1800's outfits where amazing there was always a lot of material, this was to show off each women's personality as in those days that was all they could really do.
This was a romantic era, and the clothing became more complex and have more structure, as previous designs had more simplicities and where replaced with very decant and decorative designs. They used different methods to emphasise different parts of the body to draw attention or enhance certain arrears, for example the used horizontal hem lines to add focus to skirts, wide lapels which gave emphasis to the shoulders.
Within the 1830s fashion it was the first time to see cross cut LefO'mMtton sleeves. The shoulder fullness dropped towards the elbow, and they where just so magnificent! Cannot get over how big they are! The waist stayed pretty much in the same place, the neckline changed it became more wide and i some designs went into a V-shape.
The ankle length skirts came into fashion and where supported underneath with petticoats for support. This therefore produced he first version of the hourglass silhouette.
This was the more Gothic era and therefore fashion changed the lines changed and skirts where made to drag behind. The sleeves lost their hugeness and became more fitted to the arm; the shoulders where extended and sat lower than he natural line.
The skirt was made to be more domed, meaning more petticoats where introduced.
Women's skirts got even bigger and ended up having a cage or hoop to create the desired shape. As you cn see them the images below the neckline came back up to the neck and sleeves become looser. Desings on the dresses become more elaborate; so did the design of the skirt layers where also added to create a new look.
Throughout this time frame the dresses where always beautiful, elaborate and had their own personalities; this was key for women as the upper classes didn't have to work, mainly just look beautiful for their husbands or to get a husband; this was their way of reflecting their refrained personalities.
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