The Aesthetes were dedicated to comfortable and sensuous clothing for women, but it was based on artistic principles, symbolic themes, and art forms of previous eras.
This second type of “counter fashion movement” to the highly structured and dictated costume of Queen Victoria, the 2nd type of reform in dress came from those who thought medical reasons were why women’s clothing needed to change.
(Photo: Key “reformer” Dr. Ely B wears a reform gown.)