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2. Victorian fashion - Wikipedia

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   Victorian fashion. Victorian fashion consists of the various fashions and trends in British culture that emerged and developed in the United Kingdom and the British Empire throughout the Victorian era, roughly from the 1830s through the 1890s. The period saw many changes in fashion, including changes in styles, fashion technology and the ...

3. Victorian masculinity - Wikipedia

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   The study of Victorian masculinity is based on the assumption that "the construction of male consciousness must be seen as historically specific." [1] The Victorians saw manliness as good, a form of control over maleness, which was brutish. [4] Furthermore, men increasingly formed secret societies, such as the Masons and the Oddfellows.

4. Frock coat - Wikipedia

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   Frock coat. Double wedding with grooms wearing formal black double-breasted frock coats with silk -faced lapels, light grey waistcoats, cashmere striped formal trousers, button dress boots, light gloves and Ascot -knotted cravats with cravat pin (April 1904). A frock coat is a formal men's coat characterised by a knee-length skirt cut all ...

5. 19th century in fashion - Wikipedia

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   19th century in fashion. The nineteenth century marks the period beginning January 1, 1801 and ends December 31, 1900. It was a period of dramatic change and rapid socio-cultural advancement, where society and culture are constantly changing with advancement of time. The technology, art, politics, and culture of the 19th century were strongly ...

6. 1840s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   1840s in Western fashion. Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort at home, 1841. Her dress shows the fashionable silhouette, with its pointed waist, sloping shoulder, and bell-shaped skirt. 1840s fashion in European and European-influenced clothing is characterized by a narrow, natural shoulder line following the exaggerated puffed sleeves of the ...

7. History of suits - Wikipedia

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   The suit is a traditional form of men's formal clothes in the Western world. For some four hundred years, suits of matching coat, trousers, and waistcoat have been in and out of fashion. The modern lounge suit's derivation is visible in the outline of the brightly coloured, elaborately crafted royal court dress of the 17th century (suit, wig ...