Artisian@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL: gendered button/zipper placement on clothes (and a guess at why)theconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1208arrow-down113
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minus-squareArtisian@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoThe article suggests that women had more complicated garb that required support staff.
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoYeah this jives with what I remembered. And the images of a person pulling strings on a corset usually with a foot in her back for leverage. When you need another person and mechanical advantage to put on a garment, something is wrong somewhere.
The article suggests that women had more complicated garb that required support staff.
Yeah this jives with what I remembered. And the images of a person pulling strings on a corset usually with a foot in her back for leverage. When you need another person and mechanical advantage to put on a garment, something is wrong somewhere.