Women in their strive to emancipate themselves, put on formal/casual outfits such as pairs of trousers and smart-looking tops that enable them to carry out daily activities including male-dominated ones.
The symbolism of pants/trousers as women's emancipation is very strong, since the 19th century, with Amelia Bloomer, when few women showed this breaking of dress etiquette rules.
Bloomers- challenging traditional restrictive clothing norms and providing women more freedom of movement.
Flapper dresses with shorter hemlines, loose silhouettes, and exposed arms symbolize women's desire for liberation from traditional Victorian fashion.
Pantsuits as a form of protest against gender inequality and to challenge workplace dress codes that required women to wear skirts or dresses.
Tailored Suits with broad shoulders signify breakthrough corporate barriers and asserting their presence in male-dominated workplaces (a.k.a Power Dressing)