Fashion 18th century in Russia

For Russia, the 18th century is the era of reforms and changes, and in "wearing a dress" including. In place of sarafans, closed shirts, kokoshnikam and kitschkam by order of Peter the Great, dresses "in the manner of German or French" come into fashion.

History of fashion of the 18th century

The fashion of the 18th century was almost completely dependent on the favorites of the French king. Novelties from Paris were imitated not only in Europe, but also in Russia, which only recently began to adopt the European way of life due to Peter's reforms. In the fashion of the beginning of the 18th century came cord corsets, strongly decollete sweeping dresses - gedetury, bell-shaped skirts. They dressed on a special frame from a whale's mustache - panie. Later, fringes of wire or horsehair appear, and then crinoline and bustle. Sewing toilets made of heavy fabrics - brocade, satin, moire. In solemn cases, a train was attached to the dress. The more the mother was a lady, the longer the train was.

The end of the 18th century is marked by the flowering of antique fashion. All sorts of "tricks" to create lush forms disappear abruptly, the upper skirts quickly narrow. Fashion includes dresses with a narrow bodice, tied under the chest, lightweight fabrics of light tones. An indispensable attribute of the costume are trousers and white lace stockings.

The most incredible invention of women's fashion of the 18th century, perhaps, can be called multi-tier hairstyles, sometimes reaching a height of more than a meter. They could be sailing ships, architectural structures, hair woven flowers, bird carcasses. All this was covered with a myriad of powder. After the French Revolution, hairstyles change dramatically. Monumental structures on the head are replaced by smooth bundles, tucked into ribbons.

So dressed noble ladies. But women of simple classes still preferred a simple dress with a shirt, and a little later - a long skirt with a blouse. Hair braided in a braid. How could you work in the field or a laundress with a bustle and a meter tower on your head?

Women's fashion of the 18th century is a luxury and splendor, asceticism and tenderness. All this was.