18th Century Clothing By: Delayna
Men’s Clothing The men
usually wore petticoats over their breeches. You would not be able to see their breeches because of the length of their petticoat.
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Clothing Classes
The colonies
had clothing classes.
They were upper class, middle class and
lower class.
The lower class did not have
very fancy clothing it was made of coarse kind of
material. The
middle classes clothes were
made out of cotton. The upper
classes clothing
was made out of silk.
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Children's Clothing
Toddlers
They would wear a “Pudding Cap” which would protect their heads if they fell.
The Babies clothing was based off of the adults. Both genders would wear dresses.
Babies
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Women’s Clothing
Pregnant Women Underneath the clothing
They would wear loose unfitted dresses and an apron to try and camouflage pregnancy.
The women would wear corsets under their dress to make it look like they have a small waist and big hips.
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Credits
http://www.history.org/history/clothing/intro/index.cfm
http://www.history.org/history/clothing/children/child01.cfm
Kalman, Bobbie. 18th Century Clothing. New York: n.p., 1993....