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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 ...
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 ...
Then there’s Jenna Lyons, who, during her tenure as Creative Director of J.Crew in the 2000s, gave women across America, including First Lady Michelle Obama, a new palette of sportswear and ...
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 ...
Claude Montana (29 June 1947 – 23 February 2024) was a French fashion designer. His company, The House of Montana, founded in 1979, went bankrupt in 1997. He was also nicknamed "King of the Shoulder Pad," designing aggressive silhouettes which came to define the ‘power-dressing’ era of the 1980s.
During the 1980s, shoulder pads, which also inspired "power dressing," became common among the growing number of career-driven women. [5] [6] Hair in the 1980s was typically big, curly, bouffant and heavily styled. Television shows such as Dynasty helped popularize the high volume bouffant and glamorous image associated with it.
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 ...
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