1700 American Fashion
Fashion in the 1700s was characterized by a widening silhouette both for men and women.
1700 american fashion. Marie antoinette influenced american fashion in the 1700 s. The beginning of the century found the dress of charles ii s last years only slightly modified by the intervening reigns. Sometimes they had lace wings at the sides giving a somewhat grotesque appearance to the head when seen from behind. James introduced no innovations and the slight dutch influence due to william iii only served to give to dress a certain stiffness and sombreness in keeping with the temperament of a king who cared nothing for the elegancies of life.
The french and english styles of fashion were very different from one another. Women s fashions of the 1700s textiles and trade. Mary edwards 1742 wears a red gown with a lace trimmed kerchief or fichu tucked under the ribbon bow on her bodice. Wikipedia summarized 1790s women s fashion writing.
Clothing of 18th century england page one of three 1700 to 1735. Clothing at the time was characterized by soft pastels and playful styles. Fashion in the period 1700 1750 in european and european influenced countries is characterized by a widening silhouette for both men and women following the tall narrow look of the 1680s and 90s. Slender asymetrical curves and soft drapery dominated women s costumes of the early 18th century.
She is wearing a empire dress and a fishu to cover her breasts. Early american fashion was inspired by the french and western europe. Clothing 1700 1735. Comtesse de tessin ulla tessin 1741 wears a black hood over a lace cap and a red fur lined shoulder cape called.
The clothing industry offered occupations in spinning weaving tailoring dress making glove. Close caps resembling night caps were much worn in 1773 even in fashionable circles. Wigs remained essential for men of substance and were often white. What are the clothes in your closet made of.
Hogarth s marriage à la mode series depicts a fashionable. This era embraces the late baroque or rococo style which is a highly ornamental style of the day popularized in france and spread to central europe. For a very short period men attempted to vie with women in the height of their head dresses. In the very end of the 1700s in 1793 eli whitney invented a new kind of cotton gin that let people grow a lot more cotton much cheaper than before and quickly both native american people and settlers began to wear cotton clothing instead of the more expensive linen and wool.