Dexter, Dextra, Dextrum: The Bloomer Costume on the British Stage in 1851
@article{Urwin2000DexterDD, title={Dexter, Dextra, Dextrum: The Bloomer Costume on the British Stage in 1851}, author={Tiffany Urwin}, journal={Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film}, year={2000}, volume={28}, pages={113 - 89} }
O n 27 September 1851 the Illustrated London News printed a page showing three very different pictures of mid-nineteenthcentury womanhood: Amelia Bloomer, the "originator" of the Bloomer costume for women and the subject of a contemporary dress debate; the celebrated travesty actress Madame Celeste in her role as hero of the Queen's Secretat the Adelphi Theatre; and a trio of models arrayed in the latest fashions from Paris (Plate 1). Difference was signified here by costume, and the choice and…
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‘Bloomers’ and the British World: Dress Reform in Transatlantic and Antipodean Print Culture, 1851–1950
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Abstract The ‘bloomers’ are rarely considered beyond their 1851 origins in the United States and subsequent appearance in Britain. This article expands dress reform scholarship by analysing print…
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