Fashion is always a statement of some sort but never was it as political a statement as it was for the suffragettes! Suffragettes liked to be depicted as feminine, in soft blouses and with their hair pinned up softly, to counter the stereotypes put forward by opponents that they were mannish or shrieking. Every suffrage organisation seems to have developed a close relationship with a particular West End department store in London which outfitted them appropriately. I looked at…
