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What Did Rich People Wear In The Victorian Times?

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    In the Victorian times the clothing was generally made by seamstresses, traders, hatters, milliners, corsetiers, and glovers among other people. While the women sported for long dresses that mainly had two kinds of patterns; the Empire silhouettes which were rather fitting close to the bust and loose below and the Regency silhouettes that involved many layers of clothing underneath ones fancy clothes to give them a more crisp look or feel. The skirts and sleeves were mostly bloomed up and puffy and were sometimes even supported by hoops or crinolines.

    The men on the other hand preferred to have simple clothing such as the trousers and long frock coats. Towards the latter half of the 19th century this changed to a more sober kind of dress sense comprising of plain sack suits. At the time, Charles Frederick Worth, was seen as being the' father of haute couture'.
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    Giri 

    answered 3 years ago

    Women wore corsets to make them seem skinner. This became a problem for breathing. Corsets kept the skirts high. Soon after this fashion, still in the Victorian era, the high skirt moved to the back.
    Men were not totally strange-looking. They wore straight suits, that is still commonly found, but that was what every-one wore then.
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    Jldo

    Jldo

    commented 1 year ago

      Patterns
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      Staceyjohn 

      answered 6 months ago

        Rich Victorian people wore very fancy clothes with some bright colours the men in other hand wore very casual clothes.
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        Guest

        Guest 

        answered 6 months ago

        They wore long frilly fancy dresses with there hair tied up.
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        Guest 

        answered 3 weeks ago

        Poo rags and shag bands
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        Guest 

        answered 5 days ago

          They wore frock coats for men
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          Guest 

          answered 8 months ago

          The women wore long silky dresses and the men wore a big coat made out of wool and all sorts of things that are fluffy.The men only wore the coat in WINTER
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          Guest 

          answered 7 months ago

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