Revolutionary Clothing

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Revolutionary Clothing

• By Bronte Liu, Li Zhang, Sana Zulfiqar

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Womens Clothing

• Women wore long dresses, and sometimes they wore
  petticoats. Women wore corsets around their
  waists.
• A long-sleeve fitted waistcoat was often worn
  over the top, and an apron was worn if the woman
  was doing any kind of work.
• Common colors included red, earthy greens,
  browns, blues, violets, and grays.

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Mens Clothing

• For the upper body, men usually wore a long or
  short sleeved shirt with collar and cuffs.
  Breeches were worn.
• White, beige, black, earthy green and brown were
  the common colors for men.

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What did the children wear ?

• Young boys and girls both wore dresses or gowns.
  While they were growing up, boys start to wear
  clothing similar to their fathers. And girls
  began to wear dresses more like mothers.
• Blue color are common for children.

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Question

• 1. What is a petticoat?
• 2. What are corsets?
• 3. When does woman wear apron?
• 4. What color is earthy greens?
• 5. What are cuffs and collars?
• 6. What are breeches?

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Bibliography

• http//www.tqnyc.org/NYC052359/TypicalClothing1.ht
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• http//www.twinrosesde signs.com/civilwar.html

• http//members.aol.com/calebj/clothing.html