French revolution
- 1. In this presentation we will study about French ’s – Female Clothing Jewellery Men’s Clothing Textiles Hairstyles
- 2. Cottons preferred over silk, velvets, lace and ribbons. Darker colours. No extravagance. Women's clothes becomes simpler, flamboyance was done away with for a little while. Mens costume became more practical. Clean simple cut of jackets and trousers came into fashion. Pantaloons worn by common men became the fashion statement of the day.
- 3. Elaborate draping became extremely popular. Gowns had a fabric coming from the back pulled through some loops giving a dress much more sophisticated look. Jackets worn everyday started as working class fashion Heels were extremely popular for women's.
- 4. HAIRSTYLE During this time women had worn extreme hairstyles with huge wigs that they had problems with bugs and rats getting stuck inside of them
- 5. Male started wearing waist length coats. A frock coat, typically wears for outdoor activities. The frock coat had to be trimmed around the collars get reduced smaller cuffs. Shirts during the period typically dropped at the shoulders with a gathered tight wrist.
- 6. Hairstyle: They typically tied their wigs with a black ribbon and wore a Hat. The hats were wide tricorne hats which has three sides.