Comments on: School Dress Codes Target Gender http://www.threadforthought.net/2009/11/10/school-dress-codes-target-gender/ How fashion intersects politics, economics, gender, race, & pop culture Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:55:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Thread for Thought – Codes of Dress: Inclusionary or Exclusionary? http://www.threadforthought.net/2009/11/10/school-dress-codes-target-gender/comment-page-1/#comment-4590 Thread for Thought – Codes of Dress: Inclusionary or Exclusionary? Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:50:33 +0000 http://threadforthought.net/?p=824#comment-4590 [...] employees wear makeup and heels; schools that forbid boys from wearing skirts if they want to (see my previous post on this). Though I may not want to wear saggy jeans or face veils myself (and I can even see how people [...] [...] employees wear makeup and heels; schools that forbid boys from wearing skirts if they want to (see my previous post on this). Though I may not want to wear saggy jeans or face veils myself (and I can even see how people [...]

]]> By: Tiffbit http://www.threadforthought.net/2009/11/10/school-dress-codes-target-gender/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Tiffbit Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:24:10 +0000 http://threadforthought.net/?p=824#comment-79 This may be wandering off the path of the point of your article, but although dressing today is more commonly used as a form of expression than ever before, the meeting point of the history of women's dress and of men's dress is striking. Women's dress, using Poiret of the 20's as an example, changed for the sake of movement and freedom of women's bodies. Men's clothing and today's menswear runway shows exhibit feminine features for the sake of being shocking. This may be wandering off the path of the point of your article, but although dressing today is more commonly used as a form of expression than ever before, the meeting point of the history of women’s dress and of men’s dress is striking. Women’s dress, using Poiret of the 20’s as an example, changed for the sake of movement and freedom of women’s bodies. Men’s clothing and today’s menswear runway shows exhibit feminine features for the sake of being shocking.

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