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How World Fashion Ideals were Applied in the "New World" A silhouette is the recognizable shape of fashion as it changes Fashion depends on what people know, can get, can do, afford, and wan

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Les femmes du Carillon 💕 I love that we have a mixture of garments here to represent what French Canadian women were wearing in the mid eighteenth century. From left to right, a jacket, a manteau de lit, and a corset! . . . #fortticonderoga #fortcarillon #nouvellefrance #histoiredefrance #canada #18thcentury #18iemesiecle #18thcenturycanada #canadiennes #18thcenturyfashion #dresshistory #livinghistory #frenchandindianwar #sevenyearswar #laguerredelaconquête #handsewn #historicalcostuming…

Its time for me to make myself a new gown for 18th century living history (which is to say, for work).* My old one is developing a “well loved” look (and smell), and besides, I think I…