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True or False: All children typically wore white
True: Although the clothes probably got dirty, it was fashionable for all children to wear white all the time.
100
True or false: Women's fashion was all about extra layers.
True: They wore layered petticoats and layered skirts. http://image0-rubylane.s3.amazonaws.com/shops/nowandthen/4912.1L.jpg
100
True or False: Trench coats were popular
True: they were very popular for parties
100
True or False: Top hats were for formal occasions.
True: Top hats WERE for partying. Bowler hats were worn with every-day clothes
100
True of False: Women were not allowed to have outbursts of emotion, so they tended to "swoon"
True: Women were supposed to be dainty and any emotion other than dainty emotion was frowned upon. Swooning was acceptable, although a lot of swooning was from too tight corsets.
200
True or False: Children were bought new shoes often and had several pairs of shoes
False: Many children wore shoes that were handed down and sewn to fit their feet. It was unusual for a child to own more than one pair of shoes at a time
200
True or False: Women of lower classes wore shorter skirts.
False: Women of lower class always wore long skirts and dresses.
200
True or false: Men never wore top hats because they were thought to be feminine.
False: Men often wore top hats to parties and special outings.
200
True or false: being tan was considered very stylish like it is today.
False: women especially wanted to be pale. To do so, some would drink vinegar.
200
True or False: Tattooing was very popular and many people had little tattoos from milestones in their lives.
False: Only criminals and sailors had tattoos! Tattooing became popular with the aristocrats after the Prince of Wales, King Edward II got a tattoo.
300
True or False: Girls were squeezed into corsets when they were are young as 13
True: Girls began wearing corsets as soon as puberty hit, sometimes earlier http://www.angelpig.net/victorian/fashion/fashion_corset_body2.jpg
300
True or false: Women's corsets were made out of lead, strips of whalebone and were later replaced with steel.
True: The corsets were made of unhealthy materials and squished vital organs, causing issues
300
True or False: the finer the fabric of a man's vest (ranging from cotton to silk) the richer he was.
True: Men were often judged based on what they wore.
300
True or false: shoes were interchangeable between the left and right feet.
False: It was during the victorian era when people began to make shoes specifically to fit either the left or right foot.
300
True or False: bloomers were popular during the time which Great Expectations was written
False: Bloomers were a more modern and feminist invention that made it possible for women to wear pants instead of bothersome skirts
400
True or False: Young boys typically wore suspenders and high-waisted pants until the age of five
False! Young boys wore little dresses until the age of 5 as it made changing their diapers easier.
400
True or False: Women often got deadly disorders and infections from wearing corsets.
True: Back then, it wasn't uncommon for a woman to drop dead because of problems caused by corsets, like oxygen deprivation
400
True or False: Mens shirts had bibs on the front
True: Men's white shirts that went under their vests or coats had decorative bibs
400
True or False: Men wore pork pies.
True: Pork pies were actually a kind of hat.
400
True or False:
False! the men often had them as accessories, along with walking sticks and gloves
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