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MLAA

(19,359 posts)
Sat May 25, 2024, 10:26 AM May 2024

Women on the Move: Clothing patents spanning 200 years.



In a recent study, a team at the Politics of Patents (POP) project delved into thousands of publicly available clothing patents spanning 200 years of clothing inventions from 1820 to 2020. This unique research revealed a hidden history of innovators and inventive clothing that helped women defy political and societal restrictions barring their access to active living and sporting activities. As a result, a selection of extraordinary “sportswear” from the 1890s to the 1940s was bought to life by sewing sociologist Dr. Katrina Jungnickel and her team at the Politics of Patents (POP) project, which is funded by the European Research Council at Goldsmiths, University of London.

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Women on the Move: Clothing patents spanning 200 years. (Original Post) MLAA May 2024 OP
Oh I see! The clothes convert! Sweet! CrispyQ May 2024 #1
I'd like a piece of clothing today that converted from a skirt to pants. MLAA May 2024 #2
It would make a great challenge for Project Runway type shows. -nt CrispyQ May 2024 #3

CrispyQ

(40,001 posts)
1. Oh I see! The clothes convert! Sweet!
Sat May 25, 2024, 10:35 AM
May 2024

I thought they cut them up & sewed them into activewear, but the outfits are both a skirt & the activewear. Cool!

A sewing sociologist. I'll definitely check out the movie this evening.

MLAA

(19,359 posts)
2. I'd like a piece of clothing today that converted from a skirt to pants.
Sat May 25, 2024, 10:39 AM
May 2024

You never know when it would come in handy!

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