Clothing in the new england colonies.
New england colonies clothing.
The type of clothing represented your station of life.
Colonial clothing sumptuary laws introduced in america when the new england colonies were becoming established the puritans introduced sumptuary laws specifying rules for colonial clothing in america.
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Clothing was an essential part in the new england colonies.
Men s clothing was also fancy with buckles and buttons and even fans.
The quakers and the puritans believed that everything should be plain.
Toddler gowns often included leading strings and a padded roll to protect the head in case of fall.
Infants wore long gowns and a biggins.
In 1651 both the magistrates and deputies of massachusetts agreed on the following piece of legislation which included the following.
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Young boys wore doublets before graduating to breeches and.
But for the middle class it was different.
For example wealthy women wore satin gowns.
Back in england women s clothing at the time was very fancy with gowns made out of velvets and satins decorated with lace and frills and buttons and bows.
New england s puritan colonies had many laws restricting how citizens particularly women could dress.
A linen shirt and a doublet like a jacket.
Sumptuary laws like these weren t unique to that time or place.
It was the first campaign of the new liberalism against the old order of things.