1880s in Fashion
Fashion in the 1880s in European and European-influenced countries namely represented by the return of the bustle. The long, lean line of the 1870s was replaced by a full, curvy silhouette with gradually widening elbows. Fashionable waists were cheap and tiny below a full, low bust assisted by a corset. The Rational Dress Society was founded in 1881 in reaction to the extremes of popular corsetry.
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Skirts were looped, draped, or tied up in manifold ways, and worn over matching or contrasting underskirts. The polonaise was a refreshment neatness based on a fashion of the 1780s, with a fitted, cutaway overdress caught up and draped over an underskirt. Long, jacket-like fitted bodices called basques were too popular for daywear.
Evening gowns were sleeveless and low-necked (besides for mistresses), and were worn with long over the shoulder or shoulder length mitts of fine kid leather or suede.
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The bustle returned to fashion and reached its greatest proportions ca. 1886-1888,
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The usual undergarment was a combination, a camisole with spliced knee- or calf-length drawers, worn under the corset, bustle, and petticoat. Woolen combinations were suggested for health, especially when engaging in fashionable sports such as riding or tennis.
Riding habits had convert a "uniform" of matching jacket and skirt worn with a high-collared shirt or chemisette, with a altitude cap and veil. They were worn without bustles, but the mow of the jacket followed the silhouette of the day.
In compare, hunting costumes were distant extra fashionably styled, with draped ankle-length skirts worn with boots or gaiters.
Tailored costumes consisting of a long jacket and skirt were worn for peregrination or walking; these were worn with the bustle and a small hat or bonnet. Travelers wore long coats favor dusters to defend their clothing from clay, rain, and soot.
Artistic or Aesthetic dress remained an undercurrent in Bohemian surrounds throughout the 1880s. In reaction to the cumbersome drapery and rigid corseting of mainstream Paris fashion, elegant dress focused on beauteous fabrics made up simply, sometimes loosely fitted or with a belt at the waist. Aesthetic minds influenced the tea gown, a frothy confection increasingly worn in the home,
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Hair was usually plucked back at the sides and worn in a low tangle or bunch of ringlets; after hair was swept up to the top of the head. Fringe or bangs remained fashionable throughout the decade,
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Three chip suits consisting of a sack coat with matching waistcoat (U.S. vest) and trousers (cried in the UK a "lounge suit") persisted as an informal option to the contrasting frock coat, waistcoat and trousers.
The cutaway a.m. coat was still worn for formal day occasions in Europe and major cities somewhere, with a dress shirt and an ascot tie. The most formal evening dress remained a dingy tail coat and trousers with a dingy waistcoat. Evening wear was worn with a white bow tie and a shirt with a winged collar.
In mid-decade, a more loosened prim overcoat appeared: the banquet jacket or tuxedo, which featured a shawl seize with silk or satin facings, and 1 or two buttons. Dinner jackets were appropriate while "dressing for supper" at home or at a men's union.
The Norfolk jacket was renowned because shooting and rugged outdoor pursuits. It was made of sturdy tweed or alike linen and functioned paired carton pleats over the chest and back, with a cloth belt.
Full-length trousers were worn for most occasions; tweed or woollen breeches were worn for hunting and other outdoor pursuits.
Knee-length topcoats, constantly with contrasting velvet or fur collars, and calf-length overcoats were worn in winter.
By the 1880s a cloud of the going level, even shepherds adopted jackets and waistcoats in fustian and corduroy with corduroy trousers, giving up their smock frocks.
Shirt collars were cornered over or pressed into "wings". Dress shirts had stiff fronts, occasionally decorated with shirt studs, and buttoned up the back.
The usual necktie was the four-in-hand and or the newly fashionable Ascot tie, made up as a neckband with wide wings additional and worn with a stickpin.
Narrow ribbon ties were tied in a bow, and pearly bowtie was correct with formal evening dress.
As in the 1870s, top hats remained a prerequisite for upper class formal wear; bowlers and soft felt hats in a kind of fashions were worn for more occasional occasions, and smooth fodder boaters were worn for yachting and other marine pastimes.
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