bloomers 的詞源

“寬鬆的褲子，通常在膝蓋以下釦子”，1851年，以美國女權主義改革者阿梅利亞·詹克斯· Bloomer（1818-1894）的名字命名，她將其作爲使女性服裝更實用的一部分進行推廣。最初的布盧默服裝是一條短裙，寬鬆的褲子扣在腳踝處，還有一頂寬邊低頂的帽子。

The failure of the Bloomer dress seems to have arisen from the mixed character it assumed, and the unpleasant confusion of ideas it occasioned. It partook of the man's the woman's and the child's. A bold assumption of a full male dress, as by Madame Dudevant and Miss Weber, and such as is worn at pleasure by ladies, traveling or on excursions, anywhere on the continent of Europe, would have had a much better chance of tolerance and success. ["The Illustrated Manners Book, A Manual of Good Behavior and Polite Accomplishment," New York, 1855]

布盧默裙的失敗似乎源於它所扮演的混合角色和它引起的不愉快的思想混亂。它既有男人的，也有女人的和孩子的特點。像杜德萬夫人和韋伯小姐那樣大膽地穿上完整的男裝，以及在歐洲大陸上旅行或郊遊時女士們隨意穿着的那種服裝，會有更好的容忍和成功的機會。["The Illustrated Manners Book, A Manual of Good Behavior and Polite Accomplishment," New York, 1855]

這個姓氏可以追溯到公元1200年左右，據說意思是“鐵匠”，來自古英語 bloma（參見 bloom (n.2)）。