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Baker Street ElementaryPresents
“The Life and Times in Victorian London”
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Baker Street ElementaryThe Life and Times in Victorian London
# 063 –Victorian Clothing - 09/03/2018
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Copyright 2018, Sherwood-Fabre, Fay, M
ason, Mason
Welcome to topic number 63… Victorian Clothing… Thanks so much to AboutBritain.com for use of their summary text for this lesson…
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"The clothes make the man" is a phrase that could have been coined
during the our Victorian period.
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Victorian clothes are very much a symbol of who you are, what you do for a
living, and how much money is in your bank account.
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For the wealthy, silk stockings cover the legs.
For the less wealthy, it is wool socks.
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Beachwear in Victorian times consist of a costume which covers the entire body with
yards of material.
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There are exceptions though - arms can be bare from the elbows down.
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Ladies have to have their legs completely covered.
This is either done by wearing black stockings or, later in the
century, trousers.
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Men are able to show their shins.
Bathing bonnets are worn by both.
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Good quality leather shoes can be made-to-order, but by
1850 manufactured shoes, are available for purchase.
Shoes are now made for the 'proper' feet.
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Etiquette plays its part in Victorian clothing.
It is considered 'good etiquette' to dress appropriately to ones age, and position in society.
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To own an umbrella is a social-scale barometer.
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The wealthy own their own bumbershoots, while the general public rent an umbrella if the
weather turns wet.
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Victorian dress is not complete without a walking stick, or cane.
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Some canes contain compartments which are useful for holding vials of perfume.
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Victorian fashion does include eyeglasses,
But, they are strictly for looks and not for the correction of vision.
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Often, if there are lenses in the frames, those lenses are removed and the empty frames
become part of the ensemble.
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Although the cloth for Victorian era clothing is manufactured,
ready-made outfits are unknown.
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Seamstresses and tailors are responsible for custom-made
creations.
Milliners, glovers, and hatters help to complete the look.
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If the pocket-book doesn't allow such individual attention, families
make their own Victorian clothes or find used garments.
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The poorer members of society visit second-hand, even third and fourth-hand, shops for garments
which still have some wear in them.
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Throughout the Victorian era, fashion changes dramatically.
Skirts have gone from straight to being spread over large hoops.
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At the end of the era, the hoop will disappear from view and it will
be back to slimmer skirts, although now sporting a bustle.
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Sleeves make different fashion statements, also.
Slim sleeves will give way to "leg o'mutton" sleeves by the end of
Queen Victoria's reign.
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Head gear is a style all its own.
From large lavishly decorated hats, covered with feathers and flowers, the close-fitting bonnet will soon be
the need-to-have garment.
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Not that these are any plainer -feathers, lace, and flowers are still be used for decoration.
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There is a constant, though; the corset.
The design throughout the era will change, but the initial
purpose never varies.
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To wear Victorian dress, it is necessary to have a cinched-in waist.
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For younger ladies, having a waist in inches the same as
your age is the goal.
Seventeen years old?
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That means you strive for a seventeen inch waist.
Older ladies are allowed more leeway.
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The baring of the shoulder and upper part of the chest is strictly
for evening apparel, and most usually this style is worn by upper
and middle class ladies.
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Working-class women are more modest.
Because of the exposure of flesh to cool air, shawls join the
Victorian costume.
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Satins, silks, and heavy velvets for the older
generation are the norm.
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For younger society ladies who were on the look-out for "a good catch", the lighter the
material, the better.
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Fragile gauze dresses, covered with bows or
flowers, are made to catch a prospective husband's eye.
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On average, these dresses are worn only
once or twice... and then thrown away!
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Middle-class women buy either garments, or ready-made clothes, with the idea
that they will last.
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If necessary, the garment will at some point be cut-down so that it can be
worn by children.
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For the well-dressed female tradesman (aka "monger"), a
bright silk scarf is worn around the neck, and a flower-strewn
bonnet adorns the head.
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Brightly polished boots are proudly shown beneath a many petticoated skirt, which just
reached to the ankles.
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Victorian dress doesn't go in for such radical changes with men.
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But coat lengths did vary over time and the cinching of the waist (yes, men would wear a type of corset) has given way to the ease-of-
breathing loose jacket.
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Men's fashion history can be traced via the style of trousers.
Early in Queen Victoria's reign, legs were covered in tight form-
fitting cloth.
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This appearance soon changed to a looser tubular style.
Straight slacks, with a crease in front and back, will be common by
the end of the century.
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The elegant dress-coat for the day slowly gave way to a long
frock coat, usually black.
The dress coat does continue to make appearances, though.
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'White tie and tails’ is the formal eveningwear for
gentleman, the 'tails' being the former daytime coat.
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Games and cycling are the major catalysts for any change in male
Victorian clothes.
By the late 1800's, knickers will be introduced and a more casual style adopted for daytime wear.
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Plaids and checks are seen more often,
although most often in the country.
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Like his female counterpart, a male monger wears a bright silk scarf
around his neck.
Atop his head is a closely fitting cap which completely covers his hair.
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A long waistcoat and seamed trousers completes his
Victorian costume, ending with the sight of polished boots.
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Yes, but we’ll be back with another topic
soon…
Again, thanks to AboutBritain.com for their help… So we have completed topic 63 in
our series…
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Original Source Material for this topic:
1) http://www.aboutbritain.com/articles/victorian-clothes.asp
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Baker Street Elementary“The Life and Times in Victorian London”
IS CREATED THROUGH THE INGENUITY & HARD WORK OF:
JOE FAYLIESE SHERWOOD-FABRE
RUSTY MASON&
STEVE MASON