Victorian+fashion

Fashion
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 * || A young man on his wedding day in a Morning Coat.(Craig Nelson) ||  ||

Methods of clothing production and distribution varied over the tim of the Victoria's long reign.In 1837, cloth was manufactured (in the mill towns of northern England, Scotland, and Ireland) but clothing was mostly custom-made by seamstresses, milliners, tailors, hatters, glovers, corsetiers, and many other specialized tradespeople, who served a local costumers in small shops. Families who could not afford specialists, made their own clothing, or bought and modified used clothing. (Suzi Hardyway)

The look of demure prim gentility was emphasized by the loss of the great hats in 1835 for bonnets. Great hats had given a flirtatious air to clothes and their replacement by bonnets changed the whole character of day dresses. Lavishly trimmed bonnets stayed in fashion for half a century and weren't worn much after 1890. (Nicole Archibald) = = **These buttons date from the 19th century to the 1920s and 1930s. They are from England and Austria. The photographs do not do justice to the bright colors, engravings, and designs. They are extremely pretty and measure from 5 mm to 12 mm. Prices and measurements are included with each description below.** (Niamh Tweedie)

In early Victorian times, wealthy families made trips to London twice a year to purchase the latest fashions from stores such as Swan & Edgar, Fortnum & Mason, Harvey Nichols and Clark & Debenham. There were silks, furs and cashmeres, shawls, mantles and cloaks, lace and embroidery all on display. The smarter merchants realized that as the middle-class increased their wealth, their purchasing power was as important to them or even more so than the wealthy and thus began to stock their stores with machine-made linens and less expensive items fashioned after the latest styles. ** for poor people Clothing was expensive and people had limited wardrobes requiring clothing to be worn multiple times. ** ** ( kaitlyn oneill ) **

=This is a typical victorian dress (ElizaScott)=

= The look of demure prim gentility was emphasized by the loss of the great hats in 1835 for bonnets. Great hats had given a flirtatious air to clothes and their replacement by bonnets changed the whole character of day dresses. Lavishly trimmed bonnets stayed in fashion for half a century and weren't worn much after 1890. = =

(Clare Carson

Victorian Christning Gowns.

Large families were popular in the Victorian era, and therefore a mother might make one very beautiful gown when she had the time whilst awaiting the arrival of her first born child. Although many women had access to a sewing machine in mid-Victorian England they preferred to hand-sew the Christening gown. One reason was that because the gown was small and compact, it could be easily moved around the house from room to room in a young matron’s needlework bag. Victorian pregnant women, even if barely 18, would as expectant mothers have been considered to be young matrons. (Eliza Scott) ||



These are a type are victorian buttons. (Niamh Tweedie) || ||
 * [[image:http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:3xsRh6JdWek0KM:http://circavintageclothing.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/darnell_vic.jpg width="85" height="127" link="http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://circavintageclothing.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/darnell_vic.jpg&imgrefurl=http://circavintageclothing.com.au/2008/04/30/fashion-in-the-age-of-queen-victoria-the-darnell-collection/&usg=__e1MnLT1xuINElkzKT30gAeomhgI=&h=448&w=299&sz=17&hl=en&start=2&um=1&tbnid=3xsRh6JdWek0KM:&tbnh=127&tbnw=85&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dqueen%2Bvictoria%2527s%2Bclothes%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den"]]This dress looks nice, not nice enough to wear though! (Nicole Archibald) ||  ||   ||
 * [[image:http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:u8hifXoioiMAtM:http://www.theatre.ubc.ca/dress_decor/images/Neoclass_dress/Victorian/edward_tn.jpg width="75" height="111" link="http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.theatre.ubc.ca/dress_decor/images/Neoclass_dress/Victorian/edward_tn.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.theatre.ubc.ca/dress_decor/neoclassicism_romant_dress_victorian.htm&usg=__-54qFsE3u_TW4552SOTwr-U4WLw=&h=251&w=170&sz=13&hl=en&start=8&tbnid=u8hifXoioiMAtM:&tbnh=111&tbnw=75&prev=/images%3Fq%3DVictorian%2Bmen%2Bclothes%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX"]]Men's victorian fashion (Andrew Moore) ||  ||   ||

