1. Fashion through the Ages Part 3

2. Justacorps – knee length coat, long sleeves
Rhinegrave – breeches,
overskirt worn over them

3. Louis XV – end of the Baroque era, he moved from Versailles to Paris Sacque Gown – dropped waistline with a full skirt Watteau Gown – 18th and 19th century version of sacque gown

4. Madame Pompadour – dictated fashion, mistress of Louis XV
Decollete – chest, shoulders, neck of a woman, but really about her bosom
Ramilles – wig rolled in curls, long in back
Pomade - beef marrow and fat used to in hair to keep in place
Coiffure – huge wigs
over pad

5. French Revolution
Phrygian cap/Bonnet Rouges – red caps used by Revolutionaries
Carmagnole – short jacket by working class militants

6. Napolean Bonaparte – used fashion to stimulate economy
Empire style – high waist line, big sleeves
Sometimes had high necklines to protect their necks
Beau Brummel – starched
collar, cravats, long trousers,
double breasted riding coat,
Englishman

8. Romantic Era
Full skirt, corsets, wide brimmed hat

9. Victorian clothing Small bonnets and Muffs Era of Charles Dickens
“A Christmas Carol”

10. Amelia Bloomer Started the fashion change for women
Campaigned against corsets because they were unhealthy
Started campaign for “bloomers” for less restrictive dress for regular activity
“The costume of women should be suited to her wants and necessities. It should conduce at once to her health, comfort, and usefulness; and, while it should not fail also to conduce to her personal adornment, it should make that end of secondary importance”

11. Bloomers

12. Charles Worth Used models (mannequins)
Created 1st fashion show in France
1st to create coutoure gowns

13. Bustle – framework used to expand the back of a woman’s skirt

14. Leg o’ mutton sleeves – huge sleeves on dresses from 1890’s
Wedding Gowns –
White gowns
established,
veil in 1800s