Title: Colonial Clothing ***
Headings: Colonial Clothing
Colonial Clothing
Colonial Clothing

Content: And these basic beliefs also encompassed their Puritan Colonial Clothing. Colonial Clothing in an age of excess
The early Colonial Clothing in the Puritan style was totally different to the types of clothes favored by other people who lived in England. The English clothes were highly elaborate, velvets, satins and silks were favored by the wealthy. Frills, lace, buttons and bows decorated their clothing. Fancy buckles, buttons, fans even handkerchiefs were highly decorated. Feathered hats, bright colors, shoes with heels, low necklines for women were in fashion. Admittedly only the wealthy and the nobility wore these expensive clothes, but they were seen as the Puritans as a profligate society. The elaborate robes worn by Catholic priests were viewed with disgust by the men and women who adhered to the Puritan religion and adopted their own style of colonial clothing. Picture of a Puritan Girl



Colonial Clothing
The plain and simple Colonial Clothing was a public expression of the beliefs of the Puritans which encompassed the notion of simplicity. Puritans practised strictness and austerity in their religion, lifestyle and conduct.