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  3. We live today indebted to McCardell, Cashin, Hawes, Wilkins, and Maxwell, an

We live today indebted to McCardell, Cashin, Hawes, Wilkins, and Maxwell, an

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问题     We live today indebted to McCardell, Cashin, Hawes, Wilkins, and Maxwell, and other women who liberated American fashion from the confines of Parisian design. Independence came in tying, wrapping, storing, harmonizing, and rationalizing that wardrobe. These designers established the modern dress code, letting playsuits and other activewear outfits suffice for casual clothing, allowing pants to enter the wardrobe, and prizing rationalism and versatility in dress, in contradiction to dressing for an occasion or allotment of the day. Fashion in America was logical and answerable to the will of the women who wore it. Implicitly or explicitly, American fashion addressed a democracy, whereas traditional Paris-based fashion was prescriptive and imposed on women, willing or not.
    In an earlier time, American fashion had also followed the dictates of Paris, or even copied and pirated specific French designs. Designer sportswear was not modeled on that of Europe, as "modern art" would later be; it was genuinely invented and developed in America. Its designers were not high-end with supplementary lines. The design objective and the business commitment were to sportswear, and the distinctive traits were problem-solving ingenuity and realistic lifestyle applications. Ease of care was most important; summer dresses and outfits, in particular, were chiefly cotton, readily capable of being washed and pressed at home. Clothing was simple, practical, and accessible, as the modern woman depended on no personal maid to dress her. American designers prized resourcefulness and the freedom of the women who wore the clothing.
    Many have argued that the women designers of this time were able to project their own clothing values into a new style. Of course, much of this argument in the 1930s -40s was advanced because there was little or no experience in justifying apparel (服装) on the basis of utility. If Paris was cast aside, the tradition of beauty was also to some degree slighted. Designer sportswear would have to be verified by a standard other than that of pure beauty; the emulation of a designer’s life in designer sportswear was a crude version of this relationship. The consumer was ultimately to be mentioned as well, especially by the likes of Dorothy Shaver, who could point to the sales figures at Lord & Taylor.
    Could utility alone justify the new ideas of the American designers? Fashion is often regarded as a pursuit of beauty, and some cherished fashion’s trivial relationship to the fine arts. What the designers of American sportswear proved was that fashion is a genuine design art, answering to the demanding needs of service. Of course these practical, insightful designers have determined the course of late twentieth-century fashion. They were the pioneers of gender equity, in their useful, adaptable clothing, which was both made for the masses and capable of self-expression. [br] What do we learn about designers of American sportswear?
选项 A、They catered to the taste of the younger generation.
B、They radically changed people’s concept of beauty.
C、They advocated equity between men and women.
D、They became rivals of their Parisian counterparts.
答案 C
解析 推理题。第四段最后一句指出，美国运动装的设计师是性别平等的先驱者，这就体现在他们实用的、适应性强的服装上，这些服装既是为大众所设计，又能满足大众自我表达的需求，说明美国运动装的设计师提倡男女平等，故答案为C。A,B、D项原文均未提及，故排除。
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