Title Petticoats and frock coats : revolution and Victorian Age fashions from the 1770s to the 1860s / Cynthia Overbeck Bix.

Publication Info.	Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2012]
	©2012

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Description	1 online resource (64 pages) : color illustrations.
Series	Dressing a nation: the history of U.S. fashion
	Dressing a nation: the history of U.S. fashion.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-61) and index.
Contents	New nation, new clothes -- Fashionable ladies -- Fine gentlemen -- Who made the clothes? -- Hidden and for show -- Style setters -- Epilogue.
Summary	What would you have worn if you lived during the American Revolution or the early 1800s? It depends on who you were! Women wore layers and layers of undergarments, including corsets, chemises, and petticoats, and they accessorized with gloves, hats, parasols, and fans. Men also flaunted plenty of accessories, including neckties, top hats, walking sticks, and pocket watches. Read more about Revolutionary and early 1800s fashions-from pantaloons to silk stockings to tricornered hats-in this fascinating book!
Subject	Clothing and dress -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
	Dress accessories -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
	Fashion -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
	United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
	United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.
	National characteristics, American -- History.
	Clothing and dress. (OCoLC)fst00864680
	Dress accessories. (OCoLC)fst00897974
	Fashion. (OCoLC)fst00921600
	Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
	National characteristics, American. (OCoLC)fst01033342
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	To 1799
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Bix, Cynthia Overbeck. Petticoats and frock coats. Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, ©2012 9780761358886 (DLC) 2010053384 (OCoLC)697036479
ISBN	9780761380535 (electronic bk.)
	0761380531 (electronic bk.)

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