Case study #1 Britain - the building of an empire(Artifact 14-Research collaboration and video presentation)

Victorian Era's Fashion

Our group's Prezi

------------ Anne's portfolio......

Useful website which i found.....

http://www.gothpoodle.com/empire/clothing.html , http://www.gymnasium-meschede.de/projekte/projekt12-05/Englisch/social_aspects.htm- About the clothing by the social classes.

http://blog.hku.nl/RTM-students/?cat=9 - it shows the history of fashion,including the information of Victorian era.

Information about social classes.
SOCIAL CLASS
Working class - men and women who performed physical labor, paid daily or weekly wages
Middle class - men performed mental or "clean" work, paid monthly or annually

Upper class - did not work, income came from inherited land and investments

How does the social class affect to the Fashion of Victorian Era.....

Queen victoria influence was so pronounced that it greatly affected  styles and her middle class attitude was reflected in fashion.
In case of upper class, the rules of etiquette were omnipresent, there were actually rules for everything.

For women, these rules affected the jewelry they were to wear.In dress, the wives of wealthy industrialists were clothed in conspicuous finery as they were the social representatives of their soberly dressed husbands. 

Wealthy Victorian ladies were very interested in fashion and fashion magazines. The invention of the sewing machine by Isaac Merrit Singer in 1851 led to the mass production of clothing, but many still had their clothes made by an exclusive dress-maker. Style was led by couturiers like Charles Worth, an Englishman who owned a salon in Paris patronised by Princess Eugenie and the leading figures of all the courts in Europe. As with most expressions of taste, Victorian fashion was formed in the upper levels of society and affected the most humble of working people. Fashions changed as the Victorian world changed: in the economic revival after the 1840s, which had been a period of great hardship, women's dresses began to be made from lighter, brighter fabrics, waitlines rose, skirts became fuller and leg-o'-mutton sleeves, which had been tight at the wrist, began to fill again.

1. a) Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways? About the Victorian era. By the fashion, that shows the victorian era's classes minutely.

b) Which other main topics does it also relate to? About the Language during the Victorian era.

2. Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and or processing it?

I didn't count the time. Because, it's group work. So, i couldn't count. I put my best work for our group.

3.What insights and understanding have you gained from the creation and/or processing of this artifact?

I found that fact that the fashion of Victorian era is different by the classes. And, i understood why that was different.

4.Does this artifact reflect your best work and/or ideas? Why, or why not? I think so. Although i didn't lead my group, I did my best work as much as possible for better group. Because, i know that this is group work.Even though, i did make little mistakes, i think that i did my best and even one of my group member mentioned about my effort!:)

5.Rate this artifact on a scale of -5 to 5(0 is neutral) for the following 4 criterion:

a) Impact on the quality of your Portfolio

b)Impact on your level of happiness/enjoyment

c)Impact on your learning - 2(Because, before the other presentatoins, i can't know About the Chales Darwin and his theory of Evolution by natural selection, The end of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and Abolition of slavery, Epidemics and Medical treatments, Artistic movements and architecture.)

d)Level of creativity and originality - 4(All works from each members put together to our prezi by Anne(scription)& Sabrina(presentation))

6.Any additional commencts.

Even though it was the satisfactory group work, i hope that next time the teacher will choose the group for equality.