Title: Facts on Clothes in Jamestown, Virginia During Colonial Times | LEAFtv
Headings: Facts on Clothes in Jamestown, Virginia During Colonial Times
Facts on Clothes in Jamestown, Virginia During Colonial Times
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Content: Like their fathers, boys would wear a long white linen shirt that was tucked into their breeches, with a loose-fitting waistcoat over the undershirt. Boys also wore a cravat, knee socks, and leather shoes. Girls
Families often could only afford two outfits for each child: one was worn daily and the other was saved for church or formal occasions. Regardless of social status, girls dressed like miniature versions of their mothers and wore dresses with form-fitting bodices. Daughters of wealthy families wore stays that were stiffened with whale bone and lined with linen. It was believed that these would help with posture and girls as young as three months old wore stays with their dress clothing. Because stays restricted movement, working-class daughters did not wear stays with their daily clothing. Like their mothers, girls wore mob caps at all times. Brought to you by leaf.tv
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