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As more women entered once male-dominated fields of business and politics, business attire took on a certain look known as "power dressing." This often meant a business suit with a coordinating skirt.
The concept of power dressing was brought to popularity by John T. Molloy's manuals Dress for success (1975) and Women: dress for success (1977), which suggest a gender specific professional dress code. Molloy's manuals addressed a new kind of female workers entering in a typical masculine environment recommending the skirted suit as a "uniform ...
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It’s not just queer women who are embracing this playful mix of masculine and feminine styles — blazers and ruffles, long skirts and trench coats — in this new version of power dressing ...
For much of the early and mid 1990s, power dressing was the norm for women in the workplace: [45] navy blue, grey or pastel colored skirt suits with shoulder pads, [46] pussy bow blouses, silk scarves, pointed shoes, stretchy miniskirts, [47] polka dot blouses, and brightly colored short dresses worn with a dark brocade blazer, bare legs and ...
Power dressing a clothing style that enables women to establish their authority and power in the traditionally male dominated profession such as politics. Margaret Thatcher's style sets the rules on how female politicians should dress, which is a conservative, powerful but simultaneously feminine way. [12] Margaret Thatcher was one of the first ...
LONDON — After a year of dressing from the waist up and swapping tailoring for hoodies, joggers and tracksuits, are professionals ready to ditch the loungewear, put on a suit and return to the ...
The popularity of the mod subculture had allowed for straight men to show an interest in fashion, and the sexual revolution allowed for men to present themselves in an overtly sexual manner. [14] As early as Brioni 's 1952 fashion show at Pitti Palace , the style of the Peacock Revolution were being anticipated.