I Love My Redneck
Logo For This Experience...... The logo was surely intended as a mildly raunchy leg pull. But I predict that this will be an allowed style of formal wear in 30-50 years, just like the bare shoulders/strapless look has been formal for the past 80 years.
For thousands of years before WWI, women wore floor length dresses, robes, shifts, what have you. Athenian women not infrequently exposed a breast while wearing a toga. Nursing in public was never an issue there! But they were careful to never reveal any bit of their legs. Spartan women did more manual labour, and wore practical shifts that revealed a lot of calf. Athenian women thought that Spartan women were seriously indecent.
WWI was a category 9 earthquake in the human realm. Millions of British women worked in mines and factories, cut their hair short, and wore coveralls. When the war was over, feminine modesty never returned to what it was. By 1929, hemlines were at the knee and sleeveless was fine in warm weather. The high neckline of the gaslight era was gone for good. In the 1930s, hemlines dropped a bit, but women began wearing trousers, even bermuda shorts. Factory work in WWII strengthened all this, and women began wearing short shorts. Around 1960, the bikini became normal in the English speaking world. A few years later, along comes the hemline above the knee. There was some backpeddling in the 70s and 80s. But it's now clear that women in the USA and Canada have lost all sense that their legs are immodest or are a male turn-on. Skirts and shorts have never been shorter. Skin has become almost uncontroversial. Pudge remains controvversial, but our culture is working on that.
Within 50 years, younger women will wear little more than a g string at the beach. Even now, YouTube does not censor a woman's glutes.
For thousands of years before WWI, women wore floor length dresses, robes, shifts, what have you. Athenian women not infrequently exposed a breast while wearing a toga. Nursing in public was never an issue there! But they were careful to never reveal any bit of their legs. Spartan women did more manual labour, and wore practical shifts that revealed a lot of calf. Athenian women thought that Spartan women were seriously indecent.
WWI was a category 9 earthquake in the human realm. Millions of British women worked in mines and factories, cut their hair short, and wore coveralls. When the war was over, feminine modesty never returned to what it was. By 1929, hemlines were at the knee and sleeveless was fine in warm weather. The high neckline of the gaslight era was gone for good. In the 1930s, hemlines dropped a bit, but women began wearing trousers, even bermuda shorts. Factory work in WWII strengthened all this, and women began wearing short shorts. Around 1960, the bikini became normal in the English speaking world. A few years later, along comes the hemline above the knee. There was some backpeddling in the 70s and 80s. But it's now clear that women in the USA and Canada have lost all sense that their legs are immodest or are a male turn-on. Skirts and shorts have never been shorter. Skin has become almost uncontroversial. Pudge remains controvversial, but our culture is working on that.
Within 50 years, younger women will wear little more than a g string at the beach. Even now, YouTube does not censor a woman's glutes.
70-79, M