in Working Girl (1988)

1980s  power dressing

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

Re-wrote the rule book

Had her own ideas about how women should look

Boyish, modest clothing with classic lines. 

Trousers 
Sorter hair cuts
Statement jewellery

Sexualisation of popular culture which is endorsed by celebrity

“It should be noted that this look is confined to young women; there is no masculine equivalent”

Glamour model look

•Slim beautiful models all the same size, with a pressure to be thin.

•Magazines telling us what to wear and what is fashionable

•Living up to an impossible ideal if what is considered feminine

Is it just a fad,  because protesting is cool?

Are the models taking it seriously?  Look at the slogans, what do they say?

Recognition of  inequalities by others

“The advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes.”

•He for She

•Equal Pay

•The abuse of women

•Right to Education

•Right to Drive

•Right to vote – Saudi Arabia, Vatican City, United Arab Emirates

•Tax on sanitary products

•Difficulty in women having careers and children, prejudice.

80% of garment workers are women so can fashion be truly feminist if the clothes produced exploit a female workforce.
These women have no collective bargaining power. They’re often forced to work extremely long hours, with little financial compensation. This is an area the Fashion Index (a survey of most major fashion brands' practices) picked up on, reporting their surprise upon finding that 30% of companies surveyed "do not have whistleblowing or confidential complaint mechanisms" in place for workers in their supply chain, or at least none that they mention publicly. 

•People should be able to wear whatever they want without being judged or deemed provocative.

•What we often aspire to is dictated by society pressuring us to dress in a certain way in order to be accepted, deemed beautiful.

Is it a rebellion of the hundreds of years women have been made to cover up, constrain themselves and be demure, pure and non sexual?"

http://thefashionactivist.tumblr.com/post/31455558388/the-suffragettes-and-their-fashion

http://www.redletterpress.org/feminism101.html

http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2015/oct/08/suffragette-style-movement-embraced-fashion-branding

So what role does fashion play in highlighting gender differences, creating stereotypes or championing equality and empowerment.