This is what Queen Victoria wore (not great is it?) (Nicole Archibald)   This is what victorians would have worn (Katie Cleland)

This is a Victorian evening gown in 1878. (Eve Niblock)

Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort at home, 1841. Her gown shows the fashionable silhouette, with its pointed waist, sloping shoulder,and bell-shaped skirt. (Eve Niblock)

By the early 1860s, skirts had reached their biggest ever width. (Eve Niblock)

<span style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> (Louise Wylie) Victorian people dressed appropriately to their age, and position in society. Image on right shows Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1861.(Louise Wylie) Children were often dressed in a miniature version of their parents.(Louise Wylie)

<span style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Children wore similar clothes to their parents. (Eve Niblock)

<span style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">It was unheard to see Victorian ladies legs. Ladies wore long skirts or dresses. At the beginning of the Victorian era skirts went straight down. It then became fashionable for women to wear their skirts spread over large hoops. At the end of the era, the hoop disappeared from view and it was back to slimmer skirts, although now sporting a bustle. Ladies wore a corset to pull-in their waist. Young Victorians tried to have a waist the same size as their age. Eighteen years old? That meant you would strive for a seventeen inch waist. (Eve Niblock )

=**Children**= Children were often dressed in a miniature version of their parents in the early Victorian times but in the mid and the late Victorian times, children developed heir own style of clothing which involved lace,collars, sashes, ribbons,and pinafores. The length of a girls skirt determined everything. At age 11 or 12 and below, the skirt would come at the knees. At 14, the skirt would come at the calves and at 16, the skirt would be down to the ankles. Boys basically were the same with their trouser lengths. The sailor suit was very popular for both boys and girls.

=__**Ladies**__= It was unheard to see Victorian ladies legs. Ladies wore long skirts or dresses. At the beginning of the Victorian era skirts went straight down. It then became fashionable for women to wear their skirts spread over large hoops (see image above). At the end of the era, the hoop disappeared from view and it was back to slimmer skirts, although now sporting a bustle.

=**Bonnets**= =The majority of women wore a hat or bonnet.= Ladies wore a corset to pull-in their waist. Young Victorians tried to have a waist the same size as their age. Eighteen years old? That meant you would strive for a seventeen inch waist.
 * Corset**

=**Shawls**=

Women often wore shawls.

=__**Men**__= Victorian men often wore a waist coat.

=**Headwear**= Most wealthy Victorian men wore a top hat whilst poor men wore caps.

=**Umbrella**=

The majority of rich

=**Walking stick**=

The majority of Victorian gentlemen also used a walking stick, or cane.

= __**Buying Clothes**__ = Clothes were made to measure. People did not go to shops like we do and see rails of clothes. Every item of clothing bought had to made especially for the person. Seamstresses and tailors were responsible for making clothes. Their were also milliners, glovers, and hatters would help to complete the look. Poor Victorians bought their clothes from second-hand, third and fourth-hand shops. Their clothes had previously been worn and discarded, but still in good enough condition to wear. (Clarissa Patton)

<span style="color: #6200ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This is a Victorian fashion timeline. (Eve Niblock)

<span style="color: #6200ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Late Victorian Swim wear <span style="background-color: #ff00ff; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">In the early Victorian era women had worn serge or dark flannel bathing dresses, but by the 1860s two piece belted costumes replaced the earlier styles. <span style="background-color: #ff00ff; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">The swimwear bodice top was jacket like and the swimsuit bottom part three quarter trousers. By the late Victorian-era, swimwear changed and while still was quite heavy and made of wool, was a bit looser than the swimear of the early years. Women wore bathing costumes which consisted of a knee-length bloomer suit (commonly with a sailor collar) with a removable skirt wrapped arond it, a bathing cap, bathing slippers, and black stockings. Men wore knee-length bathing suits striped and made of wool. This was less detailed than the women's style of swimwear.