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The former Empire Style began to change into the New Romantic Style
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New wave of anglomania in France and US
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Historical Playwrite & Novelist
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Romanticism spreaded from England to the United States and with that came influential romantic writers
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By US Navy Captain Nathaniel B Palmer
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This was a time when emotions poured into music and many compositions including nationalism and exoticism (styles written of homeland vs. foreign lands inspiring musician.) Freedom of form and design and music commonly changed from loud to soft. Chromatic harmony became popular (using a 12 tone scale)
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Where- on the island of St. Helena.
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As a result many kinds of textiles could be produced. Light weight was considered fashionable textiles, like silk taffetas, cotton voiles, cotton calicoes, cotton batistes, and wool challis.
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Consisted of many moods.
cCrescendo and decrescendo were popularly used to encourage audience involvement. -
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Influenced men’s fashion with Dandyism
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By President James Monroe
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English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
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Shoes- Galoshs and other shoes mirroring women's heeless slippers
Pants- trousers below the ankles (acceptable evening wear) or breeches (usually worn in court)
Long tailed waist coats were worn outdoors -
Wide brimmed or bonnets resembling hats were decorated in feathers and ribbons (worn outdoors,)
Cornettes and mob caps -
Center part,
Tight curls or loose elaborate curls,
Buns worn on top of the head -
Curly or curled with sideburns,
Windswept look,
Beards and mustaches were popular -
Tall silk hats with curved crowns
Canes -
Men wore these underneath pants to keep the pant leg smooth. Usually worn in court
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Waistlines deepened and dropped,
Petticoats
Slashing (decorative slits in a garment showing an underlying fabric) became popular in dresses and skirts -
Dresses with short puffed sleeves(beret sleeves), usually worn with lightly boned corsets
Skirts were cut into panels and had stiffer silhouettes (so that width could be added to hemlines while keeping the waist clear of bulk) -
Flat slippers, high heeled shoes\
Gloves at the wrist were daywear and above the elbow for evening wear
Reticules(a small purse-like bag)
Shawls or full length coats were worn outdoors -
Women wore corsets to achieve an even smaller waistline
