2. Upper-class Women’s Clothing In Colonial Times By: Ayana Merritt 7A2

3. Imagine… Boys and girls, that you are little again playing with Barbie® dolls!

4. Imagine… Boys and girls, that you are little again playing with Barbie® dolls. Yeah, boys I’m not talking about you.

5. Imagine… Boys and girls that you are little again playing with Barbie® dolls. Yeah boys I’m not talking about you. I’m totally talking about you. Well I’m basically telling you what Barbie would have worn in Colonial Times.

6. Under Garments Under many many layers Barbie would have worn… A Shift: which was the innermost garment worn by a woman A Stay: a stiff undergarment reinforced with wood, metal, or whalebone which was used to keep a woman’s posture strait Hooped Petticoat: piece of cloth draped over wired hoops which gave the hips width Stockings: linens usually held up by ribbons, drawn string, or held up by garters

7. Outer Parts of the Gowns Outer part of the gown usually consisted of: A lace neck kerchief Stomacher: A separate decorative triangular insert Gown: consisted of the bodice and skirt joined together with skirt open in the front to reveal another petticoat

8. Let’s Play A Game!

9. Here’s a diagram of a woman from Colonial times. Can you drag her outer garments on? http://www.girlgames 4u.com/colonial-girl- dress-up-game.html

10. Summary If you were a woman in the late colonial times and you had money you were able to buy fancy clothes and accessories. If you were a woman in early colonial times you made your clothes. However, I’m focusing on the later, in which clothes were bought and the upper-class women had the fanciest clothes. If you were one of these women, which Barbie is you would buy clothes constantly because the fashion changed all the time as it does now.

11. Over the years… Fashion has changed. Guess what it did in Colonial Times too! Barbie didn’t stay dressed in hot, frilly clothes. Her style evolved and so did ours.

12. Aww… that the end

13. No it is not the end Here’s a list that shows how fashion for upper-class women did change. 1600s ·Lots of ruffles and layers, different patterns covered most of the body ·1602-1610 low round necklines and even more ruffles 1615-1620 High necklines, and mot so many ruffles anymore Matched clothing with kerchiefs, and collars would be decorated the same 1640s Women started to were bodices which is something like a corset

14. Aww… it’s the end I know. Unfortunately my tale has come to an end folks. That’s all folks

15. Credits (Sources) http://www.history.org/history/clothing/women/an atomy.cfm http://library.thinkquest.org//06aug/06933/RSAtim eperiod2.htm Book Woman’s Life in Colonial Days by: Carl Holliday URLs http://curtdanhauser.com/AG_Collecting/Fel_Unde rgarments_Big.jpg

16. Credits (URLs) http://www.mostfamousdoll.info/wp- content/uploads/2010/11/barbie-1.jpg http://www.sl- designs.com/images/freebackgrounds/0smile y_winking.jpg