Elizabethan+Clothes

__**Elizabethan Clothing**__ by: Alley Marks //**Women's Clothing; In Elizabethan Era the women wore a farthingale underneath their clothing. A farthingale was invented to make the women’s waist appear even smaller and disguise the hips. Its an underskirt sewn circular hoops made of wale bone, wire, or wood (Elgin 10). Also women wore the finest fabrics. The upper class wore the finest weave, and ordinary folks wore coarser cloth. Most of the fabrics got their names from where they we’re made (Elgin 13). The upper class and middle class paid far too much attention of their clothing, and when fashion was changed. Upper class women got dressed with their maid. They started out with smock, after the smock they put on their petticoat. (Sometimes just an underskirt, or entire dress in itself with bodice, and skirt.) (Olsen 128). Married women wore their hair up and frequently covered (Brownfoot 6) Women would spend big money on gloves. Gloves are one of the great luxuries of fashion at this time (Brownfoot 5).

Men’s Clothing; **// **//The men in Elizabethan Era wore short pants, stockings, and trunk hose. Out of the three the trunk hose was the most common. It fitted close on the waist, puffed out over the hips, and was gathered into a cuff around upper thigh (Elgin 13). Two essential pieces of a man’s clothing was the doublet and hose. It was worn over an embroidered, cuffed, and collard shirt that was practically indistinguishable from a women’s smock, and the doublet (Olsen 132). //

//Children’s Clothing;// ** //** Boy’s up to age six dressed in an ankle-length gown which had hanging sleeves, or streamers. As the boys got older they dressed more like their fathers (Elgin 26). Children spent their first year clad in a shirt, diaper, or tail coat. They were also wrapped tightly in swadding cloth (Elgin 36).

Footwear; Upper class wore slippers, and pumps. They were made of leather, cloth, or velvet with cork soles (Elgin 26). **//

Works Cited Brownfoot, Andrew. //High Fashion in Shakespeare’s Time//. N.p.: Tarquin, 1998. Print. Elgin, Kathy. //Elizabethan England, a History of Fashion and Costume//. New York: Facts On File, Inc, 2005. Print. //Leather Renaissancee Doublet//. N.d. //House of Anoria//. Web. 16 Apr. 2010. Olsen, Kirstin, ed. //All Things Shakespeare an Encyclapedia of Shakespeare World//. Vol. 1. Westport, Conneticut: Greenwood, 2002. Print. // Spanish farthingale //. N.d. //Nehelenia Historical Clothing//. Web. 12 Apr. 2010.