Art Class - Museum Day

 It is International Museum Day so I told Google I was feeling artistic.  From there I found an online exhibition: 10 Scandalous Fashions That Rocked History

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I'm not relating it here exactly, but it is definitely the blueprint.


1. Marie Antoinette's sexy gaulle - 1783, Le Brun.


2. Bearing all in the First French Empire (1804-1815) - 1808, Blondel


3. The Corset Controversy (1820s-1900) - 1896, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec


4. A shocking shoulder - John Singer Sargent's original Madame X caused an outrage over a slipped strap, 1884.


5. Women wearing bloomers mid-19th century for riding bicycles - 1895, Beraud


6. The Little Black Dress by Chanel, 1927.


7. Dior Decadence, 1947.


8. The Bikini, 1945 - Pinup Art by Knute Munson


9. The Mini Skirt by Mary Quant, 1960s


10. Bondage in the 70's, the punk scene, with Vivienne Westwood.



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