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Learn about the unfamiliar clothing that Americans have worn throughout our nation's history. These interactive files require the Flash Player ... Women's Clothing from 1700 ... Men's Clothing from the 1770's...
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Men's Colonial Clothing ... Clothing was difficult to make. Wealthy individuals were the only one's who could afford to buy finished clothing. Middle class and poor individuals usually had to make their own. Middle class and poor children's clothing was usually made to fit loosely so that the children had room to grow in them.
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1750-1795 in fashion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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3 Colonial clothing was made of natural fabrics. Many clothes were made of cotton or wool. Dressy clothes were made of silk, velvet, or brocade. 4 The clothes were all made by hand. 5 Some colonists made their own clothes.
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Early Colonial Clothing ... The clothing brought by the Plymouth colonists was typical of that worn by all English men in the early 17th century. Primarily it was fashioned from wool and linen cloth, with some leather. ... Colonial Era Timeline...
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In colonial America, the clothing one wore depended on their place in society and their gender. Men had much more comfortable clothing than women, who had to wear very long skirts and worst of all, tight fitting corsets to make their waists tiny and fashionable.
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That's correct! Colonial men and women wore socks like these under their shoes. ... Instructions: Some of the articles of clothing shown here were worn by European colonists in the 17th century. Some were not. Beginning with the undergarments, select one article at a time and drag it towards this ;
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