Fashion that freed women

A not-to-be-missed exhibition in Vienna until November 1 might just prove to you that fashion shopping at the end of the 19th century had probably done more for the freedom of women than you ever thought. Owning the city’s and one of Europe’s premiere historical clothing collections with more than 20,000 items, the Vienna Museum Karlsplatz presents an exhibition titled Grand Entrance: Viennese Fashion in the Ringstrasse Era (1860-1910) that does more than illustrating the lifestyle of the Viennese at the end of the 19th century.
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