Museum of Resistance and Resilience Main MenuPraxis #1: Curation and Annotation (Group Project)details of Praxis #1 assignmentPraxis #1.1 War, Memory, And Identity: Beyond Victims and Voice Museum of Resistance and ResilienceProfessor Marjory Wentworth Honor's Class at College of CharlestonPraxis #2 Media Intervention, Multimedia Essay (Individual Project)Entry 2 in our Museum of Resistance and ResiliencePraxis #3 Manifesto of Future Resistance and ResilienceMedia Intervention/Media PostsFinal Course Reflection - A Letter to the FutureDue November 18Vicki Callahanf68c37bed83f129872c0216fae5c9d063d9e11baLisa Müller-Tredecc71af55f5122020f2b95396300e25feb73b6995
The Sexual Revolution
12020-09-23T13:26:08-07:00Araceli Castoro5b736b53c098d0e06dd99beda8f1da7a18fcd6af377846plain2020-09-23T14:17:25-07:00Araceli Castoro5b736b53c098d0e06dd99beda8f1da7a18fcd6afThe Sexual Revolution of the 1960s was a large movement of the youth against the strict conformity of the ‘50s and their parent’s generation. This movement encouraged the act of sexual expression in rebellion against the heterosexual married model and austere gender roles (the housewife and the working husband) of suburbia emphasized in the previous decade. Fashion experienced a “Youthquake” and became an important part of expressing nonconformity. Feminists pushed against the patriarchal traditions by wearing more empowering clothing like high heels, bikinis, and pants. Designers like Mary Quant, who in 1965 raised the hemline of her skirts to invent the miniskirt, created more provocative outfits which became more mainstream. This change in proportion also allowed for more scandalous accessories like "gogo" boots and stockings. This era forever changed the expression of sexuality and gender in fashion, the boundaries of which were pushed even further in the next decade.
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1media/Le Smoking Tuxedo Jacket_thumb.jpg2020-09-23T13:21:44-07:00Araceli Castoro5b736b53c098d0e06dd99beda8f1da7a18fcd6afSaint Laurent Le Smoking Tuxedo Jacket3This photograph is of Yves Saint Laurent’s “Le Smoking” tuxedo jacket, introduced in 1966. Although not the first tuxedo to be worn by a woman, this piece was one of YSL's most iconic designs and it had a massive impact on the fashion world. Saint Laurent not only put women in the masculine wear, but he also designed the pieces so that they were better shaped for the female body. At the time, the prospect of women wearing menswear was scandalous. YSL, among other designers, greatly contributed to the transformation of gender expression through fashion.media/Le Smoking Tuxedo Jacket.jpgplain2020-09-23T14:01:07-07:00Yves Saint Laurent, “Le Smoking” jacket, 1966. Photo Copyright Fondation Pierre Bergé–Yves Saint Laurent.Araceli Castoro5b736b53c098d0e06dd99beda8f1da7a18fcd6af