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....