| Trough the 19th century we see a lot of different fashions. The mode mainly
coming from London, Paris and Vienna. Even though we talk about different
forms of fashion, they are still very similar.
• The gentlemen: The men would most certainly wear long trousers,
shirt, and vest and of course a high cylinder formed hat, all in grey,
black or dark brown colours. At occasions such as birthdays or Christmas
they would all wear dinner jacked and black tie.
• The ladies: The fashion of the ladies on the other hand was more
colourful and full of variety. Here we see the crinoline, a huge dress
with a stand to lift it. The painful hip smaller, the corset is also very
in fashion. Many women wear these every day. The crinoline would have
varieties in colour and patterns.
• In the lower part of the society we see the poor and hardworking
labours and farmers. With little cash on hand they do not follow the fashion.
Instead they wear or the traditional clothes for their standard. It is
very likely that their hygiene was so bad that they would wear the same
clothes for days, and even sleep in it. At special occasions they would
maybe wear their nicest suit, if they had more than one. It was also very
likely that they had a little variety of colours, which only stayed wihtin
the darker line. The women would have a scarf around their head. Almost
all the men wore hats, but not high hats as the higher classes.
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