1700's Fashion
By Djhoanna li
@Friendlypink (3805)
July 20, 2018 9:06am CST
What if fashion stopped in the year 1700, what if everybody is oblige to wear 1700 fashion, what would it be like? Well for sure it is very pleasing to my eyes but I think it is very high maintenance and also it takes time to dress up and I can't imagine the loads of laundry. Ha ha
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
20 Jul 18
No, thank you. I don't wear dresses now and I don't really intend to start. Yes, it is quite beautiful and quite fashionable but the layers!
The ladies wore so many layers underneath. I don't think the ladies could dress themselves either.
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@Friendlypink (3805)
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20 Jul 18
You are right. I wonder how a family of 6 files of laundry looked like. Lol.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
20 Jul 18
@Friendlypink Well back then it didn't much matter. Those who could afford such pretty and inticate dresses also could afford servants.
@Friendlypink (3805)
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20 Jul 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum right. I just love reading articles or books about the past. And I am also fond of watching movies of such.
How about you?
@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
20 Jul 18
I would be here for it! Even though I am much more in the Victorian era. I would love for other fashion to be socially acceptable.
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@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
21 Jul 18
@Friendlypink The best literature, fashion and just everything came out at that time.
@Friendlypink (3805)
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21 Jul 18
I also like victorian. Our ancestral house is design that way. I am also facinated with the culture and fashion and the makeup those days.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
20 Jul 18
i do love it. but i must say todays fashions are the best. you can wear almost anything you want and feel comfortable with and no one says bad about it.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
21 Jul 18
@Friendlypink what country is that? its not on your profile
@Friendlypink (3805)
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21 Jul 18
I agree with you. Specially here in my country it is so hot. So wearing thise layered dresses can make me dizzy I guess. Lol
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. I love dresses and wear them all the time.@Friendlypink (3805)
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21 Jul 18
Yeah, thank goodness to the onenwho invented washing and drying machines.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
21 Jul 18
i remember the very famous PETTICOAT, which i had one when i was just a kid.
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
22 Jul 18
@Friendlypink a petticoat used when wearing a big skirt adds more volume to the skirt, and a young girl with petticoat is adorable to watch, especially when pirouetting.
@Friendlypink (3805)
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22 Jul 18
@ridingbet my daughter wantsbit for her pretend princess bell game.
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@Friendlypink (3805)
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21 Jul 18
Can you believe that my daughter is asking ne to but her a petticoat for her princess bell dress. Ha ha
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@Friendlypink (3805)
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21 Jul 18
I have to search that. I don't know anything the said princess.
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@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
20 Jul 18
Things were different back then. Nope there's no way any woman would wear that today.
@Friendlypink (3805)
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21 Jul 18
Ha ha. Imagine having a date with a woman wearing thise kind of dress. You can't even get close to them because of how well rounded the dress are. I bet you can only stay like 5 inches away from them. Lol
@JESSY3236 (18923)
• United States
20 Jul 18
no. I wouldn't like it. I think it would very hot with all the layers the women wore. Plus the fabric may have been scratchy back then.
@Friendlypink (3805)
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20 Jul 18
Ha ha. It is nice to look at in the movies and books. But in real life I guess it will be hard to move around.
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@Friendlypink (3805)
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21 Jul 18
I agree. And just imagine going to the mall or ridding a train wearing one. Haha
@Friendlypink (3805)
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21 Jul 18
It looks very sophisticated. I just like watching movies with thise kind of set up.
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@KarenAnne (257)
• United Kingdom
20 Jul 18
High society ladies would probably struggle more than us poor peasants! I've worn historical costumes for days at a time and in 1700 you're talking a chemise, stays (like a corset), then skirts and bodices. It's not as uncomfortable as most people imagine it to be but I wouldn't necessarily want to dress like that all the time. The long skirts can be the least practical thing, especially when you are trying to climb stairs or the weather outside is wet and they're dragging on the floor.
@Friendlypink (3805)
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21 Jul 18
Wow. Lucky you that you did experience wearing such a work of art dress. I want to wear one someday even just for a picture.
