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It is a strange experience for a literary scholar. But this exactly what the professor of English does by examining turn of the century gowns at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. Joslin puts Wharton’s writing into context by providing condensed histories of the French couture houses and American department store culture, two revolutionary forces in the fashion of the time. What makes Joslin’s study stand out is her use of non-traditional primary sources such as illustrations, photographs, and items of clothing.

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And what makes the fourth finger on our left hand the ring finger ? . In fact, there is a fascinating history behind many modern fashion trends.

And what makes the fourth finger on our left hand the ring finger ? These aren’t just random happenings or frivolous decisions by fashion magazines. Sometimes, war or other serious considerations influenced how we dress. Read on to get the scoop behind some of our more puzzling style choices. 10 Why Women Shave Their Legs. Women have not always shaved their legs.

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Becoming Modern: New Nineteenth-Century Studies (Paperback). Grounded in the ubiquitous, ever-changing matter of fashion, Cultures of Femininity in Modern Fashion places women at the heart of modern culture. This rich and cohesive collection demonstrates how fashion shaped and emerged from diverse cultures of femininity and modernity.

But using ideas from feminist literary criticism, Kassanoff finds in Wharton's characters, circumstances, and story lines racial concerns of the comfortable white urban society of the early 1900s. Mixed in with Wharton's wry, sometimes jaundiced, picture of the self-satisfied upper-level white society are "a host of early twentieth-century white patrician anxieties. This anxiety was not aroused by blacks only.