Homework Help: Social Studies: U.S. History: Colonial Clothing

In colonial America, the clothing one wore depended on their place in society and their gender. Men had much more comfortable clothing than women, who had to wear very long skirts and worst of all, tight fitting corsets to make their waists tiny and fashionable. These corsets were so tight, that most women had broken ribs and displaced vital organs! Over that, women wore many petticoats to make their skirts full, and pockets fastened to a strip of cloth tied around their waist. There were slits in their dresses to reach into their pockets, instead of pockets directly in the dress!

Men only had to wear breeches, (pants to the knee,) linen shirts, long overcoats, and knee socks with heavy shoes. The most fashionable men also wore wigs that they often powdered white.

Homework Help: Social Studies: U.S. History

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