… else, so in the 1770’s, the French demanded all those who had money, should spend it all on French fashion which was made from French fabric, lace, trims, and notions. In 1775 the French Queen Marie Antoinette wore the highest hair ever on top of her head.  Another woman, …

…in the 1780’s called “Gaulle”,  the French would swing back the other way to make the next fashion era, The “Regency Era” very simple.  All the ornament and fuss of the “Georgian/Colonial Era” would disappear from the 1790’s to the early 1800’s. Creole women (lower right) embraced the loose, cool, …

… Colonial Fashion era, or what might be called “Regular people” (those who worked or ran businesses or farmed and who were not royalty), were wearing more simple and comfortable clothes constructed from easier to make and cheaper to get fabrics. Through the 1770’s and into the 1790’s the French …

 …by the 1790’s, led by French designers who were peeking at the comfortable clothes of working people in the Colonies. (Sketch:  “simple” fashion of 1778 (left) vs 1790 (right))  

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.. which came from the philosophical and cultural ideal at the time which aimed for a simpler life. European “simplicity” included colors from nature with natural dyes, natural fabrics (linen, wool, silk, some cotton), and “plainness”.  French designers took these concepts, so French high fashion of the mid 1770’s seemed …

… indoor activities and Court life.  French fashion focused on indoor activities.  The English culture on the other hand, was still largely rural and urban dwellers enjoyed the outdoors and a more active lifestyle if one was to consider them as a whole.  Each country leaned towards indoors or outdoors. …

… the very functional, comfortable, and homemade styles of the American Colonials, was not quite so “simple” when translated by different European countries. (Illustrations: Simple walking clothing for Colonial (left), Englishwoman (center), Frenchwoman (right) illustrates how the French in particular took a simple concept and made it complicated)