Question

in the 19th century clothing style were strictly regulated by class,gender or status in social hierarchy. explain in detail in context of france
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Answer:

Clothing systems were regulated by sumptuary laws,which defined the use of food,dress and costume,were enforced in France.From 13 century to the Frence revolution in 1789 ,sumptuary laws were regulated.These laws controlled the behaviours of men of lower classes,preventing them from wearing certain clothes,food and beverage and hunting of games.The items of clothing which could be purchased by a person was regulated not by his income or wealth but by his birth and social class.Only the royalty or the nobility could wear the materials like ermine(a kind of expensive fur) common fur or silk velvet and brocade.Other classes were debared from wearing these items.