Title: Daily Life in Colonial New England
Headings: DAILY LIFE IN 17th CENTURY COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND
DAILY LIFE IN 17th CENTURY COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND
Homes in Colonial New England
Colonial Food and Drink
Clothing in Colonial New England
Work in Colonial New England
17th Century Medicine

Content: On the upper body men wore linen shirts. In the early 17th century they wore a kind of jacket called a doublet with a cape on top. Men wore their hair long. They also wore beards. In the late 17th century a man's doublet became a waistcoat and men wore a frock coat over it. With breeches, it was rather like a three-piece suit. Men were now clean-shaven and they wore wigs. Women wore a linen garment called a shift. Over it they wore long dresses. The dress was in two parts the bodice and the skirt.