2007-08-07 08:59:03 · 3 answers · asked by Sebrina Williamson 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Most 16-year-old girls would wear whatever their mothers handed down to them (unless they were married and thus would wear whatever they could make or buy). A few, whose parents were wealthy enough, would wear whatever was fashionable this season.
2007-08-07 09:53:14 · answer #1 · answered by NC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Keep in mind that the concept we have of teenage culture didn't come about until the 1950s. Before that you were an adult or a minature adult (a child). Women generally began to wear mainstream fashion at 15/16, so a 16 year old girl would have worn pretty much the same things a 26 year old would have. http://www.costumegallery.com/Delineator/June_1886/Ladies_Costumes.htm
http://www.fashion-era.com/mid-late_victorian_fashion.htm
http://www.fashion-era.com/1890-1914_la_belle_epoque.htm
http://beauty.about.com/cs/1890beauty/p/1890fashion.htm
2007-08-07 09:26:02 · answer #2 · answered by erin7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dresses with petticoats. Pants were still outragous even when worn by cowgirls.
2007-08-07 11:26:23 · answer #3 · answered by flautumn_redhead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