Women's Clothing In The Late Nineteenth Century

A lot has changed between the late 19th century and the 21st century. One of these changes is clothing. It has made many drastic changes in availability and style to meet the person’s expectations in how they want to be viewed in society. There are many styles of clothing depending on age and gender. There were different standards and styles for men, and women and their formal attire. Both standards and styles have changed greatly in the late 19th century to the 21st century. One of the biggest changes in styles, is women’s clothing. In the 1890s, clothing styles for women were “plainer, simpler, and more practical” (Uvm.edu). Some clothing that most women wore in the 1890s was a blouse and a skirt. “The widespread use of the shirtwaist or blouse and skirt” (Uvm.edu). In the 21st century, clothing for women has gotten more diverse, and available for the general population. “With the television and Internet giving …show more content…
For some men, they wore “long jackets that went to the knee in front and back” (ehow). In the 21st century, men wear a suit with a tie, or a tuxedo. Women in the 19th century wore “a fitted bodice with and open neckline … with sleeves ranging from extravagant puffs to small or even almost non-existent ruffles or lace” (vintagevictorian) to a formal event. Women in the 21st century wore lavishing and diverse dresses or skirts. Women and men both wore elegant clothes for a formal event. There are many differences and similarities between the late 1890s and the 21st century. Especially from the clothes that men and women wear, and what they wear in a formal event. There is a great diversity in the clothes we wear now, and with so much availability. Were as in the 1890s, only the wealthy or some middle class citizens were able to wear decent and elegant clothes. Both time periods show that men and women wear the clothes that mimic there social