Fashion In The 1800

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Fashion In The 1800s

• By Lily Labovitz

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What Kinds Of Fashions?

• There were many different kinds of fashions for
  different activities and time of the day such as
• Riding Habits
• Walking Dresses
• Afternoon Dresses
• Dinner Dresses
• Travelling Dresses
• Dance Dress (Pictured)
• Ball Gowns

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What did some of these fashions look like?

• Riding Habits were basic, and were used for women
  riding sidesaddle, and in carriages. The allowed
  women to sit differently in a saddle then a
  regular dress allowed.
• Ball Gowns/Dance Dresses were very fancy dresses,
  the ball gown using a corset to make the women's
  waist to look small, then the dress would have a
  metal Hoop around the womens waist, making the
  dress extend past the womens hips. Dance dresses
  simply tied in the middle.
• Walking Dresses were loose and allowed women to
  walk for a long time. They were made out of think
  fabric.
• Dinner Dresses were often made out of velvet,
  and had very low backs, and were floor length.
• Afternoon Dresses allowed the wrists and neck to
  show, and had a little bit more detail then
  morning dresses.
• Morning Dresses covered the wrists and neck, and
  were very plain.

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Riding Habit
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Ball/Dance Gown
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Walking Dress
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Dinner Dress
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Afternoon Dress
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Morning Dress
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What countries did these fashions come from?

• Most of these fashions came from France or Rome.
  Many Women preferred the silhouette of the high
  waisted roman figure, to the stiff French fashion
  which included corsets.
• French Ball Gown

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What Additional Accessories did these women wear?

• It wasnt considered respectful at this time for
  a women to leave the house without a hat or
  bonnet.
• With the French dressing women, there were many
  layers to their dresses including
• Corsets A brace like thing, tied tightly to a
  women waist to make it look slim.
• Brocades A decorative, bright fabric worn by
  women.
• Periwig A wig. Often bright white.
  Corset
• Chemise a smock-like undergarment.
  Periwig
• Brocades
  Chemise

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Focus Questions

• Did clothes have any impact on political or
  social standing? Yes. Most women wore different
  clothes at different times of the day, and by
  having "roman-inspired" white dresses meant you
  were rich.Why were chemise's used? They were
  used as a smock-like undergarment for women.What
  nation(s) did the style of 1800s clothing come
  from? Greece, Europe and Britain.Why did women
  need to wear hats to be 'respectable' in the
  1800s? It was a sign of dignity and class.Why
  did women have to dress differently at different
  times of the day? To show off social standing and
  to look "respectable".

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Opinion Questions

• Were Corsets Cruel To Make Women Wear?
• Did fashion influence come to much from the
  roman style to be considered fashionable for
  some women?
• With women had to wear hats or bonnets to be
  classy did mens hats also hold that status?
• Was mens fashion less of a deal compared to
  womens?