Fashioning a Political Identity: French Women and the White Neoclassical Dress

Authors

Michele Dobbins, University of Arkansas

Keywords

fashion, women, neoclassic, politics

Abstract

This essay seeks to probe the question of women’s neoclassical dress – how was it represented in art, why did it maintain longevity, and what did it mean for the hundreds of women who decided to wear the ideals of Greek and Rome upon their very bodies?

Recommended Citation

Dobbins, Michele (2016) "Fashioning a Political Identity: French Women and the White Neoclassical Dress," The Ozark Historical Review: Vol. 45, Article 4.

Available at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/ohr/vol45/iss1/4