Strangely, the rise of facism fostered male shilouettes to become female. The shoulders were wide, but the corpse developed to slim. Marlene Dietrich wore an early Yves Saint Laurent trousers suite – or did YSL not simply copy her later on? The suit for women is still sexy, but it is a male dress. The thirties, really pervert indeed…and still aesthetically not the worst of times.
