1. 18th Century Fashionand Literature Carla Schmidt

2. 1770-1790’s Time of transition Informality Men: full formal dress goes out Women: rigid styles give way to more natural

3. 1770’s Men Full formal dress found only in court Coat cut back buttons no longer necessary, a luxury item Winter – bright or dark colors, silk or velvet Summer – pastels, lighter silk p.208-212

4. 1770’s Men Silhouette: tall /slim, short waistcoat, tighter breeches, narrow sleeves (immovable arms) Improvement of tailoring and men’s physique Natural hair becomes more popular p.208-212

5. 1770’s Men Young Men – “macaronis” and “élégant” Stripes to accent figure, tight coat, inside pocket instead of outside, flapped pocket, nosegay in the button-hole, vast shoe buckles, high powdered wigs Caricature p.208-212

6. 1770’s Women “The variety of fashionable dress in the 1770s and 1780s was immense” Sack dresses popular until the end of the decade Hoopwent out of fashion except at court – hip pads replaced it Informality – jacket and skirt Strong colors p.219-226

7. 1770’s Women Hairstyles increase in height and complexity curls piled high on the head, feathers, jewels p.219-226

8. 1780’s Men Trend: “It was Dr. Johnson in his ‘rusty brown’ suit, rather than Oliver Goldsmith in his ‘bloom-coloured coat’, that fitted the mood of the last quarter of the century” P 212-216

9. 1780’s Men Early 1780’s – most English wore “short white waistcoat, black breeches, white silk stockings, and a frock, generally of a very dark blue cloth which looks like black” Goethe: The Sorrows of Young Werther – change in trends P 212-216

10. 1780’s Men Frock coat came in – French gave it different styles Continent adopting English recreation (riding) and the clothes that went with them Shoe buckles at court used gems but outside still English style – cut steel p.212-216

11. 1780’s Men Round hat replacing three-cornered – more practical for country life Plain overcoats that look almost like Greek/Roman drapery p.212-216

12. 1780’s Women Sack dress changes: “There was a complete division at the waist and the skirt was set with tiny pleats into the bodice.” p.222-228

13. 1780’s Women 1783 Marie Antoinette painted wearing a simple white muslin (like a shift or chemise) Controversial painting but the dress style became fashionable. p.222-228

14. French Revolution French Revolution (Estates General 1789) Sans culottes – without knee-breeches Nobles seeking to look like the rest of the population Cotton favored over silk, velvet, lace, etc Tricolor cockade – new symbol of the nation, lives at stake Dull colors – cost effective and mood appropriate

15. Works Cited Ribeiro, Aileen. Dress in Eighteenth-Century Europe: 1715-1789. Revised. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. Democracy and Global Diversity Notes. Loras College, 2007.