Bloomer costumes echoed the full silhouette that was popular in Western fashion at the time, but allowed for greater comfort and ease of movement by swapping layers of heavy petticoats for loose pants, Idacavage said
As the term Turkish trousers suggests, women in pants found precedent well beyond Euro-American society, including in nomadic horse cultures of Central Asia, Zachary said
Back in the West, American and European women wore trousers with dresses to costume parties for many years before suffragists adopted the combo for their everyday wardrobes
Thank us later
We love a bright, voluminous puffball dress in an eye-catching colour and, preferably, many layers of tulle
Here, you can play about with the texture of the dress: a fine gauge, see-through knit or a sheer, lacy, voile