Androgyny in fashion

Social rules typically restrict people's dress according to gender. Trousers were traditionally a male form of dress, frowned upon for women. However, during the 1800s, female spies were introduced, and Vivandières wore a certain uniform with a dress over trousers. Women activists during that time would also decide to wear trousers; for example, Luisa Capetillo, a women's rights activist and the first woman in Puerto Rico to wear trousers in public. Androgynous is a term originated from the Latin word 'androgyne,' and describes a mix of male and female physical characteristics. rdf:langString