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iceberg in the night of April 14, 1912 cloths, with shawls, parasols, glittering
and sank in the early hours of April jewelry, and big attention-grabbing
15, killing an estim ated 1,517 people. hats. O ften decorated with feathers,
In a article called T itanic Facts, ?70 6 ? flowers, and bows.
the total num ber of survivors (492 Secon d (Stan dar d)-Class
passengers and 214 crew) who Fash ion
survived.?
Standard Class passengers were
Fash ion D if f er en ces usually those su cceedin g in life, but
T he three classes on the RM S not acquiring enough m oney to live
T itanic were treated very differently, as the First Class. Second class
and were distin gu ish ed by different passengers were also labelled the
traits. Ranging from their living style standard class passengers. Second
to their fashion. L et?s take a look at class m en wore classic suits and top
how different they are. hats. ?..their attire was far m ore
Fir st-Class Fash ion non-descript than that worn by
O n the first-class passengers,
T itanic, those and typically included
with m oney classic suits rather than
loved to show form al tailcoats and
how they had beaver fur top hats.?
m oney. M en (Fashion on Board the
showed off with T itanic) Second class
high quality, wom en wore sim ilar
styled clothes to those
fitted suits, and
Unsinkable wom en ador n ed of First Class
passengers, just m ade
them selves with
R.M.S Titanic, the doomed Sea Vessel laces, beading, with lower quality cloth,
and usually not adorned
trinkets, jewelry,
By Kelly Keniston and or whatever in expensive, glittering
they could be objects.
O m in ou s Ch ill underwater tom b to you and those proud of. First T h ir d-Class Fash ion
Scream s, rushing water, the who don?t escape. class m en wore Two First Class W om en on T hird class
freezing night air, and pan ic all flood T he RM S T itanic was a 822? 9? fitted suits, with high the deck of the RM S Titanic, passengers were the lowest
your senses. If you were in first class, steel ship which was m eant to carry collars, tail coats, provided by Vintage Dancer of the classes other than
you probably would have felt the chill no m ore than 3,547 people, including white bow ties, and crewm en. T hose in third
in the om inous breeze. But if you a full crew. T ickets for first class slicked back hair. class were either poor and
were one of those certain, unlucky passengers ranged from $150 -$4,350. Stated in Fashion on Board the or foreign. ?It should com e as no
third-class passengers, you m ight T ickets for second class passengers T itanic, ?Pom ade was a huge part of surprise that third-class passengers
have been locked below deck and were $60, and third class tickets were m en?s fashion at the tim e, with m any were, for the m ost part, quite poor,
stopped from escaping the rising icy $15-$40. T he ship set sail from T itanic passengers applying it which was reflected in the clothing
water. Your cabin, which you found Southam pton, England on April 2, liberally in order to slick their hair they wore.? (Fashion on Board the
sanctuary in and believed would lead 1912 and journeyed towards N ew York back.? W om en would wear T itanic) T hird class m en often wore
you to a new life, would soon be the in the U.S.A. T he ship struck an extravagant dresses m ade of fine plain shirts and br itch es, with neutral
