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<p>Many Native American women made skirts or dresses out of deerskin. They completed the look with Jewelry crafted from metal, shells, stones, pearls, or animal bones.</p> <p>Native American men often wore a breechcloth. For special events, prominent Iroquois men showed off deer antlers in their headdresses.</p> <p>In European settlements women of fashion dressed in many layers. One of the first layers was a stay-a corsetlike garment made of whalebone that tied or laced around the chest. On top of that, they put on a bodice, a waistcoat or a jacket, and several heavy petticoats.</p> <p>Stylish men from Europe donned pumpkin breeches-knee-length trousers stuffed with rags, horsehair, and grain.</p> <p>Owners provided two Outfits for their slaves, one for winter and one for summer. Men often wore simple breeches and shirts. Women wore basic, lightweight dresses.</p> <p>Colonial toddlers wore pudding caps. These padded hats looked like round dishes used to serve pudding. They protected toddlers' heads when they fell.</p> <p>Read more about colonial fashions-from wigs to beaver-pelt hats and linen caps-in this fascinating book!</p>
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- Author
- Kate Havelin
- Publisher
- Twenty-First Century Books; Lerner Publishing Group
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780761358879
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Folklore, Anthropology, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.57 / 5 (7 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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