1770s
Published on Mar 16, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
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- During this time the American Revolution was going on
- and wagons were used as transportation.
WOMEN'S FASHION
- Hoop skirts were worn and reached their biggest size in the 1750s.
- They sometimes were replaced with panniers.
- They had little or no comfort with restriction of movement.
- The dress were very long in length
WOMEN'S SHOES
- The shoes women wore were made of fabric or leather.
- They had a high, curved heel
WOMENS HAIR
- Women wore extreme hairstyles and wigs
- They wore their hair high upon their heads, in large plumes.
- Tall, extreme hair was created by rolls of horse hair
- Also the front hair was teased out.
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MENS FASHION
- They continued to wear the coat, waistcoat and breeches.
- The fabric had changed from the previous period.
- It became more fashionable.
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- The coats were narrowed and waistcoats
- were extended to mid-thigh and then shortened again.
- Waistcoats could be made with or without sleeves.
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- Full dress shirts had ruffles of fine fabric or lace.
- Undress shirts ended in plain wrist bands
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- A loose, cotton or linen gown called a Banyan was
- worn at home as a dressing grown over their breeches,
- waistcoats, and shirts.
SHOES
- Shoes were hand sewn by shoemakers.
- There were no rights or lefts.
- They were everyday shoes that were fastened by a buckle
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- Men wore wigs because at a certain point some men
- started to go bald.
- wigs were built up with the aid of padding
- The wigs werent as extreme as the womens.
