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Ms. Sanjeevani Diksha Jaiswal 04/01/2022

HKV ADFD OCT’21

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History of costumes 


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THE VICTORIAN ERA:
Men's fashion


Victorian era, was golden time for England. The economy increases
rapidly. Thus, Fashion changed over time, known as, Early Victoria's
fashion and Late Victoria's fashion. It started in 1837 and end in 1901.

Men’s Attire in Victorian era:

Trouser Pants
Suits, Jackets, Coats
Shirts
Ties and suspenders
Jewelleries and Accessories
Capes and hats
Shoes and boots

Early Victoria's fashion(1837) Late Victoria's fashion(1901)

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Trousers and Pants:


Pantaloons, which were tight-fitting garments reaching

the calf or ankle, had been worn since the beginning of
the century and were still worn. Most of the time
narrow trousers were in fashion with variation of width,
But in late victorian era the “peg-top” wide at top and
tapering to the ankle, was a distinctive fashion.

The pantaloons for evening wear at the beginning of

era were black cloth. For daytime wear the trousers
were usually of a contrasting colour to the coat;
white, fawn or pale grey in a fine milled cloth were
fashionable, and striped, checked and plaid were less
formal wear.

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 Suits, Jackets, Coats:


A frock coat is a formal men's coat characterised by a knee-length skirt cut all around the
base just above the knee, popular during era. It is a fitted, long-sleeved coat with a centre
vent at the back and some features unusual in post-Victorian dress.

A Morning coat came in fashion when a frock coat lost its dominant position . A frock
coat, with the skirt cut away in front in a curve from the waist, was worn as a riding coat,
and this shaping was adapted for a coat which gradually came into use as an alternative to the
frock coat.

The Tailcoat, with fronts cut away to waist level, which had been a style for both day
and evening wear before 1830, had by the beginning of the era become mainly, a style
for evening wear. It still appeared for formal daytime wear in the 1840s, but by 1860 it was an
evening style only.

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 Shirts and Waists:


Most of the colour and

ornaments of men’s dress was
concentrated in the Waistcoat, a
garment which has survived in larger
quantities than any other man’s
garments of this era. It showed the
fabrics and colours and the woven
and printed designs fashionable in the
materials of women's dress.

Linen shirts with a high collar

and frilled opening, a front
section of vertical tucking or
pleating, the opening being fastened
by buttons or studs, were evening
wear shirts. A small frill sometimes
remained around the vertical section
containing the buttons, which was
decorative feature of shirts.
 Ties and Suspenders:



Black silk was becoming increasingly worn for daytime, and also coloured silk both plane
and figured. A stiffened, made-up band, with or without a bow in front, was also worn. It was
then called a Stock.

There was a change in the tying of craft in 1840s, when the neckband was made very
narrowband the bow or knot very large. The craft was something knotted loosely as a scarf,
fitting the opening of the waistcoat by pin. Then known as Bow-tie.

One of the most

decorative
Accessories of
men's dress during
this era
Suspenders.
Embroidered in
coloured silk, and
lined with silk, were
fashionable in the
1830s and 1840s.
Later they were
embroidered in wool.

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Capes and Hats:



The top hat, with a high, flat-topped crown and narrow brim was worn throughout
the era. At the beginning of the era, the crown was high, about 7 or 8 inches, and
the sides curved out slightly at the top; the narrow brim curved up slightly at the
sides. This hat was worn for all occasions in silk, beaver, felt and straw, in black,
fawn, grey or white. A collapsible form was in use for evening wear. A lower-
crowned, bordered-brimmed style was worn in the countryside and unfashionably.

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Shoes and Boots:


High Boots, reaching just below the knee with a curving top, were known as
Hessians, and with a straight plain top as Wellingtons. These still continues in
wear for walking, but the shorter half-boots were more usual. The commonest
form of the half-boots were Blucher, a half length wellingtons, with front lacing.
After 1850, long boots disappeared except for riding, but the elastic sided boot
continued to be worn and didn't entirely disappeared from old-fashioned use until
this era.

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Thank you

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