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In early Quebec, French-Canadian women were dressed in a mantua, and an elegant headdress known as a "fontange", whereas men wore breeches and waist-length jackets, while voyageurs wore high-crowned felt hats decorated with ostrich feathers.
French-Canadian Culture (www.buzzle.com /articles /french-canadiane-culture.html)
In early Quebec, French-Canadian women were dressed in a mantua, and an elegant headdress known as a "fontange", whereas men wore breeches and waist-length jackets, while voyageurs wore high-crowned felt hats decorated with ostrich feathers.
French-Canadian Culture (www.buzzle.com /articles /french-canadiane-culture.html)
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