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The glamour of the revolutionaries
Isabel Ibáñez
The beauty standards of the nineteenth century meant that many women of the time had to wear corsets to define their waistlines, leaving them literally out of breath. “Uncomfortable pieces that crush the torso causing serious health problems: ... for the Revolution). And what about trousers! Towards the middle of that same century in the US, laws were introduced banning women from wearing them, classifying the garment as "a clothing item that didn’t belong to their sex". As such, women ... pointed breasts like missiles which ended upbeing popular with soldiers, used to be a "symbol of the liberation of female sexuality". Castelló places their origin in the 19th century, when 'burlesque' actresses, "scantily clad dancers, promoted themselves