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Fashion in the years 1750–1775 in European countries and the colonial Americas was characterised by greater abundance, elaboration and intricacy in clothing designs, loved by the Rococo artistic trends of the period. The French and English styles of fashion were very different from one another.
Due to the association with ruling classes in European monarchies, the wearing of wigs as a symbol of social status was largely abandoned in the newly created republics, the United States and France, by the start of the 19th century, though formal court dress of European monarchies still required a powdered wig or long powdered hair tied in a ...
The curls of the wig throughout the 1660s until 1700 were rather loose. Tighter curls would not make their appearance until after 1700. Every natural color of wig was possible. Louis XIV tended to favor a brown wig. His son, commonly referred to as Monseigneur, was well known for wearing blond wigs. Facial hair declined in popularity during ...
The president wears knee breeches, while his secretaries wear long trousers. Pair of man's steel and gilt wire shoe buckles, c. 1777–1785. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, M.80.92.6a-b. Throughout the period, men continued to wear the coat, waistcoat, and breeches. However, changes were seen in both the fabric used as well as the cut of ...
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.
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Native Americans guide French explorers through Indiana as depicted by Maurice Thompson in Stories of Indiana. French fur traders from Canada were the first Europeans to enter Indiana, beginning in the 1670s. [27] The quickest route connecting the New France districts of Canada and Louisiana ran along Indiana's Wabash River.
In "Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story," the scene plays out at the dinner table. In it, a 20-year-old Lyle Menendez tells his parents he wants to marry his girlfriend and the family ...