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1837 dress. During the start of Queen Victoria's reign in 1837, the ideal shape of the Victorian woman was a long slim torso emphasised by wide hips. To achieve a low and slim waist, corsets were tightly laced and extended over the abdomen and down towards the hips. [4]
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. [5]
Coronation dress of Charles X of Sweden from 1654. Two suits belonging to Charles X of Sweden, 1650s. Swedish industrialist Emanuel De Geer in an outfit from 1656 with linen shirt with cuffs and a doublet with slashed sleeves. Over the shoulder can be seen a baldric, and at his side a rapier. Dutch fashions, 1658. White boothose, petticoat breeches
Some wear sheer aprons. The lady on the right wears a mantua. The men's long, narrow coats are trimmed with gold braid. c.1730–1740. Fashion in the period 1700–1750 in European and European-influenced countries is characterized by a widening silhouette for both men and women following the tall, narrow look of the 1680s and 90s.
[20] [21] Menswear of the early Victorian Era was understated with the rise of the respectable male bourgeois gentleman. [18] However, soon after both men's and women's fashion became more colourful and relaxed with more exuberant styles and new techniques including passementerie trims thanks to increasing availability of the sewing machine. [22]
Hughes, Kristine: Everyday Life in Regency and Victorian England: From 1811–1901, Writer's Digest Books, 1998. ISBN 0-89879-812-4; Lubrich, Naomi: The Little White Dress: Politics and Polyvalence in Revolutionary France in: Fashion Theory. The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture, 19:5, 2015