Emancipated women signal status through indifference to fashion.

Evidence

Therefore, the emancipated woman of the present, who seeks to imitate in the good as well as perhaps also in the bad sense the whole differentiation, personality and activity of the male sex, lays particular stress on her indifference to fashion. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 731

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Contrasting correlary to the immodesty article — here indifference to dress, not extravagance, marks aspiration to male privileges.
• XREF: connects to: Women denied agency compensate through extravagant dress. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 731; Fashion substitutes for class and profession as a source of individual differentiation. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 732; The weakening of permanent convictions drives modern consciousness toward fashion — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 724 (+2 more)

Related

• Women denied agency compensate through extravagant dress. (similarity 0.86)
• The weakening of permanent convictions drives modern consciousness toward fashion (similarity 0.85)
• Fashion is abandoned by a class once it diffuses to other classes (similarity 0.82)
• Fashion dictates styles with no objective, aesthetic, or practical justification. (similarity 0.81)
• Fashion substitutes for class and profession as a source of individual differentiation. (similarity 0.81)
• Women believe dress grants access to both the world and an idealized self (similarity 0.80)
• Elites lost a sustained battle to mark status through dress (similarity 0.80)
• Dress regulations and political strategy made even ‘straight’ appearance misleading (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Fashion substitutes for class and profession as a source of individual differentiation. #responds-to (0.60) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 732
• The weakening of permanent convictions drives modern consciousness toward fashion #expands (0.40) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 724