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Bloomers, also called the bloomer, the Turkish dress, the American dress, or simply reform dress, are divided women's garments for the lower body. They were developed in the 19th century as a healthful and comfortable alternative to the heavy, constricting dresses worn by American women.
Amelia Jenks Bloomer (May 27, 1818 – December 30, 1894) was an American newspaper editor, women's rights and temperance advocate. Even though she did not create the women's clothing reform style known as bloomers, her name became associated with it because of her early and strong advocacy.
According to Valerie Steele, by the end of the 19th century, Parisian women were wearing bloomers more commonly than English and American women, probably because bloomers were presented as a fashionable item in France rather than a quasi-feminist statement, which fashion writers strongly disliked. [21]
Bloomer not only wore the costume, she promoted it enthusiastically in her magazine. More women wore the fashion and were promptly dubbed "Bloomers". A dress reform was supported by a campaign of the National Dress Reform Association , which was founded in 1856.
In the United States, bloomers were more intended for exercise than fashion. The rise of American women's college sports in the 1890s created a need for more unencumbered movement than exercise skirts would allow. By the end of the decade, most colleges that admitted women had women's basketball teams, all outfitted in bloomers. [5]
The family of Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer and his wife Judy are speaking out after the Sicily yacht tragedy.. Bloomer and his wife were among the 22 passengers on the ...
Mr Bloomer was a chairman at top firms including Morgan Stanley, while Ms Bloomer was a long-time supporter of gynaecological charity the Eve Appeal. ... The Bloomers were on a trip on a ...
"We were in Acapulco and started to discuss maybe playing together. Harri initially said no. ... Patten, 28, is a late bloomer who studied finance at university in the United States.