Title: Women’s Clothing Guidelines for 18th Century Clothing – New Acquisition Militia
Headings: Women’s Clothing Guidelines for 18th Century Clothing
Women’s Clothing Guidelines for 18th Century Clothing
CLOTH AND STYLE
WOMEN
PEOPLE TO CONTACT FOR HELP WITH CLOTHING:
SUGGESTED PATTERNS MAKERS:
Period Impressions

Content: A gown worn with modern underpinnings does not fit right and will not look ‘period’, even to the untrained eye. 9. CAPS- Fabrics-fine white linen is the best, white cotton can be used. All females of all ages and stages in life wore caps, including while wearing hats.. Colored silk ribbon was often worn around the brim of the cap and tied in a bow. The hair needs to be pulled up and out of sight. Bangs need to be tucked up neatly under the edge of the cap. There are many styles to choose from. One style to totally avoid is the so called “mob cap” ( a circle of fabric with a drawstring or elastic reaching around the head). This is a MODERN style of a Colonial cap. There is a period cap called a ‘mob cap’, but it looks nothing like the modern cap just referred to.