What Irish Working Women Wore in the Late 19th Century | I Made the Clothing of My Irish Ancestors

This video has been 6 months in the making, but at last, I show the process of sewing a late 1800s Irish working women's clothing. In part 1 of this series. I took a DNA test to find out about my adopted father's ancestry, as one of my goals is to make historical clothing I can wear day to day from each of my ancestral origins. My father's side has always remained a mystery, but the test revealed that his father was Irish/Scottish, and his mother was most likely Ukrainian.
If you'd like to watch part 1 of the series, here's a link: • I Found My Adopted Fat...
Irish fashion in general, especially working class fashion, has very limited information, so I felt this was an incredibly important project on many levels.
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Sources:
Rose Madder:
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Lichen:
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Red Skirt Examples:
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Pampootie Shoe:
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Soleless Stockings:
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Barefoot Depictions:
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Irish Shawls:
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Paisley Scottish Shawls:
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Galway Shawl:
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Irish Terrain:
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Mantilla:
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Irish Working Class Fashion 1800s:
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Northern English Working Class Fashion 1800s:
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Simple Construction Garments:
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Victorian Working Class Fashion:
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“Victorian Working Women” (book)
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