Life, history, fashion and activism:: a systematic literature review of women participation in the tailoring profession

• Autor(a) principal: Azambuja, Manuela de
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Menezes, Marizilda dos Santos, Henriques, Fernanda
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Projética Revista Científica de Design
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/projetica/article/view/46946
• topic: Tailoring; Fashion history and women history; Sewing; Alfaiataria; História da moda e história das mulheres; Costura; Design e sociedade

A systematic literature review analyzed women's dedication to tailoring, a profession traditionally attributed to men, to which female participation has historically been disregarded due to its domestic nature. Web of Science, Scopus and Scielo databases were used to scan the literature, resulting in 22 articles selected. These articles were divided in 3 categories: “biographical studies”, “historical reviews” and “case and field studies”. In general, these works discuss women and their relations with sewing labor in historical and current contexts. Although aspects about the female participation in tailoring labor were pointed out, the need to explore the subject further is clear from these works. This paper is part of a MSc thesis project in Design research at FAAC/UNESP, which aims to document the contemporary female participation in the tailoring profession.