Title: Founders' Fashion
Headings: Colonial Fashion Trends: What the Founding Fathers Wore
Colonial Fashion Trends: What the Founding Fathers Wore
Powdered Wigs
Breeches
Waistcoat (Wisket)
Frock Coat
Stockings and Shoes
Tricorne Hats

Content: Founders' Fashion














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Colonial Fashion Trends: What the Founding Fathers Wore
The United States has undergone tremendous changes in fashion since the days of the Founding Fathers. Nowadays, men keep their hair cropped short, and women wear pants - both ideas that were simply unheard of during the colonial era. So the question remains, what did the Founding Fathers wear? John Hancock's Powdered Wig
Powdered Wigs
The concept of the powdered wig emerged in France the mid 17th century. King Louis XIII was the man first responsible for the trend, as he wore a wig  (original called "periwig") to cover his premature balding. As the trend began in royalty, they developed an upper-class, conservative status. People who wore them were among the "elites" in society.