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Women began to make real gains in freedom and access to knowledge about sex after World War I. One of the influences on how they dressed was the fashion designer Coco Chanel. “I gave women a sense of freedom, I gave them back their bodies: bodies that were drenched in sweat, due to fashion’s finery, lace, corsets, underclothes, padding.”

Clothes in the 19th century were very restraining, not only covering women’s total body, but including a corset that squeezed their inner organs. Women frequently fainted during that period, probably related to the confinement, and they experienced many health problems, e.g., indigestion and childbirth. The times were ripe for changes in how women dressed, and women took to her innovations as they entered into the flapper period.