> I find it hilarious that the tipping point that year was that women had to limit their wardrobe in public.

Im not an expert in that time period, but my guess would be that was the one thing women had of their own and it was being taken away.

Men did their peacocking with their more tangible possessions. With both women and men equally wanting to participate in the timeless human condition of wanting to show off and one-up their peers. Take that away from either men or women and I would guess it causes a tipping point of rebellion.