Bloomerism Collection

Suffragette - Womens Rights - Bloomerism
A woman wearing bloomers is stopped by a Policeman from entering a Ladies Public Toilet as she is wearing bloomers, which PC Plod views as unsuitable for a lady! Date: 1913

Barred from Womens Lecture for wearing bloomers
A woman wearing bloomers is stopped by a Vicar from entering a Lecture (for Women Only !) as she is wearing bloomers, which Rev Self Righteous views as totally unsuitable for a lady! Date: 1911

Huntsman jumping a fence and interfering with
Huntsman jumping a fence on an old nag and interfering with the pack of hounds. Facey Romford irritating Jonathan Lotherington during a hunt. Romford disturbs the dignity of his Hunt

Bloomerism 1852
Cruikshanks Exhibition of Bloomers in Hyde Park - a satire on the fashion which Amelia Bloomer made famous Date: 1852

Womens Rights - Popularity of wearing Trousers as a choice mildly satirised in this humorous 1910s cartoon postcard. Date: circa 1910s

Lady in Harem pants draws amazed reactions
A rotund lady draws breath (it appears she has been wound in to a VERY tight corset!) as she ascends some steep stares, but also draws gasps of astonishment from three gentleman

New Woman - Rebuked by parents
A New Woman in her modern outdoor attire draws a rebuke from her parents, captioned with a quote from Shakespeare (Titus Andronicus Act V Scene 3): " Why Art Thou thus attired

Bloomerism in 1852
THE PROGRESS OF BLOOMERISM The new fad spreads and is adopted by ladies of all ages

Bloomers 1850
Bloomerism - an American custom

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