English Influence on American dress, industrial growth, and the impact fashion has on British and American culture is documented for centuries through the medium of literature.
Fashion in transatlantic literature Literature of the 19th century reflects the importance and development of British fashion writer Charles Dickens was the importance of reference tailor and his role in British society, as well as ideas about the feminine in the novel Little Dorrit (Hunger 55). Dickens’ American Notes continues to describe the preoccupation with both American and British fashion with his opinion of American women’s clothing. American author of The Dark City Leander Richardson: Customs Cockneys further compare the relationship between American fashion trend in New York and Boston with her London. Criticism His tendency of American women to imitate British fashion trends reflect the ideas of fashionas the transatlantic market industry. American magazine, Godey’s Lady Book, edited by Sarah Josepha Hale connects 19th-century fashion as a reflection of the moral values of time. He praised the fashion style of Queen Victoria in 1868 revealed his understanding of women dressed to reflect the morality of the English language. Fashion
Aesthetic As the century progresses, the importance of dressing properly and aesthetic changes are also documented by the authors of the 19th century. In the late 1870s, the fashion in society, both America and Britain saw a shift from corsets, padding, and fabric skirt to reveal a woman’s body, a trend noted by the British novelist Wilke Collins (With Grace 22). The importance of transatlantic fashion aesthetic of the 19th century appeared in numerous other literary works. Several essays by Oscar Wilde, and Mary Hawei Decorative Arts (1881) and the Art of Dress (1878), women are encouraged to dress in aesthetics is more inspired by nature. In 1880, the importance of Aestheticism further inspired writers and achievements in art, eventually led to the recognition of improving the aesthetic style of fashion in the Western world. In addition to aesthetics, several reform movements, such as the American movement that was initiated by the National Dress Reform Association in 1856 to try to make women dress more secure and more practical.