Women Wearing Pants

In the Western part of the world, woman didn't start wearing pants until the late 1800s. During the Industrial Revolution, women starting wearing trousers to better facilitate movement. Victorian society was scandalized by Wigan pit brow girls, who worked in dangerous coal mines and wore trousers under their skirts. Similarly, ranch women in the West wore trousers for riding. Later, actresses Marlene Dietrich and Katharine Hepburn helped to popularize the fashion.



Wigan pit brow girl.