What was fashion like during the American Revolution?
What was fashion like during the American Revolution? The cut jacket and coat were very fashionable. The coats were made with lapels fastened across the front with buttons and loops (Fig. 73 D E). A change in the style of women's costume came in about 1780, panniers and hoops being now more or less worn. What did female colonists wear? The everyday dress of women was a short gown of durable material, with a full skirt over a homespun petticoat, covered by a long apron of white linen. Why are they called minutemen? Minutemen were civilian colonists who independently formed...