Shocking! Women who wore pants, and why they wore them!
Presented by Dannyn (Dash) Qualls-Gibeau.
From Bloomers and harem pants to overalls, Levi’s, chaps, and slacks, women have found any number of reasons for mannish garb, even in times when fashion and social propriety dictated that the female form be confined in acres of skirt fabric. This presentation will explore some of the known and many of the lesser known women who tossed aside their skirts for practical dress, and paved the way for us today.
Dash Qualls-Gibeau is an inveterate wearer of trousers and dapper clothing, Dash’s social justice and historical background lends itself to ferreting out unique perspectives on Victorian era lives.
She is what happens when you have a sociologist focused on social justice & Victorian era historian with a penchant for the macabre, with a wicked sense of humour. They don’t really hate Judith Flanders, promise.Wanted to be an art forger when they grew up; still waiting to grow up.