Breaking seams and stereotypes through women’s fashion

From the Lex Oppia (a series of laws under the Roman Republic that restricted female extravagance) 215 B.C.E. ruling that women could not wear more than a half ounce of gold to early American indecency laws, women’s fashion has always been a way for men to stifle and patrol women. In the face of oppression, women have found ways to overcome, and fashion is a central part of this progress for women.