Hoop skirt

during this time became less colorful and vibrant since our country lacked the imported materials it once had from England (5). Before the Revolutionary war, fashion was heavily influenced by France. Women war high head dresses, hoop, high-heeled shoes, and lavish skirts (8). After our success of the Revolutionary War, women’s fashion changed to become more simplistic. Women wore lower coiffures, low-heeled shoes, and less voluminous dresses made of thin materials (8). Men’s fashion didn’t…

Culture is a major part of daily life. It tells us who we are, allows us to express ourselves, and identifies where we are from or what we value. Culture has changed drastically over the years as styles go in and out of fashion or different resources are available or effective. This was particularly prevalent during the Civil War when limited resources were available and certain, unique needs had to be met. The culture of this time reflects this as demonstrated through its music, fashion, art,…

The Victorian cult of domesticity was shown plenty of times in the series North and South but it was shown the most in Thornton’s annual dinner party in the second episode. In this essay we will talk about how the cult of domesticity and how Victorian lifestyle are shown in North and South and the dinner party scene. The conversations that were shown at the dinner party were mainly about the up-coming riot that was going to take place in the factories. All the factory owners were talking about…

They find the woman who gave Jeremy's dad, his fortune and find out it was just a scam to get money. Now I think that the death of Jeremy’s dad was an accident. At the talent show, Lizzy announces she can’t do the hula hoop act, so Jeremy has to put on a grass skirt and hula hoop. They came in second place! I thought it was a great opportunity for Jeremy to take a risk and step out of his comfort zone. He also found out he was really good at hula hooping. They found three keys that fit and they…

The Civil War was a significant industrial war that resulted from conflicts between free states, which had already abolished slavery, and slave states, which were still using slavery, in both the North and the South during the year of 1861 to 1865. After the war started only one year, there were important groups of people who had participated as significant forces. These people were women and African-American. They were served as special volunteers and troops to support the government armies in…

The style of this wedding dress was most popular during the 1856-1869, which was called the hoop era. The silhouette of this piece is bold and structured, with an elongated collar that rises to the height of just below the models head. The corset clings tightly to the body leaving nothing to the imagination. From this silhouette it accentuates…

Valley Yokuts depended on rabbit-skin blankets to keep warm during the colder weather. Other than that, the Yokuts clothing was similar to most of California. Men wore loincloths, or went about naked, as the central valley had mild weather. Women wore skirts made from reeds, or skins, and they used moccasins mostly when traveling through rocky…

It is a large sarcophagus made from limestone and painted both long sides as well as both short sides and bordered with colorful rosettes and floral spirals. The long back side shows a funerary procession of three dark-skinned men wearing long skirts and carrying animals to what appears to be an altar or perhaps the tomb itself, and behind the three men are two light-skinned women in long, perhaps ceremonial, dresses and carrying buckets for liquid offerings to be poured into a larger vessel,…

was hot and dry. What type of clothing did they have? The Anasazi used animal and human hair to make all kinds of clothes. This tribe also made their clothes by weaving yucca fibers together with turkey feathers and rabbit fur to make robes and skirts for their people to wear. They also made kilts, shirts, aprons, belts, and other things to wear. Anasazi Indians wore sandals and moccasins as shoes. After their civilization became more advanced,…

As more and more attempt to imitate the new fad or idea it becomes accepted. The new idea or fad is only acceptable because all the others are doing it, “Even the woman who refuses from first to last to wear the hoop skirt comes under the law and is its slave; she could not wear the skirt and have her own approval; and that she must have, she cannot help herself.” Thus public opinion is based on nothing more that man’s acceptance of other’s thoughts. However, Twain is not preaching and presents…