How did fashion contribute to women's emancipation?

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[...] How did fashion contribute to women's emancipation? Innovative, shocking, empowering, fashion has always reflected the society in which it evolved. It had a huge role in the progress of women's place in society. The definition of progress is a forward or onward movement towards a destination. How did fashion contribute to women's emancipation? Firstly, we are going to talk about the place of woman in the society until the 20's. Secondly, we will highlight the role of designers in women's freedom. [...]

[...] She has been taking a new step in fashion as a voice for women and a form of power by creating shirts with « WE SHOULD ALL BE FEMINIST » written one it. So, fashion is still nowadays a voice for women to fight for equality. As we highlighted, fashion has been over the year a reflection of women's in society. If it was firstly a reflection of women enslavement to men form with uncomfortable clothing but it became over the year, a tool for women to fight for their independency and nowadays for gender equality. To that extend, fashion has contributed and is still contributing today to women's emancipation. [...]

[...] DESIGNERS OF FREEDOM Two designers have been creating clothing for women that they could use to be more independent and helped their emancipation. Coco Chanel defended the idea that women shouldn't have to dress in uncomfortable outfits preventing them from moving and do anything else than be pretty. She was the first women introducing men's clothing in the women wardrobe. Pants, shorter skirts, she designed practical and confortable outfits for modern women. Then later on Yves Saint Laurent would be famous for adapting men's clothing to women. [...]