Buckskin Dresses and Pumpkin Breeches
Colonial Fashions from the 1580s to 1760s
Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2012]
Format: Book
Description: 64 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 27 cm.
What would you have worn if you lived during the Colonial era? It depends on who you were! For example, many Native American women made skirts or dresses out of deerskin, and they completed the look with jewelry crafted from metal, shells, stones, pearls, or animal bones. But in European settlements, women of fashion dressed in many layers. One of the first layers was a stay--a corset-like garment made of whalebone that tied or laced around the chest. On top of that, they put on a bodice, a waistcoat or a jacket, and several heavy petticoats. Read more about Colonial fashions--from wigs to beaver-pelt hats and linen caps--in this fascinating book!
Series: Dressing a nation : the history of U.S. fashion.
Contents:
Indian attire -- Dressing the colonial man -- Women's and children's wear -- Accessories : from head to toe -- Clothing supply.
Subjects:
Clothing and dress -- United States -- History -- Teen literature.
Dress accessories -- United States -- History -- Teen literature.
Indians of North America -- Clothing -- Teen literature.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Teen literature.
United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775 -- Teen literature.
Clothing and dress -- United States -- History -- Teen literature.
Dress accessories -- United States -- History -- Teen literature.
Indians of North America -- Clothing -- Teen literature.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Teen literature.
United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775 -- Teen literature.
ISBN:
9780761358879 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T SOCIAL SCI Hav | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Teen Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 58-60) and index.