The world is full of dualities; good and evil, night and day, girl and
boy. But it's not always that black or white, there can be a little good
and evil in all of us, sometime you can see the moon in the light of
day and sometimes you can be a girl who happens to like men's clothing.
Throughout the 20th century a lot has changed for women. They got the
ability to vote, stepped out of the kitchen and into the workforce and
became equals to men. So it is no surprise that women's attire changed
as well. Skirts and dresses they had been expected to wear prior were
just not practical for the new working class woman, so they started
wearing more pants, suits and button down blouses with collars.
Coco Chanel
There was one person that helped to shape this new androgynistic style
for women and that lady was Coco Chanel. We can't help but pay most of
our homage to Coco, she lived in a time when ladies were supposed to be
dainty and helpless and full of femininity. But that just wasn't her,
she started sewing her own fashion line full of men's style coats and
trousers in the early 1900's in France. She quickly became the toast of
Paris. Now, the entire world knows her name. Her style was synonymous
with sophistication and spoke to many women who had felt suppressed for
so long and gave them apparel to be taken more seriously.
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Diane Keaton
Another style icon that is hard to ignore when talking about tomboy
styles is Diane Keaton, particularly her role in Woody Allen's classic
70's movie Annie Hall. She revived the Coco look and breathed new life
into it. Her classic white dress shirt, vest and tie is something that
she was spotted wearing not only in the movie, but in real life as well.
She is also known for her love of blazers, which were known as smoking
jackets by men who used to wear them to special events and to look sharp
out on the town. Somehow she has managed to combine a perfect blend of
feminine and masculine and still look sharp and beautiful.
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