This video shows how women dressed in the 19th century. It states that contradictory to the thoughts we may have about them today, women were actually not very modest about what they were wearing. They worea lot of revealing clothing on the upper half of their bodies. In this video we are tought about 19th century fashion by the expert Cynthia Cooper.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLoWbSw6Pao