What Was The Fashion Like In 1799 In New York?

January 3rd, 2010

I just saw Sleepy Hollow again and noticed that the fashion seemed wrong. In England at the time women wore thin dresses with empire waistlines. In the movie the women clearly have on corsets with a normal waistline and wide hips and bustles. Did the fashion between England and America really differ that much or was this a big movie goof?

One Response to “What Was The Fashion Like In 1799 In New York?”

  1. Lionel Hutz says:

    I suspect that it was fairly accurate. The fashions didn’t change that quickly back then.

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