"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest feais that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous ? Actually, who are you not to be ? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." [Inauguration Speech of Nelson Mandela, 1994. The sentence “As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” is from Marianne Williamson.]   Home Language :   Changer en Français MiSSing Sign :   Presentation   Email me Drawings :   All   Shaman   Cubism   The dress   New York City   Words of Songs   Colored hairs   Pencil drawings   Warrior of the Light   Androgyne Psycho Articles:   Skirting Men   "Les garçonnes"   False ideas   Estimates itself   Builders of culture   To dare the Skirt   Our clothes speak to us   Reflexions about the Skirt Fashion Articles:   Tee-Shirt   Gothic culture   The Golden Mean   Proportion of Skirt   Skirt's councils   Skirt's lexicon   Boot's lexicon   Androgyny and Fashion Members :   Login   Members List   The Wall   Register as Member (free) Other :   Links   Golden book MY SWEET PRINCE: My sweet prince, You are the one. Me and my valuable friend, Can fix all the pain away. So before I end my day, Remember. My sweet prince,You are the one. [My sweet prince - Placebo] Gabrielle Loodts. August 5th, 2009. The Sun King: He surveys the 2007 EXCLUSIVE EDITION parties of the Louise avenue in Brussels in bullfighter's costumes. Dress out of gold satin in harlequin style with thigh boots. Gabrielle Loodts. July 2007. THE PRAYER: "Protect me from what I want. Protect me from what I want. Protect me from what I want." [Protect me - Placebo] ? Brian Molko sings in a silk satin dress of Saris. Gabrielle Loodts. May 9th, 2009. STAGE BEAUTY: In 1660, the most famous actress of England is not other than a man of the name of Edward "Ned" Kynaston. At that time, only the male gente is authorized to play on scene, a privilege which benefits Ned because he excels in the interpretation of the great female roles and is the most desirable "woman" of London... [Homage to the movie STAGE BEAUTY - 2004] Edward "Ned" Kynaston wears a dress wallet out of satin to high size with draped asymmetrical long-line bra. Collar and cuffs are green silk. Gabrielle Loodts. February 02, 2008. The garçonnes or the first women in trousers. Introduction   Less than one hundred years before the movement of the men out of Skirts, there were the women in trousers.... This article pays homage to these women pionnières who had courage to face the homophobie, with the mockeries, with the disapproval of the society during the decade 1920-1930 while carrying the trousers. By adopting the dress of the men, they were the precursors of the movement of emancipation and liberalization of the women. Poses calculated or urgent seized by the photographer ? "the garçonne with the car". La garçonne.   Symbol of the Mad years, the garçonne, with her cut hair, her shortened dresses, her tubular look is a figure of androgyne mode which hesitates between masculine and invention of a new femininity. She incarne, in ambiguous manner, the emancipation of the women. The adversaries with this emancipation did not fail to compare the garçonnes to the lesbians, thus using the homophobie against the women. Thus, since 1889, we estimate that we almost always can suspect a homosexuality among women who carry the short hair or which gets dressed like men or who practise the sports of the men. The sign of the sex by clothing is indeed at that time a fundamental cultural feature. It assigns each sex in its place in all the manifestations of the social life. However, in this century marked by the male domination, to adopt the dress of the men is a gesture of stamping. Women face to the sarcastic remarks become models for the women witch like freedom: Rosa Happiness, George Sand, exploring Jane Dieulafoy or the writter Rachilde wear the male dress. Short cut and squared said precisely "to the garçonne" Louise Brooks.   In 1920, the short cut and squared said precisely "to the garçonne" holds the top of the paving stone while the movie inaugurates the legendary career of star like Louise Brooks. The opponents of the emancipation of the women make run the rumour that the short cuts cause baldnesses, or, on the contrary, activate the pilosity of the face... But a new femininity is invented : The released neck and the nape of the neck emphasize outer earrings. On the stripped arms scintillate of many rigid bracelets, tightened "with the slave" while the movement of the body is underlined by many jewels imagination and pins... New femininity: the released nape of the neck emphasizes large collars. Louise Brooks The arrival of the trousers   The appearance of the trousers In 1924, the Skirts are "short": on average to 26 cm of the ground. In 1925, they are to 30 or 35 cm of the ground. In 1926, they are to 40 cm then lengthen gradually until 1930 when they will be stabilized to 30 or 32 cm of the ground. But with the garçonne, male wardrobe enters the female cloakroom. It is not a question of vestimentary eccentricity but falls under a progress of feminism. The equality of the sexes seems initially like a negation of femininity and a will to imitate the men. The trousers, symbol of virility appears at the end of the Twenties in female wardrobe even they are already used since 1920 for horsemanship, hunting or golf. They also exist in the form of silk pyjamas to replace the housecoat since 1924. With the variation of the changes, the countryside will remain a long time faithful to its vestimentary traditions and its regional costumes. Thus, a long time, some priests will refuse the communion with the girls in trousers. The public school will hardly be shown more tolerant by prohibiting the trousers until the end of the Sixties, except during the winter rigours, provided that it is carried under the Skirt. In 1930, the women's right to get dressed as a man is even discussed in front of the courts. Thus, Violette Morris, catch of the sporting female Federation of France carries felt sorry for because its federation withdrew her licence because of her behaviour considered to be too male. To 37 years, she increases very short cut hair, the trousers and jacket with tie. she will be even marked by the rumour to have to remove her too prominent chest to drive its car... The court will declare that "to carry trousers not allowed for women, the sporting female federation of France had perfectly the right to prohibit it"... The actress Charlotte Andler in 1929. Jacket, trousers, shirt, bow tie, gloves. Male wardrobe enters the female cloakroom.   Nevertheless, these courageous women will triumph over the aesthetic divergences, morals and policies to enter manners and to thus open the way of the modern woman such as we know it today. Bibliography: "Les Garçonnes. Modes et fantasmes des années folles". Christine Bard, Paris, Flammarion, 1998. Short cut and squared said precisely "to the garçonne" Louise Brooks. THE DEPARTURE: "One leaves towards our other star, Before withdrawing oneself, one will forget those which do not understand. If all could be true. Nothing any more will arrive to us. Nothing any more will prevent us... " [Crash me - Indochine] To join his star, he carries a distort fur coat on a black wool dress. Gabrielle Loodts November 26th, 2007. The coat "bar": Militant opposed to the death penalty in the United States. The coat "bar": symbol of the rebellion. Gabrielle Loodts. Special Cubism Collection. May 2007. 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