decades‚ but trying to pinpoint one definitive meaning for the term is very difficult indeed. Taken literally Postmodernism means “after the modernist movement”‚ but there is more to Postmodernism than that
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Women in the Victorian Era The Victorian era was a period of wide extremes - characterized by industrial reforms‚ cultural transformations‚ scientific progress‚ gracious living and grinding poverty and wars. The Victorian era lasted from 1837 to 1901‚ when Queen Victoria reigned‚ although many historians believe that the Reform act of 1832 signifies the inception of the Victorian era.The life of women in Victorian era was generally centered on family commitments. Women were seen as temples of love
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During the Victorian era‚ women were viewed as the very opposite of what a man ought to be. In the words of John Stuart Mill‚ who published a criticism of the way society differentiated between males and females “The female sex was brought up to believe that its ‘ideal of character’ was the very opposite to that of men’s ‘not self-will ‚ and government by self-control‚ but submission‚ and yielding to the control of others…to live for others; to make complete abnegation of themselves‚ and to have
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The Elizabethan Era was a time in history with many important contributions that still affect life in the world today. Is it ironic to say that while having a queen‚ the rest of female citizens had very little rights and were discriminated against? The answer is yes‚ during this time period‚ like many others back in history‚ women were viewed as subordinate to men. They were denied rights that men had and were basically owned by their husbands. Most women that lived in Elizabethan England were underestimated
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Women fought a lot to gain full equality during the Progressive era. The perfection of the American Revolution increased women’s suppositions‚ encourage some of the first straight forward requirements for impartiality and observed the formation of female institutions to enhance women’s education. According to http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraid=11(by the early 19th century‚ American women had the highest female literacy rate in the world). The American government’s expanded suffrage to
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house and cared for the children. While this may sound appealing to some‚ women in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s‚ the Progressive Era‚ yearned to do their part in earning wages for their families. To overcome the difficulties that came along with reestablishing a social norm‚ women were forced through many hardships to prove that they were able to stand among men as a prominent
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During the Victorian Era‚ society’s view on women‚ courtship‚ and marriage differed immensely from today’s views. In the nineteenth century‚ women were held to a higher and stricter standard. Women couldn’t talk to men without being introduced‚ they couldn’t leave the home without a chaperone‚ they had to look their absolute best‚ and many more restrictions. Back then‚ a woman’s main goal or career was to get married and their role in society was within the home. In order to reach that goal‚ girls
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The fashion of the 1960’s has greatly impacted adults and teenagers behavior today for the better. Much like the era itself‚ women’s clothes underwent a revolution. The early 1960’s were similar to the 1950s in terms of style‚ the large full skirts and dark pant - suits were still considered the style of choice for most women. The idea was to emulate the glamour of Hollywood movies that captivated the public at this time. It was aimed at being formal‚ young people still had not discovered a reason
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The Elizabethan View of Women Women in Elizabethan times had few rights or luxuries. Their entire lifestyles depended upon that of their husbands‚ picked out for them by their fathers. They had almost no say in their lives‚ and they were expected to be thankful for having someone to rule over them. This is made abundantly clear by Katherina ’s famous speech in 5.2.137-180 of The Taming of the Shrew. She compares a woman ’s proper devotion to her husband to that a subject owes a prince‚ saying that
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The situation of women in the pre-Columbian era was like any other culture because power had man. The woman lacked rights‚ was sometimes treated as an object. For example‚ in one of the most developed pre-Columbian civilizations‚ the Aztecs‚ a situation occurred with the rights of women with the Malinche. She was a girl of the Aztec culture‚ who after a clash between tribes was ceded as a slave‚ because that was the tradition of those times. Later‚ Malinche was again ceded as a slave‚ but this time
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