Question

what is the central idea of this text? a women have more freedom today thanks to evolving fashion trends. b social norms determine what people should wear for both work and play. c trends in womens fashion reflect shifting social attitudes and values. d jeans and other clothing that can be worn by men and women are the most important fashion trend. the clothing that women wear in any given society tells a great deal about that societys values. what does it mean that, for about 400 years, women wore corsets to impose an unnatural shape on their figures? what does it indicate that they eventually shed those corsets and started wearing looser clothing? when bloomers replaced skirts, what changes were occurring in society? and when blue jeans were invented, and later became popular with both men and women, how did that reflect changing societal values? the corset had been popular since shakespeares time, during the reign of queen elizabeth i of england in the 1500s. worn primarily by aristocratic women, it was one way to signal a womans social status. corsets, with very little variation in shape, continued to be the mark of an upper - class woman until the early 1800s. the corset of this time made a womans torso look like a straight - sided, inverted cone. in the early 1800s, women temporarily stopped wearing corsets. the french revolution had just ended, replacing the french monarchy with a government dedicated to liberty and equality, and people rejected the symbols of the old monarchy. looser fitting clothes allowed a new freedom of movement that reflected the new ideas of freedom in political life.

Explanation:

The text discusses various stages of women's fashion like corsets, bloomers, and blue - jeans, and how changes in these fashions are related to changes in social attitudes and values such as social status, political freedom, etc.

Answer:

C. Trends in women's fashion reflect shifting social attitudes and values.