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1-1 Discussion Gender Roles of Clothing

1-1 Discussion Gender Roles of Clothing

Q The article When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink? discusses how colors became gender-specific. You may be surprised as you read this history of color in fashion. With this new insight, compare the draped fashions of ancient Greece: the toga, peplos, and chiton. What are the differences in styles between men and women, both architecturally and in how they were worn? Compare to the clothing of today between men and women. What similarities are prevalent? What has changed over time? Why?

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Colors became gender-specific at the time of World War I when blue color had been a gender-signifier for male children and pink color for female children (Maglaty, 2011). The ages of the children had to reach the age of going to school in order to be dressed in different colors. There are limitations for males and females in Greece when it comes to making choices in fashion or in colors of clothes. Toga had been gender-specific in Greece because of the use of different varieties of jewelry by men and women (Lenaghan, 2019).