"We Are Not Amused" muttered Queen Victoria. Victorian Fashion {English 11}

We are still in chapter four focusing on realism. Along with realism we have literature selections from the Victorian era; an era where manners really counted and what you wore told a short story about who you were.

Think about it, what do your clothes say about you?  Before we read Kate Chopin's, "A Pair of Silk Stockings"  let's discuss how clothes can be used a symbols in society--dictating our class, wealth or marriageable prospects. What would you do if your clothes decide whether people would speak to you or not? I am attaching the Victorian Fashion Power Point in case you wanted to review what people may have found fashionable or just so we (girls) can be grateful  that the corset or bustle aren't in fashion any longer.