Colonial women's fashions could be called elegant asphyxiation as noted in this website about Revolutionary America:
"For Women, tight bodices contrasted with voluminous hoop skirts and panniers (side bustles) under multi-layered petticoats and skirts. Stays (corsets) were inset with stiff whalebone and drawn tight, often laced to the brink of asphyxiation! Intricately upswept hairstyles completed the vision.
For Men, tailored frock coats opened to beautiful waistcoats of velvet, brocade or satin, and worn with velvet breeches, fancy knee buckles, silk stockings and buckled shoes."
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You need more pictures of colonial women!
did colonial women wear wigs, too...? or just the men?
During the 18th century wigs were worn as status symbols by both men and wealthy women. French styles were emulated by moneyed American aristocrats and this was the period such women as Marie Antoinette and Madame Pompadour paraded elaborate hairstyles before the courts of Europe.
does anyone have colonial hairstyle directions?
i need help with colonial hairstyles for a reenactment- could you have more pics??
There are pictures of historical figures of 18th century women in my Historical Figures Flickr set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124324682@N01/sets/72157600012932856/
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