Feminism and fashion: These 5 clothes played a central role in feminist justice fights
What fashion withhas to do? A lot. For example, the question of how manyhave the chance to belong to the top of the industry (for a domain that is a “women's industry”, a few), or also how well models are paid (spoiler if you don'tormeans not enough), and many other areas where we still have room for improvement when it comes to equality and fashion.
But: fashion emphasis also and can make an important contribution to supporting us in our struggle for equality if we use them to break expectations and norms. Just like the feminist: inside of the past did it with these 5 clothes!
Feminism and fashion: from mini skirt to jeans - these everyday clothing today were a real revolution
1. The mini skirt
Theis the symbol of the second feminist wave! So in the 1960s, in which the women who strive for equality, we are enjoying the rights of the Suffragettes from the 20s (keyword: voting right), but still live in an arch-conservative society that sees women more at the stove than in the professions. The young generation wants to get out of this picture, with rock 'n' roll, financial self -determination, the sexual empowerment, with the newly launched anti -Babopille - and this departure also takes place fashionable: end with long long petticoats, to short tight -fitting minis. Happened by the designer Mary Quant, the mini skirt quickly became immortalized to the sensation and the recognition symbol of the time to change at that time and by fashion icons such as Twiggy in fashion history.
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2. There blazer
The emancipated woman of the 80s and 90s no longer asks if she can go to work, she does it and now even (every now and then) on the executive floor. She wants to prove to everyone that she can do everything as well as a man and also the household and children. And of course, in our current feminism image, it no longer fits too well-we think of the still predominant "”As well as the“”, Who are still responsible for the fact that women who do and work care work, rather slide in poverty in old age. But in the 80s, such a girlboss life was revolutionary and empower value. What was also evident in fashion, because the feminist woman with career ambitions not only adopted the world of work of the men, but also their wardrobe. At the very front with that! Of course with shoulder pads.
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3. The culotte
Who the Culotte, which in recent years in the course of the Gen-Z--Trends grew up again, considers to be invented by modern times, was a long lacking. Because the pants with extensive legs, or “pants skirt”, was already there in the 1920s and was carried here and there by fashionable pioneers who wanted to say goodbye to the world before the First World War-but it did not prevail as a generation piece, such as the mini skirt. The time did not seem to be ripe yet, what everyone knows: R: who knows the famous “Downton Abbey” scene with Sibylle Crawley and her grandmother. But the culotte as a gender-neutral statement piece naturally came back, in the 70s when designer like Christian Dior brought the wide trousers on the catwalk. The Culotte revival in the 2020s is already the third large wave of the pants-and it is certainly no coincidence that the androgyne rock (or the feminine pants) celebrated its comeback in the middle of the fourth feminist wave. Because the terms “masculine” and “feminine” as well as the outdated stereotypes that go hand in hand have really lost nothing in 2025.
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4. Oversized-Kleider
Wasmakes feminist, it is quickly clear. Because oversized cuts hide the silhouette and are therefore virtuallydieRebellion against the Male Gauze par excellence. And this trend has also been in the 1920s since the post -war period when the women with the old world also adopted their rigid corsets. The waist -emphasizing wires and laces were replaced by wide blouses and straight cut clothes in which it not only breathe better, but - in the golden age - also made it celebrate and danced.
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5. Die Jeans
Who to the beginnings of theThinks, probably thinks of work-wear, men on horses, men on the construction site, men, men, men. It plays a not insignificant role in the emancipation of women. In 1918, for example, the first women threw themselves into a Jeans overall of Levi's-he had previously been marketed as a post-war piece under the Catchy Slogan “Freedoms All” and was celebrated by riding women because of the freedom of movement. Until jeans were actually produced for women, for a good 20 years had to go into the country - and stars like Marilyn Monroe also make the rough fabric socially acceptable for women. Fortunately! Because where would we and our Capsule Wardrobes be today without our favorite jeans - and the associated bags in which we can make notes disappear on the destruction of the patriarchy.
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