Title: Life in the 18th Century
Headings: EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE 18th CENTURY
EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE 18th CENTURY
Society in 18th Century Britain
Population in 18th Century Britain
Towns in 18th Century England
Agriculture in 18th Century England
Food in the 18th Century
Houses in the 18th Century
Clothes in the 1700s
Leisure in the 18th Century
Education in the 18th Century
Transport in the 18th Century
Medicine in the 18th Century
Art and Science in the 18th Century
Technology in the 18th Century
Religion in the 18th Century

Content: The history of furniture
Clothes in the 1700s
In the 18th century men wore knee-length trouser like garments called breeches and stockings. They also wore waistcoats and frock coats. They wore linen shirts. Both men and women wore wigs and for men three-cornered hats were popular. Men wore buckled shoes. Women wore stays (a bodice with strips of whalebone) and hooped petticoats under their dresses. Women in the 18th century did not wear knickers. Fashionable women carried folding fans. Fashion was very important for the rich in the 18th century but poor people's clothes hardly changed at all. Leisure in the 18th Century
Traditional games remained popular in the 18th century.