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Sociology 161: Gender Socialization & Fashion

Resources on fashion, gender, and social norms.

Chopines

Chopines

The Chopine
These Chopines Weren’t Made for Walking: Precarious Platforms for Aristocratic Feet
Insightful commentary on gender and class issues.
Chopines
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"On a Pedestal" with Senior Curator Elizabeth Semmelhack (9:10)

Chopines

Detail of Venetian Woman with Moveable Skirt. Ferrando Bertelli, 1563

Metropolitan Museum of Art. Chick on image to enlarge.

For more information: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/356244

Watercolour by Christoph Weiditz of a Spanish woman (in red) from his Trachtenbuch (c1530).

Watercolour by Christoph Weiditz of a Spanish woman (in red) from his Trachtenbuch (c1530).

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from Album Amicorum of a German Soldier, Italy 1595

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Venetian Chopine

Venetian chopine, ca 1600

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